Your Guide to Buying a Home in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL

Buying a Home in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is located in Broward County

Welcome to Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Florida, a charming seaside village located just east of Fort Lauderdale on a barrier island where gentle tradewinds blow soft caresses and pelicans fly overhead. Known as the "Prettiest Small Town in America," Lauderdale-By-The-Sea is a fabulous destination to visit and also a great place to make your home or business.

The Town's most-valued natural resource is a thriving coral reef teeming with colorful marine life within 100 yards of the beach, which earned the Town official recognition from the Broward County Commission as the "Shore Diving Capital" of Florida." One of the Town's reefs is also the final resting place for the underwater remains of the SS Copenhagen, an 18th century cargo steamer that sank in 1900. The shipwreck was designated as an official underwater archaeological preserve -- one of only 10 in
the entire state -- by the Florida Division of Historical Resources in June 1994.

Incorporated in 1947, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea traces its proud municipal roots to February 1924, when developer William F. Morang purchased and platted the property of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea from Henry S. Moody and John C.Gregory. Several years later, Melvin I. Anglin, a successful building contractor and real estate investor from Indiana, bought the land platted by Morang with the intention of starting a new Town. Anglin later served as the Town's first Mayor.
 
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea has undergone dramatic growth in the past 40 years. In 1960, the Town's population was 1,300 residents. The number of permanent residents residing in Town more than doubled in October 2001, when Lauderdale-By-The-Sea successfully annexed the Intracoastal Beach Area, a coastal neighborhood in unincorporated Broward just north of Town.

Information courtesy of the Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and the Chamber of Commerce