Homestead is a small city in Miami-Dade county. It is an agricultural region, 35 miles southwest of Miami, between the Biscayne and Everglades National Parks. In the early 1900s when the Florida East Coast Railway extension to Key West was being built, the construction camps were situated in an unnamed homesteading area. The engineers designated the area 'Homestead' on the map and the name stuck. The area is on the border between the tropical monsoon and tropical savanna climate zones and in 1992, was devastated by the Category 5 Hurricane, Andrew. It is ideal for growing hops, grapes and tropical fruit.
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