Kendall

History

Much of what is now Kendall was purchased from the State of Florida in 1883 by the Florida Land and Mortgage Company. It was named for Henry John Broughton Kendall, a director of the company, who moved to the area in the 1900s to manage the company's land. As the land was not open to homesteading, development was slow well into the 20th century. A post office opened in 1914, and the first school opened in 1929. After the end of the land boom in 1926, some residents left. Two Seminole camps were in the Kendall area, and Seminoles continued to live there into the 1940s. Prior to the 1950s, the term "Kendall" was used to describe a region centered around U.S. Route 1, bounded by Snapper Creek to the north, the Everglades to the west, Old Cutler Road to the east, and the former community of Rockdale to the south. This area was largely uninhabited, generally consisting of pine rockland interspersed with fields and groves. As the region experienced rapid development in the 1950s, the moniker "Kendall" came to refer to the various communities built in the vicinity of present-day Pinecrest and the eastern half of the current Kendall CDP. When growth shifted west in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the usage of the term steadily shifted west concurrently, and today it is most often applied to the area more formally known as West Kendall. Prior to incorporation in 1996, the Village of Pinecrest was still included in the official boundaries of Kendall CDP. In August 1992, Kendall and the surrounding South Dade area were severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew. Many of the homes and businesses in the area were destroyed. In the subsequent years, the area was slowly rebuilt.

Geography

Kendall is located southwest of downtown Miami. It is bordered to the east by the village of Pinecrest, to the southeast by the village of Palmetto Bay, to the south by Palmetto Estates and Richmond Heights, to the southwest by Three Lakes, to the west by The Crossings, to the northwest by Kendale Lakes, to the north by Sunset, and to the northeast by Glenvar Heights. U.S. Route 1 forms the eastern boundary of Kendall; it leads northeast to Miami and southwest to Homestead. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike forms the western boundary of Kendall, leading north to Doral and south to its southern terminus at Florida City. The Don Shula Expressway (Florida State Road 874) crosses Kendall from northeast to southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Kendall CDP has a total area of ; of it are land and of it (3.03%) are water. }}

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  25,191
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21,128
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21,069
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,765
• White Ibis

  Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,463
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,185
• Fish Crow

  Corvus ossifragus A.Wilson, 1812 · Aves
  16,901
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  16,598

Largest nearby schools

• JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGH
  High · MIAMI · 4,368 students · 26.8:1 ratio
• CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · MIAMI · 3,243 students · 25.7:1 ratio
• CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · CORAL GABLES · 2,824 students · 23.5:1 ratio
• MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · MIAMI · 2,671 students · 25.4:1 ratio
• G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH
  High · MIAMI · 2,436 students · 22.3:1 ratio
• SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH
  High · MIAMI · 2,415 students · 23.7:1 ratio
• MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH
  High · MIAMI · 2,190 students · 22.3:1 ratio
• MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH
  High · MIAMI · 2,085 students · 21.5:1 ratio