dade county became miami dade county on november 13, 1997.
dade county became miami dade county on november 13, 1997.
when did dade county become miami dade county?
november 13 , 1997
on november 13, 1997, voters changed the name of the county from "dade" to "miami-dade" to acknowledge the international name recognition of miami. voters were acting pursuant to home rule powers granted to dade county, including the ability to change the name of the county without the consent of the florida legislature. the change in name also addressed a source of public dissatisfaction with the name "dade" which was chosen to honor francis l. dade, who had been killed in the dade massacre in the 1830s. the massacre did not occur in south florida, but in the west central part of the state, in present-day sumter county, near bushnell. there is also a dade city, which is closer to the site of the massacre.
miami-dade county, florida
the miami dade fc name comes from the dade county, which was created on january 18, 1836, under the territorial act of the united states. the county was named after major francis l. dade, a soldier killed in 1835 in the second seminole war, at what has since been named the dade battlefield. at the time of its creation, dade county included the land that now contains palm beach and broward counties, together with the florida keys from bahia honda key north and the land of present-day miami-dade county. the county seat was originally at indian key in the florida keys; then in 1844, the county seat was moved to miami. the florida keys from key largo to bahia honda were returned to monroe county in 1866. in 1888 the county seat was moved to juno, near present-day juno beach, florida, returning to miami in 1899. in 1909, palm beach county was formed from the northern portion of what was then dade county, and then in 1915, palm beach county and dade county contributed nearly equal portions of land to create what is now broward county. there have been no significant boundary changes to the county since 1915.
miami dade fc