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Miami -Dade Cities - An Updated List

Via Palmetto Bay | Redland Real Estate | Maggie Dokic, SFR (Prudential Florida Realty):

As I was helping someone verify the "official" cities in the Miami area, I put together this list.  I thought I'd share it with you in case you've been losing sleep over whether a certain area is a city or not in Miami-Dade County. =)

The number represents the municipal code.  If you live in the county and look up your address' "folio number" (which can be likened to the 'social security' number of a property), your folio number will begin with one of these 2 digits.

01 Miami
02 Miami Beach
03 Coral Gables
04 Hialeah
05 Miami Springs (a friend and resident aptly described it as the Mayberry of Miami.  Lovely place)
06 North Miami
07 North Miami Beach
08 Opa-Locka
09 South Miami (this is the city name, sometimes applied erroneously to areas in South Miami-Dade)
10 Homestead (and you do NOT have to live in Homestead to claim the Homestead Exemption that the state of Florida has in place for property owners.  Another source of confusion when discussing said exemption, which applies to the place you claim as your homestead)
11 Miami Shores (a shout out to my buddy Ines!)
12 Bal Harbour
13 Bay Harbour Islands
14 Surfside (can you guess where this is?)
15 West Miami (see South Miami above - same error pops up)
16 Florida City
17 Biscayne Park
18 El Portal (this is Spanish for "the front porch."  I'll have to look up the history behind that.  Ines?)
19 Golden Beach
20 Pinecrest (a favorite of mine)
21 Indian Creek (a nod to the original settlers of our area.  MANY Indian names in Florida)
22 Medley
23 North Bay Village
24 Key Biscayne
25 Sweetwater
26 Virginia Gardens
27 Hialeah Gardens
28 Aventura
29 Islandia
30 Unincorporated Miami-Dade County (a repository for the rest of the county that has yet to incorporate itself)
31 Sunny Isles Beach
32 Miami Lakes
33 Palmetto Bay (another of my favorites)
34 Miami Gardens
35 Doral
36 Cutler Bay

So where does that leave "areas" like High Pines, Gables by the Sea, Snapper Creek, Kendall, The Redland, the Hammocks, Country Walk, and so many others?  Technically, they are all part of unincorporated Miami-Dade county or a municipality listed above.

As of today's date (3/11/2010) the municipalities list is complete.  However, the "areas" list is not.  I may work on that list in the future and add a link here when I post it.

Maggie Dokic, SFR is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Florida selling residential real estate in Miami, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Coral Gables, Gables by the Sea, High Pines, the Redland and other select areas of SW Miami-Dade County.

Maggie has earned her SFR certification to be able to better serve the needs of her customers in today's non-traditional real estate market.  SFR is a Short Sale, Foreclosure Resource Specialist.  Designees have been trained to understand the highly specialized options available to Sellers facing short sales & foreclosures and Buyers looking to buy them.

For more information on our local real estate market, or to see or sell a home in Miami, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Coral Gables or the Redland, visit my Miami Real Estate blog or contact me at Maggie (at) TheBlogThatAteMiami (dot) com.

The opinions expressed herein, are those of the author, and not necessarily of Prudential Florida Realty.