Lauderhill

Sister cities

• Chaguanas
• Gemlik
• Suzano

History

Lauderhill was one of two developments (the other in New York) that began largely as off-the-shelf architectural designs which had been available to the public at Macy's department store. The homes, which had been designed by Andrew Geller, had originally been on display at the "Typical American Houses" at the American Exhibition in Moscow. Following a group of approximately 200 of the homes constructed in Montauk, New York in 1963 and 1964, the same developer, Herbert Sadkin of the New York-based All-State Properties The Inverrary Country Club was built in 1970, and two years later, its East golf course became home to the new Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic on the PGA Tour, which it hosted through 1983. Gleason himself built his final home on the golf course. Up until the late 1980s-early 1990s, Lauderhill was mostly a retirement community for Jews and a second home for snowbirds (especially in the Inverrary neighborhood). It is now home to mostly Jamaicans, West Indians, and African Americans, but it still has a sizeable white, Jewish, and Hispanic population in the Northwest section and the Inverrary neighborhood, located north of Oakland Park Boulevard and east of University Drive).

Geography

The approximate coordinates for the City of Lauderhill is located in north-central Broward County. The city borders the following municipalities: *On its north and northeast: :Tamarac, Florida *On its northeast: :Lauderdale Lakes, Florida *On its east: :Fort Lauderdale, Florida *On its south: :Plantation, Florida *On its southwest and west: :Sunrise, Florida According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water (0.37%). Lauderhill has a tropical climate, similar to the climate found in much of the Caribbean. It is part of the only region in the 48 contiguous states that falls under that category. More specifically, it generally has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification, Am).

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21,421
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  20,418
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,464
• Boat-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus major Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  14,081
• White Ibis

  Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,184
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,796
• Fish Crow

  Corvus ossifragus A.Wilson, 1812 · Aves
  12,551
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,519

Largest nearby schools

• WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL
  High · DAVIE · 3,566 students · 24.8:1 ratio
• CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOL
  High · CORAL SPRINGS · 2,762 students · 28.8:1 ratio
• J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL
  High · CORAL SPRINGS · 2,586 students · 23.9:1 ratio
• COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL
  High · COOPER CITY · 2,352 students · 24.5:1 ratio
• MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL
  High · COCONUT CREEK · 2,344 students · 24.9:1 ratio
• CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
  High · CORAL SPRINGS · 2,320 students · 23.2:1 ratio
• PIPER HIGH SCHOOL
  High · LAUDERHILL · 2,310 students · 25.1:1 ratio
• DILLARD 6-12
  High · FORT LAUDERDALE · 2,279 students · 21.1:1 ratio