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| subdivision_type = Country| subdivision_name = United States| subdivision_type1 = State| subdivision_type2 = County| subdivision_type3 = City| subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name1 = FloridaMiami-Dade County, Florida>Miami-Dade County| subdivision_name3 = Miami| subdivision_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = Settled| established_date2 = 1825Municipal corporation>Annexed into the City of Miami| established_date3 = 1925| seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = Subdistricts of Coconut Grove| parts_style = | parts = Neighborhoods list| p1 = Center Grove| government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = City of Miami Commissioner| leader_name = Ken Russell| leader_title1 = Miami-Dade Commissioners| leader_name1 = Xavier L. Suarez| total_type = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = 5.607| area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = 13| elevation_min_m = | elevation_min_ft = | population_total = 20,076| population_as_of = 2010| population_footnotes = | population_density_sq_mi = 8006| population_blank1_title = Demonym| population_blank1 = Grovite| population_note = | postal_code_type = ZIP Code| postal_code = 33133Area codes 305 and 786>305, 786| website = www.coconutgrove.com| footnotes = | image_sea = | p2 = Northeast Coconut Grove| p3 = Southwest Coconut Grove| p4 = West Grove or Black GroveFlorida House of Representatives>House of RepresentativesVicki Lopez (Republican Party (United States)>R)Florida State Senate>State SenateIleana Garcia (Republican Party (United States)>R)United States House of Representatives>U.S. HouseMaria Elvira Salazar (Republican Party (United States)>R)| elevation_max_m = | elevation_max_ft = 24Eastern Time Zone>EST| utc_offset = −05| timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = }}Coconut Grove, also known colloquially as ”The Grove,” is an affluent and the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by North Prospect Drive to the south, LeJeune Road to the west, South Dixie Highway (US 1) and Rickenbacker Causeway to the north, and Biscayne Bay to the east.City of Miami official map {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416180151www.miamigis.com/cityofmiamive/ |date=April 16, 2009 }} It is south of the neighborhoods of Brickell and The Roads and east of Coral Gables. The neighborhood’s name has been sometimes spelled “Cocoanut Grove” but the definitive spelling “Coconut Grove” was established when the city was incorporated in 1919.Blackman, E. V. Miami and Dade County, Florida. Washington, D.C.: Victor Rainbolt, 1921.What is today referred to as Coconut Grove was formed in 1925 when the city of Miami annexed two areas of about equal size, the city of Coconut Grove and most of the town of Silver Bluff. Coconut Grove approximately corresponds to the same area as the 33133 ZIP Code although the ZIP Code includes parts of Coral Way and Coral GablesUSNaviguide.com and a small portion of ZIP Code 33129.WEB,www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Coconut-Grove-Miami-FL.html, Demographics of Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida., city-data, 2009-08-30, The area is often referred to as ”The Grove,” and locals take pride that Coconut Grove is one of the greenest areas of Miamiwww.academia.edu/26538827/Coconut_Grove_West_Grove_tree_canopy_variations_over_time Miami’s Coconut Grove – tree canopy variation over time, May 2016, Accessed 1 October 201milliontrees.miamidade.gov/library/miami-dade_utc-assessment_final-lr.pdf Miami-Dade Urban Tree Canopy Assessment 2016Coconut Grove is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at Coconut Grove and Douglas Road stations.

