Coconut Grove

This article is about the neighborhood of Miami. For other uses, see Cocoanut Grove (disambiguation).

Coconut Grove
Neighborhood of Miami
Typical street in Coconut Grove, showing heavy vegetation characteristic of the hammock.
Typical street in Coconut Grove, showing heavy vegetation characteristic of the hammock.
Nickname: 
The Grove
Coconut Grove neighborhood in Miami
Coconut Grove neighborhood in Miami
Coordinates: 25°43′N 80°15′W / 25.717°N 80.250°W / 25.717; -80.250
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyMiami-Dade County
CityMiami
Settled1825
Annexed into the City of Miami1925
Subdistricts of Coconut Grove
Neighborhoods list
  • Center Grove
  • Northeast Coconut Grove
  • Southwest Coconut Grove
  • West Grove or Black Grove
Government
 • City of Miami CommissionerDamian Pardo
 • Miami-Dade CommissionersXavier L. Suarez
 • House of RepresentativesVicki Lopez (R)
 • State SenateIleana Garcia (R)
 • U.S. HouseMaria Elvira Salazar (R)
Area
 • Total
5.607 sq mi (14.52 km2)
Elevation
13 ft (4 m)
Highest elevation
24 ft (7 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
20,076
 • Density8,006/sq mi (3,091/km2)
 • Demonym
Grovite
Time zoneUTC−05 (EST)
ZIP Code
33133
Area code(s)305, 786
Websitewww.coconutgrove.com

Coconut Grove, also known colloquially as “The Grove,” is an affluent and the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by North Prospect Drive to the south, LeJeune Road to the west, South Dixie Highway (US 1) and Rickenbacker Causeway to the north, and Biscayne Bay to the east.[1] It is south of the neighborhoods of Brickell and The Roads and east of Coral Gables. The neighborhood's name has been sometimes spelled "Cocoanut Grove" but the definitive spelling "Coconut Grove" was established when the city was incorporated in 1919.[2]

What is today referred to as Coconut Grove was formed in 1925 when the city of Miami annexed two areas of about equal size, the city of Coconut Grove and most of the town of Silver Bluff. Coconut Grove approximately corresponds to the same area as the 33133 ZIP Code although the ZIP Code includes parts of Coral Way and Coral Gables[3] and a small portion of ZIP Code 33129.[4] The area is often referred to as "The Grove,” and locals take pride that Coconut Grove is one of the greenest areas of Miami.[5][6]

Coconut Grove is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at Coconut Grove and Douglas Road stations.

  1. ^ City of Miami official map Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Blackman, E. V. Miami and Dade County, Florida. Washington, D.C.: Victor Rainbolt, 1921.
  3. ^ USNaviguide.com
  4. ^ "Demographics of Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida". city-data. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  5. ^ https://www.academia.edu/26538827/Coconut_Grove_West_Grove_tree_canopy_variations_over_time Miami’s Coconut Grove – tree canopy variation over time, May 2016, Accessed 1 October 2016
  6. ^ http://milliontrees.miamidade.gov/library/miami-dade_utc-assessment_final-lr.pdf Miami-Dade Urban Tree Canopy Assessment 2016