Hacienda Village, Florida

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Hacienda Village (founded 1949) is a defunct town located in central Broward County, Florida in the United States. It possessed both a police and fire department as well as various other municipal agencies, yet still relied heavily on Broward County for many services. It was disincorporated in 1984 (allegedly having its charter revoked after the HVPD cited an influential state representative for a traffic infraction) and was subsequently absorbed into the nearby town of Davie, Florida.

The Mayor of Hacienda Village, "Red" Crise, originally from New Jersey, appointed himself the Police Chief, Fire Chief and Judge Magistrate. Crise presided over some 18 police officers as well as over a nightly traffic court.

There was a highly visible Country & Western Nightclub called, "The Hacienda Inn" housed in a large building painted with huge contrasting polka dots. "Red" Crise was the owner/operator. As you passed through the front doorway, there was a sign that said, "No Hats". Hats had been known to "cause fights". Blacklights were used for lighting all but the bandstand causing the bottles of beer and people's teeth to glow. Local C & W bands played from 9:30 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. A juke box supplied music during the band's 20 minute breaks.

Hacienda Village was composed of 14 mobile homes and three junk yards. Residents were not taxed as the town always had a healthy surplus of funds from traffic fines. The fines were a result of some fancy and obscure speed limit postings which were heavily enforced by a highly efficient police officers.

As with Andytown, it was crippled by the construction of the interstate system, for the Interstate 595 (Florida) spur, along the Florida State Road 84 corridor, removed most of its revenue, rerouting traffic from SR84 to I-595. I-595 runs from the Hollywood/Fort Lauderdale International Airport at US1 to the junction of I-75, where it veers west towards Andytown and Naples.

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County seat: Fort Lauderdale

Cities	Coconut Creek \| Cooper City \| Coral Springs \| Dania Beach \| Deerfield Beach \| Fort Lauderdale \| Hallandale Beach \| Hollywood \| Lauderdale Lakes \| Lauderhill \| Lighthouse Point \| Margate \| Miramar \| North Lauderdale \| Oakland Park \| Parkland \| Pembroke Pines \| Plantation \| Pompano Beach \| Sunrise \| Tamarac \| West Park \| Weston \| Wilton Manors

Towns	Davie \| Hillsboro Beach \| Lauderdale-by-the-Sea \| Pembroke Park \| Southwest Ranches

Villages	Lazy Lake \| Sea Ranch Lakes

CDPs	Boulevard Gardens \| Broadview Park \| Franklin Park \| Hillsboro Pines \| Hillsboro Ranches \| Pompano Estates \| Roosevelt Gardens \| Sunshine Acres \| Washington Park

Former CDPs	Bonnie Loch-Woodsetter North \| Broadview-Pompano Park \| Broward Estates \| Carver Ranches \| Chambers Estates \| Chula Vista \| Collier Manor-Cresthaven \| Country Estates \| Crystal Lake \| Edgewater \| Estates of Fort Lauderdale \| Godfrey Road \| Golden Heights \| Green Meadow \| Ivanhoe Estates \| Kendall Green \| Lake Forest \| Leisureville \| Loch Lomond \| Melrose Park \| Miami Gardens \| North Andrews Gardens \| Oak Point \| Palm Aire \| Pine Island Ridge \| Pompano Beach Highlands \| Ramblewood East \| Ravenswood Estates \| Riverland Village \| Rock Island \| Rolling Oaks \| Royal Palm Ranches \| St. George \| Sunshine Ranches \| Tedder \| Terra Mar \| Twin Lakes \| Utopia \| Village Park \| West Ken-Lark

Unincorporated communities	Andytown \| Hacienda Village

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200,000–500,000	Miami^† \| Hialeah
100,000–200,000	Fort Lauderdale^† \| Pembroke Pines \| Hollywood \| Coral Springs \| West Palm Beach^† \| Miramar \| Miami Gardens \| Pompano Beach
50,000–100,000	Sunrise \| Miami Beach \| Boca Raton \| Plantation \| Davie \| Kendall \| Deerfield Beach \| Boynton Beach \| Delray Beach \| Weston \| Fountainbleau \| Lauderhill \| Tamarac \| North Miami \| Kendale Lakes \| Wellington \| Margate \| Tamiami \| Jupiter
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Sports	Florida Marlins (baseball) \| Miami Heat (basketball) \| Miami Dolphins (football) \| Florida Panthers (ice hockey)
Airports	Miami International Airport (Miami-Dade) \| Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (Miami-Dade) \| Opa-locka Airport (Miami-Dade) \| Opa-locka Executive Airport (Miami-Dade) \| Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (Broward) \| Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (Broward) \| Pompano Beach Airpark (Broward) \| Palm Beach International Airport (Palm Beach) \| Boca Raton Airport (Palm Beach) \| Palm Beach County Park Airport (Palm Beach) \| North Palm Beach County Airport (Palm Beach)
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