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Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida. The city took its name from the coconut trees that were planted in the area by early developers. R.E. Bateman, one of the developers, named Coconut Creek after combining the names of Miami-Dade County's village of Indian Creek, and the Miami neighborhood of Coconut Grove. According to the U.S Census estimates of 1 July 2006, the city had a population of 49,890. Coconut Creek is part of the South Florida metropolitan area.
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