Broward County, Florida History

Broward County was established in 1915 from a portion of Dade County and named for Napoleon B. Broward, governor from 1905 to 1909 and a principal proponent of early efforts to drain the Everglades. More History...click here.

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Historical Places

Bonnet House Museum and Gardens Fort Lauderdale
offers tours of the Bonnet house and gardens
Graves Museum of Archaeology & Natural History Dania
pre-history and paleontology includes Native American, Egyptian, and African.
Old Fort Lauderdale Village & Museum Fort Lauderdale
collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County.
Stanahan House Fort Lauderdale

Organizations

Sample-McDougald House Preservation Society Pompano Beach
area historic houses and preservation efforts
Hollywood Historical Society Inc. Hollywood
Promoting historic preservation
Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society
Deerfield Beach Historical Society
Fort Lauderdale Historical Society


Pompano Beach Historical Society Photograph of sample-McDougald House (historic house in Pompano Beach)

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