Hollywood

Sister cities

• Baia Mare
• Vlorë
• Herzliya

History

In 1920, Joseph Young was elected the first mayor in 1925. The town quickly became home to northerners known as "snowbirds", who fled south during the winter and returned north during the summer. By 1960, Hollywood had more than 2,400 hotel units and 12,170 single-family homes. The Florida guide, published by the Federal Writers' Project, describes the development of Hollywood, an early example of the planned communities that proliferated in Florida during the real-estate boom of the 1920s: Hollywood was severely damaged by the 1926 Miami hurricane; local newspapers reported that it was second only to Miami in losses from the storm. Charges were dropped against the 3 nurses and the nursing home chief was acquitted. * 1921 – Hollywood by the Sea platted on land of Joseph Wesley Young * 1925 ** Hollywood incorporated ** Hollywood Police Department established ** Joseph Wesley Young House built * 1926 ** September 18: 1926 Miami hurricane demolished city * * 1932 – Riverside Military Academy Hollywood campus established * 1935 – Fiesta Tropicale began * 1948 – Broward County International Airport opened * 1975 – Art and Culture Center of Hollywood opened * 1981 ** July 27: Murder of Adam Walsh ** "U.S. Supreme Court affirms Tribe's right to high-stakes bingo at Hollywood in Seminole Tribe of Florida vs. Butterworth" * 1997 – New Times Broward-Palm Beach newspaper began publication * 2004 – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in business * 2019 – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood guitar shaped hotel opened, with pool and manmade lake

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , of which are covered by water (11.23%). Hollywood is in southeastern Broward County, and includes about of Atlantic Ocean beach, interrupted briefly by a portion deeded to Dania Beach. Hollywood has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af), with long, hot, humid, and rainy summers and short, warm, and dry winters.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  20,736
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,945
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,298
• Boat-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus major Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  14,190
• White Ibis

  Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,851
• Fish Crow

  Corvus ossifragus A.Wilson, 1812 · Aves
  12,439
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,677
• Eurasian Moorhen

  Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,300

Largest nearby schools

• CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL
  High · PEMBROKE PINES · 2,475 students · 24.8:1 ratio
• SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HOLLYWOOD · 2,397 students · 26.9:1 ratio
• COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL
  High · COOPER CITY · 2,352 students · 24.5:1 ratio
• DILLARD 6-12
  High · FORT LAUDERDALE · 2,279 students · 21.1:1 ratio
• FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL
  High · FORT LAUDERDALE · 2,228 students · 23.2:1 ratio
• NOVA HIGH SCHOOL
  High · DAVIE · 2,227 students · 24.7:1 ratio
• SOUTH PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL
  High · PLANTATION · 2,224 students · 23.9:1 ratio
• MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HOLLYWOOD · 2,050 students · 26.3:1 ratio