Lighthouse Point, Florida
Lighthouse Point, Florida | |
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City of Lighthouse Point | |
Nickname: LHP | |
Coordinates:26°16′29″N80°5′22″W/ 26.27472°N 80.08944°W | |
Country | United States of America |
State | Florida |
County | Broward |
Settled (Hillsboro Isles Settlement) | c. 1947–1951[1] |
Incorporated (Town of Lighthouse Point) | June 13, 1956[1][2] |
Incorporated (City of Lighthouse Point) | June 11, 1957[1][3] |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-Commission |
•Mayor | Kyle Van Buskirk |
•Commission Vice President | Sandy Johnson |
•Commissioners | Patty Petrone, Everett Marshall III, Jason D. Joffe and Michael S. Long |
•City Administrator | John D. Lavisky |
•City Clerk | Kathryn Sims |
Area | |
•City | 2.39 sq mi (6.19 km2) |
• Land | 2.31 sq mi (5.97 km2) |
• Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.22 km2) 4.58% |
Elevation | 3 ft (1 m) |
Population (2020) | |
•City | 10,486 |
• Density | 4,545.30/sq mi (1,755.21/km2) |
•Metro | 6,166,488 |
Time zone | UTC-5(EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4(EDT) |
ZIP codes | 33064, 33074 |
Area code(s) | 754,954 |
FIPS code | 12-40450[5] |
GNISfeature ID | 0285506[6] |
Website | http:// lighthousepoint |
Lighthouse Point,officially theCity of Lighthouse Point,is a suburb of Fort Lauderdale located inBroward County,Florida, United States. The suburb was named for theHillsboro Inlet Lighthouse,which is located in nearbyHillsboro Beach.The city is a part of theMiami metropolitan areaofSouth Florida.As of the2020 census,the population of Lighthouse Point was 10,486.
Geography
[edit]Lighthouse point is located at26°16′29″N80°05′22″W/ 26.274691°N 80.089414°W.[7]According to theUnited States Census Bureau,the city has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6 km2), of which 2.29 square miles (6 km2) is land and.11 square miles (0 km2) (4.58%) is water.
Lighthouse Point is located in northeastern Broward County. It is adjacent to the following municipalities:
To its north:
To its east:
- Hillsboro Beach(across theIntracoastal Waterway)
To its west and south:
Lighthouse Point is known for boating as the vast majority of the city is built on canals built during the 1950s to 1960s. This created a large amount of water front housing and made boating and fishing popular.
Through theHillsboro Inlet,boats can reachthe Bahamaswithin 40 miles toBiminior 60 miles toGrand Bahama.
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1960 | 2,453 | — | |
1970 | 9,071 | 269.8% | |
1980 | 11,488 | 26.6% | |
1990 | 10,378 | −9.7% | |
2000 | 10,767 | 3.7% | |
2010 | 10,344 | −3.9% | |
2020 | 10,486 | 1.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] |
2020 census
[edit]Race | Number | Percentage |
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White(NH) | 8,523 | 81.28% |
Black or African American(NH) | 140 | 1.34% |
Native AmericanorAlaska Native(NH) | 5 | 0.05% |
Asian(NH) | 198 | 1.89% |
Pacific IslanderorNative Hawaiian(NH) | 4 | 0.04% |
Some other race(NH) | 48 | 0.46% |
Two or more races/Multiracial(NH) | 387 | 3.69% |
Hispanic or Latino(any race) | 1,181 | 11.26% |
Total | 10,486 |
As of the2020 United States census,there were 10,486 people, 5,475 households, and 3,025 families residing in the city.[10]
2010 census
[edit]Lighthouse Point Demographics | |||
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2010 Census | Lighthouse Point | Broward County | Florida |
Total population | 10,344 | 1,748,066 | 18,801,310 |
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | –3.9% | +7.7% | +17.6% |
Population density | 4,484.0/sq mi | 1,444.9/sq mi | 350.6/sq mi |
White or Caucasian(includingWhite Hispanic) | 94.0% | 63.1% | 75.0% |
(Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) | 87.7% | 43.5% | 57.9% |
Black or African-American | 1.7% | 26.7% | 16.0% |
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 7.5% | 25.1% | 22.5% |
Asian | 1.6% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
Native AmericanorNative Alaskan | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
Pacific IslanderorNative Hawaiian | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Two or more races (Multiracial) | 1.6% | 2.9% | 2.5% |
Some Other Race | 0.8% | 3.7% | 3.6% |
As of the2010 United States census,there were 10,344 people, 4,555 households, and 2,839 families residing in the city.[11]
2000 census
[edit]In 2000, 19.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.65.
In 2000, the city the population was spread out, with 16.2% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 30.1% from 45 to 64, and 23.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.
As of 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $53,038, and the median income for a family was $72,418. Males had a median income of $51,897 versus $32,929 for females. Theper capita incomefor the city was $40,839. About 2.6% of families and 5.0% of the population were below thepoverty line,including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as theirfirst languagewere 19.18%, while 74.64% spoke Spanish as theirs. Other languages spoken as a first language are Italian 1.93%, French 1.22%, German at 1.06%, and Portuguese at 0.71%.[12]
Media
[edit]Lighthouse Point is part of theMiami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywoodmedia market, which is the twelfth largest radio market[13]and the seventeenth largest television market[14]in the United States. Its primary daily newspapers are theSouth Florida Sun-SentinelandThe Miami Herald,and their Spanish-language counterpartsEl SentinelandEl Nuevo Herald.
