South East Florida Communities » City Of Coconut Creek.
Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida. The city took its name from the coconut trees that were planted in the area by early developers. R.E. Bateman, a developer, named Coconut Creek after two Dade County cities: Indian Creek and Coconut Grove. The population was 43,566 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 49,017.
The city which is 12 square miles with approximately 1,400 businesses nestled between Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. Coconut Creek is widely recognized as a well-planned community with a unique environmental perfection and plenty of trees, waterways, attractive landscaped roads, beautiful parks, and butterfly gardens throughout its neighborhoods. Housing is primarily single-family homes, condominiums, and townhouses within professionally landscaped communities.
Coconut Creek, Butterfly Capital of the World, is home to the world's largest butterfly aviary - a zoo, of sorts, for butterflies. South Florida's sub-tropical climate, the City's close proximity to the Everglades and to the coastline, and the well-maintained woodlands, wetlands, fields and glades help make the City an ideal home for an astonishing variety of butterflies including rare species not found anywhere else in the world.
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