History

File:Coconutgrove2007.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Skyline of Coconut Grove, as seen from its respective Metrorail station]]File:Coco Grove FL womens club01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The clubhouse of the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove, built in 1921 and designed by Miami architect Walter de GarmoWalter de GarmoSeveral waves of immigration established Coconut Grove, the first in 1825, when the Cape Florida lighthouse went into operation, kept by John Dubose.WEB, 2018-02-15, A Brief History Of Miamis Coconut Grove,theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/florida/articles/a-brief-history-of-miamis-coconut-grove, 2024-04-23, Culture Trip, en, The settlers primarily came from the Northeastern United States, in addition to British and Bahamian immigrants.WEB, 2018-02-15, A Brief History Of Miamis Coconut Grove,theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/florida/articles/a-brief-history-of-miamis-coconut-grove, 2024-04-23, Culture Trip, en, They included sailors, naturalists, and artists.WEB, 2018-02-15, A Brief History Of Miamis Coconut Grove,theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/florida/articles/a-brief-history-of-miamis-coconut-grove, 2024-04-23, Culture Trip, en, Many black Bahamian immigrants were hired to construct the historical landmarks in and around Coconut Grove.WEB, The Bahamian Work Force,vizcaya.org/beyond-vizcaya/the-great-freeze-copy-2/, 2024-04-23, Vizcaya, en-US, They were believed to be the only people capable of withstanding the extreme heat and humidity, as well as the large mosquito population.JOURNAL, Mohl, Raymond A., 1987, Black Immigrants: Bahamians in Early Twentieth-Century Miami,www.jstor.org/stable/30147810, The Florida Historical Quarterly, 65, 3, 271–297, 0015-4113, Dr. Horace P. Porter is credited for coming up with the name when, in 1873, he rented a home from Edmond D. Beasley’s widow, who homesteaded 160 acres of bay-front property.WEB, Post Office Granted for Cocoanut Grove in 1873,miami-history.com/news/post-office-granted-in-cocoanut-grove-in-1873/, 2024-04-23, Miami History Blog, en-US, He lived there for only a year, but during that time, he established a post office which he named “Coconut Grove.“WEB,www.ci.miami.fl.us/nets/offices/grove/, City of Miami – Neighborhood Enhancement Teams, 2011-10-14, dead,www.ci.miami.fl.us/nets/offices/grove/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160105060853www.ci.miami.fl.us/nets/offices/grove/,">web.archive.org/web/20160105060853www.ci.miami.fl.us/nets/offices/grove/, January 5, 2016, mdy-all, Planning Your Vacation in Florida, Miami and Dade County [WPA Guide to Miami], Northport, New York: Bacon, Percy & Daggett, 1941, page 49.The first hotel on the South Florida mainland was located in Coconut Grove.WEB, Ingraham Expedition: Peacock Hotel in Coconut Grove,www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/GroveHotel.htm, 2024-04-23, www.uflib.ufl.edu, Called the Bay View Inn (later known as the Peacock Inn), it was built in 1882 on the site of present-day Peacock Park by English immigrants Isabella and Charles Peacock, who had been the owners of a wholesale meat business in London.WEB, Coconut Grove {{!, Community Guide {{!}} Carole Smith Team |url=https://veryspecialhomes.com/neighborhoods/coconut-grove |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=veryspecialhomes.com |language=en}} Coconut Grove’s first black settlement, in the 1880s, was established by Bahamian laborers who worked at the Peacock Inn.Joanne Hyppolite. Black Crossroads. South Florida History, the magazine of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Volume 37, No 1, 2009, p. 13 The Barnacle Historic State Park is the oldest house in Miami-Dade County still standing in its original location.WEB, History of the Barnacle {{!, Florida State Parks |url=https://www.floridastateparks.org/learn/history-barnacle |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.floridastateparks.org |language=en}} It was built in 1891, and was home to Ralph Middleton Munroe, also known as “The Commodore” for being the first commodore and founder of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, an American yacht designer, and early resident of Coconut Grove.WEB, Ingraham Expedition: Ralph M. Munroe,www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/ingraham/expedition/MunroeRM.htm, 2024-04-23, www.uflib.ufl.edu, Formerly an independent city, Coconut Grove was annexed by the city of Miami in 1925.JOURNAL, Livingston, Grant, The Annexation of the City of Coconut Grove, Tequesta, LX, 32–55, Historical Association of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida, 2000,digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/2000/00_1.pdf?bcsi_scan_4D7E231455658879=0&bcsi_scan_filename=00_1.pdf, 0363-3705, 2008-12-11, July 19, 2011,digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/2000/00_1.pdf?bcsi_scan_4D7E231455658879=0&bcsi_scan_filename=00_1.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20110719193330digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/2000/00_1.pdf?bcsi_scan_4D7E231455658879=0&bcsi_scan_filename=00_1.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20110719193330digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/2000/00_1.pdf?bcsi_scan_4D7E231455658879=0&bcsi_scan_filename=00_1.pdf, dead, In the 1960s, bay-shore Coconut Grove served as the center of South Florida’s youth countercultural movement, notably hosting several love-insNEWS, Grove “Love-In” Swings Under Eyes of Police, Bill, Bjebre, Kenneth Harrell,news.google.com/newspapers?id=MaEyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1586%2C3726474, The Miami News, September 8, 1969, March 26, 2011, and concerts (including a now-infamous Doors concert at Dinner Key Auditorium)NEWS, In Defense of a Generation: ‘Hippies are Beautiful’, Art Grace,news.google.com/newspapers?id=ccMyAAAAIBAJ&pg=639%2C4393206, The Miami News, March 11, 1969, April 29, 2011, during the latter part of the decade.NEWS, Coconut Grove: Hip Little Village Under the Palms, Jim, Woodman,pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/596916042.html?dids=596916042:596916042&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+23%2C+1972&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Coconut+Grove&pqatl=google, Chicago Tribune, July 23, 1972, March 26, 2011, The Bahamian community continued to grow in Coconut Grove through the 1970s.WEB,www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/coconut-grove/article159321614.html, Echoes of the Summer of Love can still be heard 50 years later in Coconut Grove, Birmingham, Jim, miamiherald, en, 2019-04-21, A surge of commercial development in Coconut Grove was driven by the construction of three major residential complexes during the late 1970s and early 1980s: Yacht Harbour Condominiums in 1975; Grove Isle, a condominium, club, and hotel complex, in 1979; and L’Hermitage in 1980.WEB, The resurgence of Coconut Grove,www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/coconut-grove/article4199797.html, Miami Herald, This was followed by the opening of 2575 S. Bayshore Drive in 1982 and the 1983 opening of Grove Towers.NEWS,www.miamiherald.com/, The New Face of Coconut Grove, Baum, Laurie, August 27, 1984, Miami Herald, The, 1BM Record: 8403030190, Further development was proposed for Grove Isle in 2013.WEB,www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article31848975.html, Developer’s plans roil Grove Isle tranquility, Michot, Walter, miamiherald, en, 2019-06-28, WEB, Preserve Grove Isle, 2015-09-04, Grove Isle Miami,preservegroveisle.wordpress.com/, live, June 28, 2019, Grove Isle Updates,web.archive.org/web/20210606162859/https://preservegroveisle.wordpress.com/, June 6, 2021, WEB,www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article19268853.html, Grove Isle development tangled in web of lawsuits, Ducassi, Jay, miamiherald, en, 2019-06-28,

