- Ocean Drive Estates Condo
W E L C O M E T O P O M P A N O B E A C H
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Its name is derived from the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), a fish found off the Atlantic coast.
There had been scattered settlers in the area from at least the mid-1880s, but the first documented permanent residents of the Pompano area were the George Butler and Frank Sheene and their family who arrived in 1896 as railway employees.[8] The first train arrived in the small Pompano settlement on February 22, 1896.[8] It is said that Sheene gave the community its name pompano after jotting down on his survey of the area the name of the fish he had for dinner. The coming of the railroad led to development farther west from the coast. In 1906 Pompano became the southernmost settlement in newly-created Palm Beach County[8]. That year, the Hillsboro Lighthouse was completed on the beach.[8]
On July 3, 1908, a new municipality was incorporated in what was then Dade County: the Town Of Pompano.[7] John R. Mizell was elected the first mayor.[7][8] In 1915, Broward County was established with a northern boundary at the Hillsboro Canal. Thus, within eight years, Pompano had been in three counties.[7] Pompano Beach experienced significant growth during the Florida land boom of the 1920s.
Following the population boom due to World War II, in 1947 the City of Pompano merged with the newly-formed municipality on the beach and became the City of Pompano Beach.[1][7] In 1950, the population of the city reached 5,682. Like most of southeast Florida, Pompano Beach experienced great growth in the late 20th century as many people moved there from northern parts of the United States. A substantial seasonal population also spends its winters in the area.
In recent years, an effort to rejuvenate rundown areas, the city's beach has gained momentum and is undergoing a multibillion dollar building boom. Community Redevelopment Agencies were established for the East Atlantic/Beach corridor, as well as for the old downtown and Hammondville/Martin Luther King corridor
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