Brickell Key Explained

Brickell Key
Other Name:Claughton Island
Mapsize:300px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Florida
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Miami-Dade County
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:Miami
Leader Title:City of Miami Commissioner
Leader Name:Ken Russell
Leader Title1:Miami-Dade Commissioner
Leader Name1:Joe Carollo
Leader Title2:House of Representatives
Leader Name2:Christopher Benjamin (D)
Leader Title3:State Senate
Leader Name3:Ileana Garcia (R)
Leader Title4:U.S. House
Leader Name4:María Elvira Salazar (R)
Elevation Ft:3
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:2,189
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-05
Coordinates:25.8244°N -80.1907°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:33131
Area Code:305, 786

Brickell Key is a man-made island off the mainland Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Also called Claughton Island, the neighborhood is just east of Downtown Miami and the Miami River.

History

In 1896, Henry Flagler organized a 9feet deep channel dug from the Miami River mouth, creating two islands in the process.[1] In 1943, Edward N. Claughton, Sr. bought the Brickell Key islands and other land to combine them into a 44acres triangle-shaped tract.[2] In the late 1970s, Swire Properties bought most of the island from Claughton.[3] Since then the island has been built out with some of the tallest buildings in Miami, and the Mandarin Oriental, Miami hotel, mainly during the condo "Manhattanization" wave of the 2000s.

Demographics

As of 2020, the population of Brickell Key had 20,558 people (excluding the demographics and population of Brickell and Mary Brickell Village). The ZIP code for Brickell is 33131. The area covers 0.162sqmi. As of 2020, there were 10,412 males and 10,146 females. The median age for males was 33.9 years old, while the median age for females was 31.9 years old. The average household size had 1.7 people, while the average family size had 2.5 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 30.6%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 8.2%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 1.4%. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 24.4%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 16.4%.[4]

, people who speak English not well or not at all, made up 5.9% of the population. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 14.9%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 29.1%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 4.7%, while the percentage of foreign born residents was 51.3%.[4]

External links

25.7663°N -80.1852°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henry Flagler Biography . 2024-02-29 . Henry Morrison Flagler Museum . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Piket . Casey . 2013-01-14 . Brickell Key on Claughton Island . 2024-02-29 . Miami History Blog . en-US.
  3. Web site: Brickell Key Home Page (archived version) . February 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080212050142/http://www.kafka-franz.com/Brickell-Key-Condos.htm . February 12, 2008.
  4. Web site: Demographics of Brickell Key Miami, FL. . city-data. 2009-08-23.