Each house, apartment and business in Lighthouse Point receives the monthly lifestyle magazine "Lighthouse Point" created and mailed by publishers Susan and Richard Rosser.
Education
[edit]Broward County Public Schoolsserves the community.[15]All residents are zoned to Norcrest Elementary School (Pompano Beach),[16]Deerfield Beach Middle School,[17]andDeerfield Beach High School(located in Deerfield Beach).[18]It is also in the service area of themagnet schoolPompano Beach High School.[19]
OriginallyNorth Broward Preparatory Schoolwas located in the city. It was established there in 1957, but is no longer located in Lighthouse Point.[20]
Lighthouse Point Library
[edit]Mission Statement: The Doreen Gauthier Lighthouse Point Library was established (1965) for the purpose of providing community members of all ages with informational, recreational, cultural, and educational enrichment through access to print materials, digital resources, current technologies, services, programs, and a professional library staff.[21][22][23]
The first part-time library was a small room in the Beacon Light Shopping Center where the owner gave this area rent free for three months as a gesture of goodwill.[24]The branch began building its collection with duplicate copies of titles from Pompano and Deerfield Beach Libraries, as well as donations from the general public.[24]On March 30, 1965, a glamorous Library Ball was held, with the Lighthouse Point Bank underwriting the cost of the event as well as cosponsoring the affair. The event raised over $5,000.[24]By 1966 the library owned more than 3,000 items, and the tradition of having a Library Ball was continued annually from 1966 to 1971.[24]In January 1968 a lease was signed for a rental of two empty stores in the Venetian Isles Shopping Center, and by this point the library had 921 members.[24]Circulation grew from 314 books in 1965 to over 10,000 books in 1968.[24]In 1972, the Library began to function under the jurisdiction of the City of Lighthouse Point.[24]In 1984, thePublixin the Venetian Sopping center announced its plan to take over the entire shopping area, and the contents of the library was moved into a huge trailed unit in November 1985 and stored on the grounds of the Trinity United Methodist Church.[24]The city commission pitched an idea to build a complex with the library as a focal point, and in the meantime library staff worked out of the storage unit.[24]It wasn't until May 1987 that the move into the current permanent library began with over 20,000 items and more than 7,000 library memberships.[24]
The library has a print collection of over 40,000 circulating titles, patron wifi access, public computers, a fax machine, scanning and printing, AWE Kids Learning Stations, Overdrive eBooks and streaming audio-books, access to the Florida Electronic Library and digital research databases, audio books on CD, DVDs, magazines and newspapers, study rooms (by appointment), and exam proctoring (by appointment only).[25]
Notable people
[edit]- Paul Castronovo,radio personality
- Ben Klassen,founder of the religionCreativity
- Bruce Nickells,harness racingdriver[26]
- Mike Phipps,College Football Hall of Fame member
- Nevin Shapiro,University of Miami footballboosterwho is currently imprisoned for orchestrating a $930 millionPonzi scheme
- John Spadavecchia,professional poker player
References
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- ^"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files".United States Census Bureau.RetrievedOctober 31,2021.
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- ^"Census of Population and Housing".Census.gov.RetrievedJune 4,2015.
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- ^"S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Lighthouse Point City, Florida".United States Census Bureau.
- ^"S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Lighthouse Point City, Florida".United States Census Bureau.
- ^"MLA Data Center results for Lighthouse Point, FL".Modern Language Association.RetrievedSeptember 23,2007.
- ^"Top 50 Radio Markets Ranked By Metro 12+ Population, Spring 2005".Northwestern University Media Management Center. Archived fromthe originalon August 7, 2007.RetrievedSeptember 23,2007.
- ^"Top 50 TV markets ranked by households".Northwestern University Media Management Center. Archived fromthe originalon August 7, 2007.RetrievedSeptember 23,2007.
- ^"City Map."City of Lighthouse Point. Retrieved on September 23, 2018.
- ^"Norcrest Elementary."Broward County Public Schools.Retrieved on September 23, 2018.
- ^"Deerfield Beach Middle."Broward County Public Schools.Retrieved on September 23, 2018.
- ^"Deerfield Beach High."Broward County Public Schools.Retrieved on September 23, 2018.
- ^"Pompano Beach High."Broward County Public Schools.Retrieved on September 23, 2018.
- ^"Our HistoryArchived2014-11-03 at theWayback Machine."North Broward Preparatory School.Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
- ^"Lighthouse Point Library: Location and Mission Statement".
- ^Cavallaro, Jeanne F., "Lighthouse Point Library" (1990). Digital Collection - Florida Studies Center Publications. Paper 90. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/flstud_pub/90
- ^Michael d’Oliveira. 2015. “Lighthouse Point Library’s History Is One of Change, Advancement.”Pelican, The(Pompano Beach, FL), January 23.
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- ^`Star` Leads Nickells Down The Filly Way
External links
[edit]- City of Lighthouse Pointofficial website