Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, in between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is largely a Miami residential area and a significant farming location. It is a principal city of the Miami city area, which was residence to an estimated 6,012,331 individuals at the 2015 census.
Homestead was integrated in 1913 and also is the second oldest city in Miami-Dade County beside the city of Miami. It is located roughly 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Miami, as well as 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Key Largo. The name originates from when the Florida East Coast Railway extension to Key West was being built. The rail line was passing through an area opened for homesteading, and as the building and construction camp at the end of the line did not have a certain name, building materials and also products for the workers were consigned to “Homestead Country”, reduced to “Homestead” by the engineers that mapped the area. The populace was 60,512 at the 2010 demographics. Homestead and also neighboring South Miami-Dade County neighborhoods bore the brunt of Category 5 Storm Andrew on August 24, 1992.
The city of Homestead is located near the southern terminus of the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike where it ends at its connection with US 1. Homestead is promptly north and also east of Florida City, and also these 2 cities comprise the better Homestead-Florida City area. A few of the significant unincorporated areas in the location are Redland, Leisure City, Naranja, as well as Princeton.
