Little Haiti
Neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States of America
Little Haiti (French: La Petite Haïti, Haitian Creole: Ti Ayiti) is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. It is known historically as Lemon City, Little River and Edison Center. It is home to Haitian immigrant residents, as well as residents from the rest of the Caribbean.
The area is characterized by its French–Creole designations, with its street life, restaurants, art galleries, dance, music, theatre performances, family owned enterprises, and other cultural activities.
A 13-foot bronze statue of General Toussaint L'Ouverture, the father of the Haitian Revolution, stands on N Miami Avenue and 62nd Street.
History
The area now known as Little Haiti was previously called Lemon City for well over a century. Several people settled near Biscayne Bay north of the Miami River after the civil war, squatting on unclaimed land. Some of the squatters eventually applied for homestead grants for the land they were squatting on. By 1889 a community had formed, with a post office named "Motto". "Lemon City" replaced "Motto" as the name of the community by 1893.
“Little Haiti” enters the record as neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Little, Haiti and Neighborhood can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2745589. VIAF identifies the subject as 149284891. The Library of Congress control number is no2005069505. Authority coordinates are 25.824, -80.191. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1889 and 1893.
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