Shenandoah is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of
Miami, Florida
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
. It was established in 1919 by developers from Virginia, hence the name. The "Shenandoah" area was farmland and piney wood until the real-estate boom of the 1920s, when one residential subdivision after another bearing the name "Shenandoah" as part of its title appeared.
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The modern borders of the neighborhood are
Calle Ocho to the north,
Coral Way to the south, SW 12th Ave to the east and SW 27th Ave to the west. Shenandoah is home to many revivalist architecture homes and buildings, such as Shenandoah Middle School and many homes in the area closer to
Calle Ocho.
Education
Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates the area's public schools:
Elementary school
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Shenandoah Elementary School
Middle school
*Shenandoah Middle School
Libraries
Miami-Dade Public Library System operates this public library:
*Shenandoah Library
Parks
*
Shenandoah Park
See also
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Coral Way
*
Miami Shenandoah Neighborhood Association
References
External links
{{Miami Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods in Miami