Richmond Heights
Richmond Heights has served as a planned residential community for African American veterans in southern Miami-Dade County since the late 1940s. Developed after the Second World War, it became one of the area’s early suburban neighbourhoods created for Black families at a time when housing remained segregated. Its streets now form part of the broad urban belt between the Everglades and Biscayne Bay, close to the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike, commonly known as the HEFT. This toll road is a major north–south link across Miami-Dade County. Richmond Heights is also associated with nearby Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park, a large county park with a freshwater lake and campgrounds.
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Among the communities of Florida, Richmond Heights stands out for its origins as a postwar settlement for Black veterans. Developed in 1949 for African American servicemen returning from World War II, it remains an important part of Miami-Dade County’s Black heritage. The community lies on South Florida’s low-lying coastal plain, inland from Biscayne Bay and close to Zoo Miami. Its residential streets reflect the suburban growth that spread south and west from central Miami in the decades after the war. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Richmond Heights and southern Miami-Dade.
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