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Hallandale Beach, Florida

Hallandale Beach
Sunset at Hallandale Beach
Sunset at Hallandale Beach
Motto: "Progress. Innovation. Opportunity. City of Choice."
Location of Hallandale Beach, in Broward County, Florida
Location of Hallandale Beach, in Broward County, Florida
Coordinates: 25°59′12″N 80°8′46″W / 25.98667°N 80.14611°W / 25.98667; -80.14611Coordinates: 25°59′12″N 80°8′46″W / 25.98667°N 80.14611°W / 25.98667; -80.14611
Country  United States of America
State  Florida
County Logo of Broward County, Florida.svg Broward
Settled (Halland Settlement) Circa 1895
Incorporated (Town of Hallandale) May 11, 1927
Incorporated (City of Hallandale) August 27, 1947
Incorporated (City of Hallandale Beach) August 27, 1999
Government
 • Type Commission-Manager
 • Mayor Joy Cooper (D)
 • Vice Mayor William "Bill" Julian
 • Commissioners Anthony Sanders, Keith London, and Michele Lazarow
 • City Manager Renee C. Miller
 • City Clerk Mario Bataille
Area
 • City 4.55 sq mi (11.8 km2)
 • Land 4.21 sq mi (10.9 km2)
 • Water .34 sq mi (0.9 km2)  7.47%
Elevation 6 ft (2 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 37,113
 • Density 8,200/sq mi (3,100/km2)
 • Metro 5,564,635
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 33009
Area code(s) 754, 954
FIPS code 12-28452
GNIS feature ID 0283628
Website http://www.hallandalebeach.org/

Hallandale Beach (formerly known simply as Hallandale) is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named after Luther Halland, the son of a Swedish worker for Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,113.

The city is known as the home of Gulfstream Park (horse racing and casino) and Mardi Gras Casino, a greyhound racing track which hosts the World Classic. It also has a sizable financial district, with offices for a number of banks and brokerage houses. Due to the large number of tourists who eventually retire in the city, Hallandale Beach has one of the fastest-growing populations in Broward County and in Metro Miami.

Hallandale Beach, like most of Broward County, had no permanent European-descended population until the end of the 19th century. Seminole Indians, in settlements that lay inland of the Atlantic shore, hunted in the area and gathered coontie roots to produce arrowroot starch.

Railroad magnate Henry Flagler, owner of the Florida East Coast Railway, recruited Luther Halland, a brother-in-law of Flagler's agents, to found a settlement south of the community of Dania. Halland and Swedish immigrant Olaf Zetterlund touted the frost-free climate and cheap land of the settlement (then named Halland, later changed to Hallandale). Halland constructed a small trading post and became the first postmaster of the small community.

By 1900, the community had slowly grown to a dozen families—seven of Swedish, three of English, and two of African descent. In 1904 the first school was built, and the first church followed two years later. Hallandale was primarily a farming community; the beach was undeveloped and used by the residents only for recreational purposes.


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