1819 Treaty with Spain
ceding Florida to USA, ratified 1819 by USA,1820 by King of Spain. 1845 Florida
admitted as the 27th State to the union. 1909 Palm Beach
including area of future Parkland formed by splitting Dade County. 1910 E.C.Chambers
buys 1000 acres from Fla. for $18/acre-contract was voided in 1912 1912 Florida
East Coast Railway buys the land for $10 an acre. 1914 Florida
East Coast Railway sells land not needed for Railway to Model Land Co. 1915 Broward
County created from parts of Dade and Palm Beach Counties. 1937 Model Land
Company sells 4000 acres to National Finance Corp. 1938 NFC., sells
4000 acres to brothers George,Devotey and William Blount for farming.
NOTE: For more Broward County go to links click on Broward County Historical
Commission
Cities are Chartered
1904 THE CITY
OF DANIA. 1908 THE CITY
OF POMPANO. (added beach to the name at a later date) 1911 THE CITY
OF FT LAUDERDALE. 1925 THE CITY
OF HOLLYWOOD. 1925 THE CITY
OF DEERFIELD BEACH 1927 THE CITY
OF FLORANADA (name later changed to Oakland Park) 1927 THE CITY
OF HALLANDALE (added beach to the name at a later date) 1939 THE CITY
OF HILLSBORO BEACH 1946 THE CITY
OF HACIENDA VILLAGE (at a later date merged with Davie) 1947 THE CITY
OF WILTON MANOR. 1951 THE CITY
OF LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA. 1953 THE CITY
OF LAZY LAKE. 1953 THE CITY
OF PLANTATION. 1955 THE CITY
OF MARGATE. 1955 THE CITY
OF MIRAMAR. 1956 THE CITY
OF LIGHT HOUSE POINT. 1957 THE CITY
OF PEMBROKE PARK. 1959 THE CITY
OF LAUDERHILL. 1959 THE CITY
OF COOPER CITY 1959 THE CITY
OF SEA RANCH LAKES. 1959 THE CITY
OF PEMBROKE PINES. 1961 THE CITY
OF DAVIE. 1961 THE CITY
OF SUNRISE. 1963 THE CITY
OF CORAL SPRINGS. 1963 THE CITY
OF PARKLAND. 1963 THE CITY
OF TAMARAC 1967 THE CITY
OF COCONUT CREEK. 1996 THE CITY
OF WESTON 2000 THE CITY
OF SOUTHWEST RANCHES. 2005 THE CITY
OF WEST PARK
PARKLAND “A
memorable past and a exciting future”
1963 Chartered,
recorded in August of that year. With no city taxes. 1964 Very low
yearly assessment established for canal maintenance. 1965 Founder
Bruce Blount retires as mayor. Van E Coggins appointed mayor. 1966 Coggins
resigns. Vincent Stevens appointed 3rd Mayor. 1966 Stevens
admin. appoints Bockhold a state lic. CGC to qualify 1st bldg dept 1967 Stevens
and John Quigley run for office in local election. Quigley wins. 1968 New local
4-H club very active, win in Broward qualify for state contests. 1968 Quigley
administration appoints Connie Quigley the new City Clerk. 1969 Local election
returns Quigley for 2nd term 1971 Local election
returns Quigley for 3rd term 1972 Commission
appoint James E Manning 5th Mayor, due to Quigley demise. 1972 John Stallings/
Harold J. Bockhold run for Mayor in Nov. Bockhold wins. 1973 State Legislators
meet to abolish Parkland, New Mayor saves City. 1973 4-H club
house becomes 1st city hall with a public meeting place. 1973 Bockhold
has firemen qualify & certified, by Wilton Manors Fire department 1973 Has Public
Safety Depart. formed. with help from Oakland Park Chief. 1973 Public
hearings are instituted for developers presentations. 1973 Mayor acquires
avery qualified Land Planner names Rene Valladares. 1973 First City
Fire Truck (Used) purchased from Coconut Creek for $2000 1974 First city
Ad Volerum tax of 2.7 mills accepted. 1975 2nd major
crisis a Parkland Public Safety Officer held for 2 civilians deaths. 1975 Valladares
submits one of first city land plans from Broward to Tallahassee.
State hires Valladares for his abilities. Parkland had no money to pay
him. 1976 First major
home fire set by arsonists our firemen were ready to work.