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6.1.2 Seminole Sargassum fish (Histrio histrio) The Castillo de San Marcos Originally white with red corners its design reflects the colors and shapes of the Cross of Burgundy and the subsequent Flag of Florida, The Miami River lent its name to the burgeoning town extending an etymology that derives from the Mayaimi Indian tribe.[citation needed] in 1844 Miami became the county seat and six years later a census reported that there were ninety-six residents living in the area the Third Seminole War lasted from 1855 to 1858 but was not nearly as destructive as the previous one However it did slow down the rate of settlement of southeast Florida At the end of the war a few of the soldiers stayed and some of the Seminoles remained in the Everglades. Since the development of the federal NASA Merritt Island launch sites on Cape Canaveral (most notably Kennedy Space Center) in 1962 Florida has developed a sizable aerospace industry, Major landscape types in the Everglades before human action Source: U.S Geological Survey. The median income for a household in the county was $43,605 and the median income for a family was $50,065 Males had a median income of $35,096 versus $29,980 for females the per capita income for the county was $22,957 About 13.8% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the poverty line including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 22.1% of those aged 65 or over, Kings Point Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, National Airlines Headquarters.

2009 Census projections indicate that the area's residential base has increased from 40,000 to 71,000 since 2000 with an expected Downtown population of 85,000 by 2014 as of 2006 189,164 residents live in the immediate Downtown/Brickell area, Florida has 131 public airports Florida's seven large hub and medium hub airports as classified by the FAA are the following:, MIA Mover Higher education Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (1925). (Miami-Dade County) 2,253,362 2,496,435 2,761,581 +10.62% Main article: Seminole Active students: 345,545, Sloughs or free-flowing channels of water develop in between sawgrass prairies Sloughs are about 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than sawgrass marshes and may stay flooded for at least 11 months out of the year and sometimes multiple years in a row Aquatic animals such as turtles alligators snakes and fish thrive in sloughs; they usually feed on aquatic invertebrates Submerged and floating plants grow here such as bladderwort (Utricularia) waterlily (Nymphaeaceae) and spatterdock (Nuphar lutea) Major sloughs in the Everglades system include the Shark River Slough flowing out to Florida Bay Lostmans River Slough bordering the Big Cypress and Taylor Slough in the eastern Everglades.