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Pembroke Pines was incorporated in 1960, and took the name Pembroke from its location
along Pembroke Road and the many
Morgage
pine trees in the area. But the name Pembroke may even
date back much further. The name may have been from an early
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landowner from Britain known as the Earl of Pembroke.
The first inhabitants in the city are known as “Archaic” and were small
bands of Indians that first appeared about 4,000 years
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ago. Skeletal remains of
animal hunters dating about 10,000 years old were found around Broward County, showing
that perhaps humans have lived here even earlier. These
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people wandered around the
county about 2,000 to 4,000 years ago. These Archaic Indians collected fish, shellfish,
deer, bear, and plants such as sea grape and prickly pear.
It started as agricultural land refinance
occupied by dairy farms and grew after the war as servicemen were
retiring, including large eastern sections that were part of the Waldrep Dairy Farm. The
first two tiny subdivisions were called
MLS
Pembroke Pines. One of the first
homes in the city belonged to
Dr. (the first mayor) and Mr. Walter Smith Kipnis, built
in 1956. It was then known as the “Village of Pembroke Pines” and incorporated
into a town in 1959. Builders contested the incorporation, so a legal battle was brought
out concerning the boundaries of the new town
real estate home values
that were incorrectly
stated in the ballot. City services were added in the 1960s
with the building of the first fire department building near North Perry Airport. However,
University Drive was the western edge of habitable land for residents.