Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA

Miami-Dade County lies in Florida, linking established communities with the surrounding rural and suburban landscape. Miami is the county seat in a subtropical region extending from Biscayne Bay and dense coastal cities to the Everglades. Indigenous history, rail expansion, agriculture and twentieth-century migration shaped the peninsula, and later roads broadened the community’s ties to the region. Tourism, health care, trade, construction, agriculture and services anchor the economy. Parks and established neighborhoods give Miami-Dade County a distinct sense of place.