Overtown (Miami)
Overtown
Central Negro District (historic) | |
|---|---|
NW 3rd Avenue | |
| Nickname: Colored Town (historic name) | |
Overtown neighborhood within the City of Miami | |
| Coordinates: 25°47′14.92″N 80°12′2.32″W / 25.7874778°N 80.2006444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Miami-Dade County |
| City | Miami |
| Government | |
| • City of Miami Commissioner | Keon Hardemon |
| • Miami-Dade Commissioners | Audrey Edmonson |
| • House of Representatives | Cynthia Stafford (D) |
| • State Senate | Larcenia Bullard (D) |
| • U.S. House | Frederica Wilson (D) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,736 |
| • Density | 3,410/km2 (8,820/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Towner |
| Time zone | UTC-05 (EST) |
| ZIP Code | 33136 |
| Area code(s) | 305, 786 |
Overtown is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States, just northwest of Downtown Miami. Originally called Colored Town in the Jim Crow era of the late 19th through the mid-20th century, the area was once the preeminent and is the historic center for commerce in the black community in Miami and South Florida. The Overtown Historic Folklife Village is in the area.
It is bound by NW 20th Street to the north, NW 5th Street to the south, the Miami River, Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), and I-95 (north of the Midtown Interchange) to the west, and the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) and NW 1st Avenue to the east. Local residents often go by the demonym "Towners".