Plantation, Florida
| Plantation, Florida | ||
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| City of Plantation | ||
Plantation Historical Museum
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| Motto: "The Grass is Greener" and "E Vasitate Haec Urbs" | ||
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 Satellite view of Plantation |
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| Coordinates: 26°7′28″N 80°14′58″W / 26.12444°N 80.24944°WCoordinates: 26°7′28″N 80°14′58″W / 26.12444°N 80.24944°W | ||
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 United States
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 Florida
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 Broward
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| Incorporated | April 30, 1953 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Mayor-Council | |
| • Mayor | Diane Veltri Bendekovic (D) | |
| • Council President | Robert A. Levy | |
| • Councilmembers | Ron Jacobs, Lynn Stoner, Peter S. Tingom, and Chris Zimmerman | |
| • City Manager | Mayor Diane Veltri Bendekovic | |
| • City Clerk | Susan K. Slattery | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 21.93 sq mi (56.8 km2) | |
| • Land | 21.74 sq mi (56.3 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.19 sq mi (0.5 km2) 0.87% | |
| Elevation | 9 ft (2.75 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • City | 87,496 | |
| • Density | 4,000/sq mi (1,500/km2) | |
| • Metro | 5,564,635 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP codes | 33311, 33313, 33317-33317, 33322-33325, 33388 | |
| Area code(s) | 754, 954 | |
| FIPS code | 12-57425 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0289024 | |
| Website | http://www.plantation.org | |
Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population was 87,496. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
The city's name comes from the prior owner of the land, the Everglades Plantation Company. Plantation suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Wilma on October 24, 2005.
The city has been used as a filming location for many popular movies. The high school in There's Something About Mary is actually Plantation City Hall, located at 400 NW 73rd Avenue and NW 5th Street. Rolling Hills Golf Course, recently renamed Grande Oaks, was the site of the famous Caddyshack pool scene.
Plantation is located at 26°7′28″N 80°14′58″W / 26.12444°N 80.24944°W (26.124354, −80.249503).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.80 square miles (59 km2), of which 21.74 square miles (56 km2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0 km2) (0.87%) is water.
Plantation is located in central Broward County. It is bordered by Lauderhill to the northeast, Sunrise to the north and west, Davie to the south, and Fort Lauderdale to the east.
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