Description
Incorporated name is City of Dania Beach.
History
Became the first city in Broward County, when the FEC railroad line was laid through the area. Developer W. C. Valentine planned a settlement called Modello, and from 1898 to 1902, several Danish families moved from Chicago and Wisconsin to colonize the settlement and develop tomato production. The Town was incorporated in November 1904, and the name was changed to Dania to recognize its Danish settlers. Renamed by the city to Dania Beach in 1998.