Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, USA. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 75,018. It is part of the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010 census. Deerfield Beach's history dates back to 1890 when a small settlement named Hillsborough was developed along the Hillsboro River. As the population grew to 20 by 1898, the settlement was now served by its own post office and the town was named Deerfield for... the deer that grazed along the Hillsboro River. By the early twentieth century, as the town's population continued to grow, the Florida East Coast Railroad constructed tracks en route to Miami bisecting Deerfield. Deerfield's early settlers were mostly farmers who grew pineapples, tomatoes, green beans, squash and fished along the Intracoastal Waterway. Through the 1940s, Deerfield remained a largely agricultural based community, but in 1939 the town's name was changed to Deerfield Beach to let tourists know it has a beach. As of 2010, there were 42,671 households, of which 21.8% were vacant.
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| County: | Broward County |
| State: | Florida |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 75,018 |
| Area: | 14.9 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Deerfield Beach, Florida, Broward County / Deerfield Beach city |