Overtown (Miami)

Overtown
Central Negro District (historic)[1]
NW 3rd Avenue
NW 3rd Avenue
Nickname: 
Colored Town (historic name)
Overtown neighborhood within the City of Miami
Overtown neighborhood within the City of Miami
Coordinates: 25°47′14.92″N 80°12′2.32″W / 25.7874778°N 80.2006444°W / 25.7874778; -80.2006444
Country United States
State Florida
CountyMiami-Dade County
CityMiami
Government
 • City of Miami CommissionerKeon Hardemon
 • Miami-Dade CommissionersAudrey Edmonson
 • House of RepresentativesCynthia Stafford (D)
 • State SenateLarcenia Bullard (D)
 • U.S. HouseFrederica Wilson (D)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total6,736
 • Density3,410/km2 (8,820/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Towner
Time zoneUTC-05 (EST)
ZIP Code
33136
Area code(s)305, 786

Overtown is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States, just northwest of Downtown Miami. Originally called Colored Town in the Jim Crow era of the late 19th through the mid-20th century, the area was once the preeminent and is the historic center for commerce in the black community in Miami and South Florida.

It is bound by NW 20th Street to the north, NW 5th Street to the south, the Miami River, Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), and I-95 (north of the Midtown Interchange) to the west, and the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) and NW 1st Avenue to the east. Local residents often go by the demonym "Towners".

  1. ^ "The Reverend John Edwin Culmer, 1891-1963". Episcopal Archives. 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2015.