Economy

(File:Crispin Porter Bogusky headquarters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Mayfair in Coconut Grove)File:Villa Vizcaya.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Villa VizcayaVilla Vizcaya(File:Downtown Coconut Grove.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Downtown Coconut Grove in 2019)Coconut Grove has a number of outdoor festivals and events, the most prominent of which is the annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival.NEWS,historymiamiarchives.org/pdfs/sfh-1990-1.pdf, Arts festival started as ‘left bank affair’, Altman, Ruth K., 1990, South Florida History Magazine, 1, 14–7, HistoryMiami, November 16, 2017,historymiamiarchives.org/pdfs/sfh-1990-1.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20161116192634historymiamiarchives.org/pdfs/sfh-1990-1.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20161116192634historymiamiarchives.org/pdfs/sfh-1990-1.pdf, November 16, 2016, dead, WEB, website of Coconut Grove Arts Festival,www.cgaf.com/, September 25, 2012, Others include the King Mango Strut, which began as a parody of the Orange Bowl Parade, and which continues each year on the last Sunday in December. The Great Taste of the Grove Food & Wine Festival takes place each April. Each June, the Goombay Festival transforms Grand Avenue in Coconut Grove into a Carnaval (Caribbean Carnival), celebrating Bahamian culture, with Bahamian food and Caribbean music (Junkanoo).The Grove has numerous restaurants, open air and streetside cafes, and several waterfront restaurants and bars. By night, the Grove becomes a center of nightlife frequented by locals, young professionals, students from the nearby University of Miami and Florida International University, and tourists.Shopping is abundant in the Grove, with two open-air malls, CocoWalk, the Streets of Mayfair, and many other street shops and boutiques.The Village Center, the three blocks radiating from and focusing on the intersection of Main, McFarland, and Grand Avenues, home to the majority of the retail and restaurant business in the Grove, is also home to three gyms, a multiplex movie house in CocoWalk, several parking garages, a state historic site, an elementary school, a City of Miami fire station, several large condos and residential rental towers, the Coconut Grove Post Office, and two sizable parks. Development and redevelopment continue to redefine and transform the area.Major corporations including Arquitectonica, Spanish Broadcasting System, and Watsco are located in the Grove.The eastern border of Coconut Grove is Biscayne Bay, which lends itself to the local boating and sailing communities. The area features the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, a sizable municipal marina, Dinner Key Marina, and othersCMS Redirect {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924194916www.ci.miami.fl.us/PublicFacilities/Marinas/dinner.html |date=September 24, 2008 }} The US Sailing CenterUS Sailing Center is on the Bay between Kennedy Park and the Coral Reef Yacht Club. Pan Am’s seaplane operations were based at Dinner Key, and the Miami City Hall is based in the old Pan Am terminal building.

