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El Portal is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The name is derived from the Spanish term for “the gate”, after two wooden gates that once stood as a gateway to the village. El Portal was originally annexed into the city of Miami in 1925. With the arrival of the Great Depression, Miami gave up its jurisdiction, and El Portal was incorporated as its own village in 1937. As of the 2020 census, the population of El Portal was 1,986, down from 2,325 in 2010.

El Portal village overview:
Name:El Portal village
LSAD Code:47
LSAD Description:village (suffix)
State:Florida
County:Miami-Dade County
Incorporated:December 6, 1937
Elevation:7 ft (2 m)
Total Area:0.42 sq mi (1.09 km²)
Land Area:0.42 sq mi (1.08 km²)
Water Area:0.01 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Population Density:4,774.04/sq mi (1,844.35/km²)
Area code:305, 786
FIPS code:1220650
GNISfeature ID:0282132
Website:www.elportalvillage.com

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History

El Portal is a small, diverse enclave between Miami Shores and Miami. It was incorporated on December 6, 1937. The enclave was originally the capital of the Tequesta tribal area, and was visited by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in the 1560s. Three small subdivisions (now neighborhoods)—Sherwood Forest, El Jardin (Spanish for “The Garden”), and El Portal—merged into the Village of El Portal. Its borders include 91st Street on the north, the Little River Canal on the south, Northeast Fifth Avenue on the east and Northwest Fifth Avenue on the west.

The village’s name is a Spanish term meaning “the gate,” referring to two huge wooden gates on Northeast Second Avenue that were taken down in the 1940s.

The village was designated as a bird sanctuary by the state for more than 50 years, which means that the birds and trees cannot be harmed in any way. A nature trail winds its way through the village. El Portal also boasts links to prehistoric Indian life at the Little River Mound, a four-foot-high, innocuous grassy knoll that is actually an ancient burial ground. The Little River Mound, located in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood, is the first archaeological site to be publicly recognized and preserved in Miami-Dade County.

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Road map of El Portal

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Satellite map of El Portal

Geography

El Portal is located 6 miles (10 km) north of downtown Miami at 25°51′19″N 80°11′39″W / 25.85528°N 80.19417°W / 25.85528; -80.19417 (25.855173, –80.194168). It is bordered to the south and east by the city of Miami, to the north by the village of Miami Shores, and to the southwest by unincorporated West Little River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km), of which 0.005 square miles (1.3 ha), or 1.19%, are water.

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Miami-Dade County (Spanish: Condado de Miami-Dade) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. It is Florida’s third largest county ... Read more
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