Three BIG reasons for Florida's growth in the 1950s

By Jane Feehan

Broward County, established in 1915, underwent a dynamic expansion, as did much of South Florida, in the 1950s. Three factors contributed to that expansion:

1. Air conditioning 
2. Mosquito control and
3. Beginning of nonstop passenger airline flights from New York to Fort Lauderdale.

Broward population milestones in the 1950s:
https://janeshistorynook.blogspot.com/2020/07/floridas-population-explosion-in-1950s.html

Source:  

Sun-Sentinel:  “The Fabulous '50s,” by Jane Feehan. Aug. 21, 2002.


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