Demographics

Demographically, Coconut Grove is split up into “Northeast Coconut Grove” and “Southwest Coconut Grove”, and as of 2000, the total population of both of the neighborhood’s sections made up between 18,953WEB,www.miamigov.com/Planning/pages/services/Census.asp, Demographics of Coconut Grove Miami, Florida., miamigov.com, 2008-06-11, dead,www.miamigov.com/Planning/pages/services/Census.asp," title="web.archive.org/web/20080517201540www.miamigov.com/Planning/pages/services/Census.asp,">web.archive.org/web/20080517201540www.miamigov.com/Planning/pages/services/Census.asp, May 17, 2008, mdy-all, and 19,646 people. The zip codes for all of Coconut Grove include 33129 and 33133. The area covers {{convert|5.607|sqmi|km2}}. As of 2000, there were 9,695 males and 9,951 females. The median age for males were 38.4 years old, while the median age for females were 40.3 years old. The average household size had 2.1 people, while the average family size had 2.8 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 33.6%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 11.1%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 7.6%. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 18.3%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 14.3%. The percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all made up 8.1% of the population. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 31.6%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 34.7%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 2.3%, while the percentage of foreign born residents was 31.4%.As of 2000, Northeast Grove had a population of 9,812 residents, with 5,113 households, and 2,221 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $63,617.82. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 35.24% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 2.25% Black or African American, 60.96% White (non-Hispanic), and 1.55% other races (non-Hispanic).As of 2000, Southwest Grove had a population of 9,141 residents, with 3,477 households, and 2,082 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $63,617.82. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 14.80% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 48.27% Black or African American, 35.27% White (non-Hispanic), and 1.66% other races (non-Hispanic).The “West” Grove (Black Grove) is predominantly composed of people who are of Afro-Bahamian descent. Bahamian sailors were one of the first groups of settlers in the area.WEB,www.miamitodaynews.com/news/040708/story1.shtml, Western Coconut Grove leaders eye revitalization, Samantha Joseph, Miami Today, July 7, 2004, March 16, 2010, The Goombay festival is a celebration of the rich history of this historically Bahamian neighborhood.WEB,www.miamiandbeaches.com/miami_goombay_festival.asp, Miami Goombay Festival, Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, March 16, 2010,www.miamiandbeaches.com/miami_goombay_festival.asp," title="web.archive.org/web/20100504170123www.miamiandbeaches.com/miami_goombay_festival.asp,">web.archive.org/web/20100504170123www.miamiandbeaches.com/miami_goombay_festival.asp, May 4, 2010, dead,

Transportation

Coconut Grove is served by Metrobus throughout the area, and by the Miami Metrorail at:

• {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Green|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Orange|inline=box}} Vizcaya (SW 32nd Road and U.S. 1)
• {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Green|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Orange|inline=box}} Coconut Grove (SW 27th Avenue and U.S. 1)
• {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Green|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Orange|inline=box}} Douglas Road (SW 37th Avenue and U.S. 1)

Metrobus’ Coconut Grove Connection connects at Coconut Grove and Douglas Road stations, going to many popular areas within the Grove, including CocoWalk and Peacock Park.

