Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States

🇺🇸 Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, just south of the Palm Beach County line. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. It is the tenth-largest city in Broward County. It is a key suburb of the Miami metropolitan area.

History Deerfield Beach's history dates to 1890, when a small settlement named Hillsborough was developed along the Hillsboro River. As the population grew to 20 by 1898, the settlement was now served by its own post office and the town was named Deerfield for the deer that grazed along the river.

By the early 20th century, as the town's population continued to grow, the Florida East Coast Railroad constructed tracks en route to Miami bisecting Deerfield. Deerfield's early settlers were mostly farmers who grew pineapples, tomatoes, green beans, squash and fished along the Intracoastal Waterway. Deerfield remained a largely agricultural community, but in 1939 the town's name was changed to Deerfield Beach to let tourists know it has a beach. In 1952, the original Deerfield Beach Pier was built of wood.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.3 square miles (42.1 km²), of which 15.1 square miles (39.1 km²) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.0 km²) is water (7.12%). Of Deerfield Beach's land mass 0.3 square miles is located on Deerfield Beach Island (DBI).

Points of interest • Deerfield Beach Arboretum • Deerfield Island Park • Quiet Waters Park • Deerfield Beach Island (DBI).

Education There are five public schools in Deerfield Beach, as well as numerous private institutions. Public schools are administered by Broward County Public Schools.

Libraries There are two locations of the Broward County Library system in Deerfield Beach: • Century Plaza • Percy White.

Media Deerfield Beach is a part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market and the seventeenth largest television market in the United States. Its primary daily newspapers are the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and The Miami Herald, and their Spanish-language counterparts El Sentinel and El Nuevo Herald. Local Deerfield-based media includes The Observer, a local weekly newspaper, and the Deerfield Times, published by Sun-Sentinel.

Transport • Deerfield Beach station served by Amtrak and Tri-Rail • Broward County Transit.