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Tamarac

Tamarac is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 59,923. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.9 square miles (31 km²), of which 11.4 square miles (30 km²) is land and 0.5 square miles (1 km²) is water (4.21%).

Once a fledgling active-adult community in the early 1960's, a young millionaire named Ken Behring came from the Midwest and bought up all the land and then started to build. He originally made his fortune with a chain of car washes called Car-A-Mat. He called his new city Tamarac, named after the Tamarac Country Club (now called the Oak Tree Country Club). Coincidentally, this also was "Car-A-Mat" spelled backwards.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarac,_Florida

Recent city comments:

  • Furniture Power, silvers79 wrote 14 years ago:
    Now vacant and under renovation. There's rumors that a charter school will move here.
  • Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness, silvers79 wrote 14 years ago:
    This was the former Tamarac City Hall and Police Station.
  • International House of Pancakes, silvers79 wrote 14 years ago:
    It was once the only thing on University & 62nd.
  • Broward Teachers Union, silvers79 wrote 14 years ago:
    This was once a bank.
  • CVS/pharmacy, silvers79 wrote 14 years ago:
    There was once a Texaco gas station here.
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