Education and institutions

Cultural institutions

File:Coco Grove FL MoSaSTP04.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Miami Science MuseumMiami Science MuseumFile:Coco Grove FL MoSaSTP globe01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Interior of Miami Science MuseumMiami Science Museum

• Coconut Grove Playhouse
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas Home
• Miami Science Museum, moved to downtown Miami
• The Barnacle Historic State Park
• The Kampong
• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Libraries

• Miami-Dade Public Library operates area public libraries

Schools

Elementary schools

Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools:

• Coconut Grove Elementary School
• Dade County Training School (1899–1937)
• Frances S. Tucker Elementary School
• George W. Carver Elementary School

Middle schools

• George Washington Carver School, while actually in Coral Gables, serves Coconut Grove. As a magnet school, it does not admit most of its students based on geographical area, but minimum quotas apply regarding to serving Coconut Grove.

High schools

• Bridgeprep Academy of Arts and Minds (2003-2018)
• George Washington Carver School

Private schools

• Ransom Everglades School, founded in 1903
• St. Hugh Catholic School, 1956
• Immaculata-Lasalle High School, 1958
• St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School, 1958
• Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, 1961
• Coconut Grove Montessori School
• Vanguard School

Points of interest

File:Mercy Hospital in Miami Florida.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Mercy Hospital in the Grove]]

• Charles Avenue
• CocoWalk
• Dinner Key
• First Coconut Grove School
• Mercy Hospital
• Miami City Hall
• Plymouth Congregational Church
• Trapp Homestead
• Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove
• Grove Isle

Parks

File:The Kampong - 008.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The KampongThe KampongSource:WEB

• The Kampong: an 8-acre (32,000 m2) tropical garden that forms part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden
• The Barnacle Historic State Park: Built in the late 19th century, the former home of Ralph Middleton Munroe is the oldest home in Miami-Dade County still standing in its original location and is situated on the shore of Biscayne Bay. The forest surrounding the home is tropical hardwood hammock and is the last of its kind in the area. The unique architecture includes period furniture and wide porches that afford magnificent views.
• Peacock Park / Kenneth Myers Bayside Park
• David Kennedy Park
• Merrie Christmas Park
• Steele Park
• Blanche Park
• Elizabeth Virrick Park
• Kirk Munroe Park
• Coconut Grove Park
• Grand Avenue Park
• Ingraham Terrace Park
• Sunrise Park
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas Mini Park
• Dinner Key Picnic Islands Park
• Alice C. Wainwright Park

In popular culture

{{trivia|date=July 2017}}File:CocoWalk Outdoor Mall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|CocoWalkCocoWalkThe movie All About The Benjamins was filmed in Coconut Grove (specifically, ShakeAleg water sports’ parking lot & boatyard) in 2002, starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps.

• The movie Where the Pavement Ends was filmed in Coconut Grove in 1923. It was directed by Rex Ingram and starred Ramón Novarro.Planning Your Vacation in Florida, Miami and Dade County [WPA Guide to Miami], Northport, New York: Bacon, Percy & Daggett, 1941, p. 145.
• Pioneer folk rock musician Fred Neil resided in and wrote songs about Coconut Grove, notably on the song “Bleecker & MacDougal”.
• “Coconut Grove” is a song written by John Sebastian and recorded by The Lovin’ Spoonful in 1967. It later was covered by David Lee Roth and Paul Weller. Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has expressed a fondness for the song.
• In the film Scarface, Manny lives in an upscale home in the Grove.
• In the TV series Dexter, based on the book series by Jeff Lindsay, Dexter Morgan lives in Coconut Grove.
• In the video for the song “Careless Whisper”, George Michael can be seen looking from a condominium balcony in Coconut Grove.
• In the 1978 song “Voila, An American Dream” by Rodney Crowell and the 1979 cover version by the (Nitty Gritty) Dirt Band, Coconut Grove is mentioned prominently in the chorus as a vacation destination.
• In the movie Bad Boys, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith follow a suspect through Coconut Grove.
• In Dave Barry’s novel Big Trouble, the main setting is Coconut Grove.
• A set for the TV series Burn Notice was in Coconut Grove, in what was once the City of Miami’s Convention Center.“Burn Notice is up for sale!”coconutgrovegrapevine.blogspot.com/2013/08/burn-notice-is-up-for-sale.html
• Coconut Grove is the setting for the movie Meet the Fockers.
• Coconut Grove has been a location on the show The First 48.
• Coconut Grove is a location in the 1985 Burt Reynolds film Stick.
• The 2008 film Marley & Me with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, based on John Grogan’s book, was filmed in Coconut Grove.
• season 4 episode 10 (“Shattered“) is set in Coconut Grove.
• In the first episode of The Golden Girls, “The Engagement”, at the end of the episode, Rose asks Dorothy and Blanche if they would like to go to Coconut Grove for lunch to celebrate their friendship.
• Coconut Grove is reference in “Tenement Song” by Pixies on the 2016 album “Head Carrier”.
• In the 2010 song “Marathon” by Tennis, Coconut Grove is mentioned as being the song’s narrators sail from Marathon, Florida to Coconut Grove.

