Cutler Bay

Cutler Bay is an incorporated town in Miami-Dade County, Florida established in 2005, with a current population of approximately 44,300. The borders were established as running from SW 184th Street (Eureka Dr) east of US 1 to the coast, and north of Black Point Marina, at. The town includes areas formerly known as Cutler Ridge.In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall near the area and caused much destruction.GeographyCutler Bay is located at.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 4.9sqmi. 4.8sqmi of it is land and 0.1sqmi of it (2.26%) is water. The total square miles is ten.Cutler Ridge, an ancient coral formation, stretches from south Miami, where it rises approximately 22 feet, through the Cutler Bay area, at a height of 14 feet, to Homestead, Florida, where it is about 8 feet. Cutler Ridge has been incorporated into the hurricane emergency plans for the area as lands east of the ridge are subject to storm surge, but areas west of the ridge would generally be protected.MediaThe city of Cutler Bay has its own newspaper, "Cutler Bay News, which is published bi-weekly and is part of Miami Community Newspapers.''HistoryThe Charles Deering Estate, located in nearby Palmetto Bay, contains the Cutler Fossil Site where mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and California condors are among the many fossil records; and the park holds archeological evidence of Native American habitation of the land 10,000 years ago. Tequesta burial mounds are also found there. The area called Cutler Ridge had been called the "Hunting Ground" by some of the earliest Caucasian settlers in the area, circa 1825.