Cooper City, Florida, United States

🇺🇸 Cooper City is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who founded the community in 1959.

In 2006, with the annexation of the Waldrep Dairy Farm, Cooper City started construction on the first major new home construction project within the past few decades. It was expected the addition of the 530-acre (2.1 km²) property would add upwards of 4,000 new residents through 2011.

Geography Cooper City is bounded by Davie to the north, Pembroke Pines to the south, both Hollywood and Davie to the east, and Southwest Ranches to the west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21.6 km²), of which 8.0 square miles (20.8 km²) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km²) is water (3.63%).

Sport Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City is the location of a cricket grounds, and in 2004 played host to first-class cricket when the United States cricket team played Canada in the ICC Intercontinental Cup. It also served as the home ground for the Florida Thunder Pro Cricket team in 2004. The park is also home to one of the few cycling tracks in South Florida. The park also encompasses a skateboard park. There are three other parks in Cooper City, Bill Lips Park, Cooper City Sports Complex, and Flamingo West Park.

Cooper City is also the birthplace of Troy State defensive end Ken Wagner, who was a part of their National Championship team in the late 1980s.

Former Miami Dolphins place kicker Olindo Mare graduated from Cooper City High School in 1991. • Nick Lucena, Olympian • Eric Hosmer, current first baseman for the Boston Red Sox and former first baseman for the San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals. • Skai Moore, American football linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts • Rick Shaw, radio disc jockey (WQAM)