Southwest Ranches, Florida
| Southwest Ranches, Florida | |
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| Town | |
| Town of Southwest Ranches | |
| Motto: "Preserving Our Rural Lifestyle" (official) and "The pavement stops here!" (unofficial) |
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 Location of Southwest Ranches within Broward County |
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| Coordinates: 26°3′31″N 80°20′14″W / 26.05861°N 80.33722°WCoordinates: 26°3′31″N 80°20′14″W / 26.05861°N 80.33722°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 Florida
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| County |
 Broward
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| Incorporated | June 6, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Commission-Manager |
| • Mayor | Jeff Nelson |
| • Vice Mayor | Freddy Fisikelli |
| • Commissioners | Steve Breitkreuz, Gary Jablonski, and Doug McKay |
| • Town Administrator | Andrew Berns |
| • Town Clerk | Russell Muñiz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.8 sq mi (33 km2) |
| • Land | 12.8 sq mi (33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 9 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 7,761 |
| • Density | 610/sq mi (230/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 33029, 33330-33332 |
| Area code(s) | 754, 954 |
| Website | southwestranches |
Southwest Ranches is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is located on the eastern edge of the Everglades, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Fort Lauderdale. It became the county's 30th incorporated place in 2000 to avoid annexation into Pembroke Pines and to preserve its semi-rural lifestyle. Because the area has many horse ranches and is located in the southwestern part of Broward County, residents chose "Southwest Ranches" over other potential town names.
The population at the 2010 census was 7,345. The town includes the 2000 census-designated places of Country Estates, Green Meadow, Rolling Oaks, and Sunshine Ranches (as well as sub-neighborhoods Landmark Ranch Estates and Sterling Ranch Estates), all of which are now Southwest Ranches neighborhoods. To support its rural-equestrian lifestyle, the town has developed many equestrian trails.
In 1996, Pembroke Pines proposed a bill to the Broward County Legislative Delegation to annex all the unincorporated areas between Griffin Road, Sheridan Street, Flamingo Road, and SR 25 into Pembroke Pines. Hundreds of citizens from the unincorporated area of Southwest Ranches packed the delegation hearing in November 1996 at Pembroke Pines City Hall to protest this takeover and to call for the right to form their own city. As a result of this grassroots effort, the State Legislature passed a bill in the 1997 session which called for a vote of Southwest Ranches' citizens in March 2000; they could be annexed into either Pembroke Pines or Davie or become a new city.
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