North Miami

History

In the final phase of indigenous peoples inhabitation of the area that eventually became "North Miami", United States Army soldiers in 1856 cut a Military Trail through nearly impassable thickets and rivers connecting Fort Lauderdale to Fort Dallas at the mouth of the Miami River. This eight-foot trail, Dade County’s first roadway, crossed a unique natural bridge—a natural limestone bridge spanning across the creek that no longer stands in Arch Creek Memorial Park—in an area that would attract a settlement that early on would be known as "Arch Creek". Even before 1890, a handful of adventuresome pioneers spent brief periods around the Arch Creek Natural Bridge, a centuries-old Indian settlement. In 1891, Charles J. Ihle was the first to put down roots in the Arch Creek vicinity. He purchased from the State of Florida at one dollar an acre in the area of today’s N.E. 116th Street and Biscayne Boulevard. The place was so remote that his nearest northern neighbor was thought to live in Ft. Lauderdale. Ihle built a temporary palmetto frond shelter. During the next 27 years he grew shallots, coontie, squashes, bananas, sugar cane, Puerto Rican pineapples, lemons, guavas, limes, rose apples, Jamaican apples, and tomatoes. By 1905 the area surrounding the nine-year-old Arch Creek Railroad Depot had become the community’s hub. It was located at 125th Street and the F.E.C. tracks. That year a post office and a school were opened nearby. By 1912, eighteen homes, a church, a general store, a blacksmith shop, and two tomato packing houses were located around the railroad. The population was estimated at less than one hundred. Farming was still the principal occupation. The Florida land boom that was underway in the 1920s spread to the Arch Creek farming community. The…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of . of it is land and of it (15.32%) is water. Source: * Alhambra Heights * Arch Creek Highlands * Biscayne Park North * Central * Central East * Central North * Central Northeast * Central Northwest * Central South * Central West * City Center of North Miami * Golden Glades East * Golden Glades South * Johnson & Wales University North Miami * Keystone Point / Amber Creek East * San Souci * Westside Sunkist Grove * Westside Sunkist Grove North North Miami has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). Summers are very hot and long lasting with very warm nights with very plentiful and heavy rainfall. Winters are short, warm, and dry. : Golden Glades, North Miami Beach : Opa-locka Sunny Isles Beach : Westview Sunny Isles Beach, Biscayne Bay, Bay Harbor Islands : Westview Biscayne Bay :Pinewood, Unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Biscayne Park

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,999
• Boat-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus major Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  9,597
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  9,169
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,935
• Fish Crow

  Corvus ossifragus A.Wilson, 1812 · Aves
  7,592
• White Ibis

  Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,245
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,167
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,964

Largest nearby schools

• MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · MIAMI · 2,905 students · 24.2:1 ratio
• DR. MICHAEL M. KROP SENIOR HIGH
  High · MIAMI · 2,235 students · 26.9:1 ratio
• NORMAN S. EDELCUP/SUNNY ISLES BEACH K-8
  Elementary · SUNNY ISLES BEACH · 2,231 students · 21.9:1 ratio
• MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · MIAMI BEACH · 2,175 students · 23.9:1 ratio
• AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER
  Elementary · MIAMI · 2,168 students · 19.7:1 ratio
• NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · NORTH MIAMI · 1,747 students · 19:1 ratio
• HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HIALEAH · 1,732 students · 19.9:1 ratio
• AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HIALEAH · 1,652 students · 21.5:1 ratio