. . On November 13 1997 voters changed the name of the county from Dade to Miami-Dade to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami Voters were acting pursuant to home rule powers granted to Dade County including the ability to change the name of the county without the consent of the Florida Legislature the change in name also addressed a source of public dissatisfaction with the name "Dade" which was chosen to honor Francis L Dade who had been killed in the Dade Massacre in the 1830s the massacre did not occur in South Florida but in the west central part of the state in present-day Sumter County near Bushnell There is also a Dade City which is closer to the site of the massacre, Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link (opens Q3 2019), 4 Treasure fleet 3.4.1 Concourse A SR 874 (Don Shula Expressway): 826/Bird Road to Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike/Kendall! 1.4 Reconstruction era and end of the 19th century Main article: Indigenous people of the Everglades region. . Major expressways 6.5 Flood control 6 References 8.5 Sports venues Dade County Courthouse built in 1928 is the tallest building built in the 1920s.
. . Major freeways and tollways 5.5 Industry The Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Miami-Dade County Florida the department serves 29 municipalities and all unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County from 60 fire stations the Department also provides fire protection services for Miami International Airport Miami Executive Airport and Opa-locka Airport. Campus Support Complex 1999 The Houston Astros and Washington Nationals conduct spring training in West Palm Beach at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches; . This map made by the U.S military shows the term "Everglades" was in use by 1857, On November 9 2007 Concourse a was closed as part of the North Terminal Development Project it had been closed in order to speed up completion of the North Terminal project as well as facilitate the addition of the Automated People Mover (APM) system that now spans the length of the North Terminal the infrastructure of Concourse a reopened on July 20 2010 as an extension of Concourse D.
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