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Janine Stanwood<\/p>\nPublished:\u00a0November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM<\/p>\n
Broward commissioners discuss idea of changing name to Lauderdale County <\/p>\n
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 The push to rebrand Broward County as Lauderdale County was met mostly with opposition on Thursday by commissioners.<\/p>\n
An agenda item to discuss the new name was withdrawn after several commissioners expressed concern about cost and effort. <\/p>\n
The county was named after Napoleon Broward, Florida\u2019s 19th governor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think people outside of the area have no clue where (Broward County) is,\u201d said Broward Commissioner Michael Udine.<\/p>\n
Udine is among those who think it would be better to lure tourism with the more recognizable name of Lauderdale, after the city that was named for William Lauderdale, a soldier from Tennessee.<\/p>\n
A name change isn\u2019t anything new for South Florida. <\/p>\n
In 1997, voters and commissioners in what was then Dade County decided they wanted the area to reflect its most recognizable city. The name was then officially changed to Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n
Like Miami-Dade, logos, signs, uniforms and graphics would all need to be changed to reflect a new name. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to do it all on day one,\u201d said Udine. \u201cI just think it\u2019s an interesting thing to look at and at the end of the day, voters can decide.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is a measure in the Florida legislature to bring the name change to a referendum for voters.<\/p>\n
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