Allapattah, Miami, Florida

Allapattah is a neighborhood partly in the city of Miami, Florida, and partly in an adjacent unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, United States.

Geography

It is located at coord|25.815|-80.224, with an elevation of convert|10|ft|m. [ [http://florida.hometownlocator.com/FL/Miami-Dade/Allapattah.cfm Allapattah, FL - Community Profile] ]

History

The name is derived from the Seminole Indian language word meaning "alligator". At the beginning of the 20th Century, the area was known as the Allapattah Prairie. [Muir, Helen. 1953. "Miami, U.S.A." Miami, Florida: Hurricane House Publishers, Inc. LCC 53-8981.] The area is northwest of downtown, and about five miles east of Miami International Airport.

Allapattah was predominantly White from early in the 20th Century until the late 1950s, when there was a large influx of African-Americans displaced by the construction of Interstate Highway 95.Fact|date=January 2008 Cubans began moving into the neighborhood in the 1960s. In the 1980s there was an influx of Dominicans, Nicaraguans, Hondurans, and later, Haitians. It was then that the area began to become the mix that it is today. Now, residents from all across the Caribbean and Latin America reside in the area of Allapattah. [ [http://sneakykitchen.com/Stories/allapattah.htm Allapattah - A Mix to the Max] - accessed December 23 2005]

Today, many of the businesses and educational institutions in the neighborhood are generally located on Northwest 36th Street (US 27). The boundaries are roughly as follows: to the north, State Road 112, to the south, Northwest 20th Street, to the east, Northwest Seventh Avenue (US 441), and to the west, Northwest 27th Avenue.Fact|date=January 2008

Demographics

As of 2000, [cite web |url=http://www.miamigov.com/Planning/pages/services/Census.asp |title=Demographics of Allapattah Miami, FL. |publisher=miamigov.com |accessdate=2008-06-11] Allapattah had a population of 40,406 residents, with 12,508 households, and 8,224 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $19,141.53. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 72.23% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 18.33% Black or African American, 6.89% White (non-Hispanic), and 2.55% Other races (non-Hispanic).

Places of interest

*Allapattah Metrorail Station
*Earlington Heights Metrorail Station
*Allapattah Library
* [http://ams.dadeschools.net/ Allapattah Middle School]
*Miami Jackson Senior High School

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