Notable people

Former and current residents include:{|

• Hervey Allen, author of Anthony Adverse
• Leo Baekeland, inventor of Bakelite
• Charles H. Baker, Jr., food and drink author
• Alexander Graham Bell, father of Marion Hubbard Bell Fairchild, who with her husband David Fairchild, resided at The Kampong
• William Jennings Bryan, U.S. Secretary of State
• Neal Colzie, NFL cornerbackNEWS, Obituary,www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/sports/neal-colzie-47-defensive-back-in-nfl.html, February 16, 2011, The New York Times, August 24, 2001,
• Amari Cooper, Cleveland Browns wide receiver 2
• Sepy Dobronyi, sculptor, movie producer, jeweler
• Christian de la Huerta, author, spiritual and LGBT leader
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas, author and environmentalist
• David Fairchild, botanist
• Henry Field, noted Middle Eastern archaeologist, anthropologist
• Robert Frost, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, taught at University of Miami
• Frank Gore, San Francisco 49ers running back
• Gilbert Grosvenor, founder & president of the National Geographic Society
• Howard Hughes, billionaire business mogul
• LeBron James, basketball player for the Miami Heat from 2010 to 2014
• Peter B. Lewis, businessman

• Katt Williams , comedian

• Madonna, singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman 1992–2000
• Mia Michaels, television star
• Kirk Munroe, author of children’s books
• Ralph Middleton Munroe, yacht designer, builder of the oldest house in Miami, now the Barnacle Historic State Park; 1886–1933
• Fred Neil, American folk recording artist
• Lincoln O’Barry, filmmaker and activist
• John Hart Ely, legal scholar
• Ric O’Barry, dolphin activist; star of movie/documentary The Cove
• Alfred Browning Parker, architect
• Steven Raichlen, grill chef and author
• Jorge Ramos, journalist and author
• Mark Richt, head coach of Miami Hurricanes football 2016–present
• Winston E. Scott, Captain, USN, Ret.; former NASA astronautWEB, Astronaut Bio,www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/scott.html, NASA.gov, February 13, 2011,
• Christian Slater, actor, voice actor, and producer 2013–present
• Sylvester Stallone, actor, director, screenwriter, and producer 1993–1999
• Penny Thompson, organized and promoted women’s inter-continental air shows and races in 1940s - 1950s
• Tennessee Williams, playwright

Historic Coconut Grove

{{See also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami, Florida}}Established in 1825, Coconut Grove is one of Miami’s oldest neighborhoods. As such, many of Miami’s oldest buildings and homes are located in the Grove. Some of these include:{{Gallery height=180 |align=centerRansom School “Pagoda”, 1902Trapp Homestead, 1887Dinner Key, 1917Villa Vizcaya, 1914–23El Jardin at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, 1918First Coconut Grove School, the first public school in Miami-Dade County, 1887KLEINBERG>FIRST=HOWARDYEAR=2003ISBN=0-9741589-0-9, Sweeney House at The Kampong, 1916The Barnacle at The Barnacle Historic State Park, 1891Plymouth Congregational Church, 1917Downtown Coconut Grove in 2019}}

References

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External links

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