Town file
Davie, Florida
Davie, Florida (Broward County, Florida) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 322, "The Ninja Cowboy Butcher" (29 September 2022). Davie, Florida, sits just outside Miami in Broward County.
- Town
- Davie
- County
- Broward County
- State
- Florida
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 322
- Approximate location
- 26.079, -80.283
Episode 322 / 29 September 2022 / 165 min / full
The Ninja Cowboy Butcher
"We're going to Davy Florida... It's in southeastern Florida, just outside Miami... This is in Broward County." about 0:06:53
The case: Killing of Peter Wagner (February 1975); Murder of Donna Decker (November 4, 1988). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 106,621
- Median household income
- $57,000
- Median home value
- $387,000
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,591
- Cost of living
- 118
- Religious
- 37%
- Property crime
- ▲ about 10% high
- Violent crime
- ▼ below average
History, in brief
- In the 1970s and 1980s it was known as Cowboy Town, with horse farms and none of the Miami metropolitan sprawl. about 0:06:12
- It was founded as a town by Tamara Toussaint and Jake Tannenbaum; the original name was Zona. about 0:07:23
- R.P. Davie and Florida governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward were the men who drained the swamplands. about 0:08:40
- Robert Parcel Davie bought 27,000 acres, built a school and other buildings, and in 1916 the grateful townspeople renamed Zona after him. about 0:09:19
- The place was mostly underwater to begin with because it is part of the Everglades. about 0:09:32
- It had wild west architecture, horses and cattle, and looked like Tombstone rather than Florida. about 0:10:02
- The population has skyrocketed in the last thirty years and it is now the most populous municipality labelled a town in Florida. about 0:10:47
- It is one of the three biggest American places still called a town, along with Cary, North Carolina and Gilbert, Arizona. about 0:10:54
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Very interesting and diverse place with local universities such as Nova Southeastern University, Broward College and a University of Florida extension site, plus a rural farmland and suburban feel; majority white with the other half Hispanic and African American."about 0:11:20
4 stars
"Beautiful atmosphere and good diversity in the neighbourhoods; the reviewer made good friends, especially James Martin in the first grade, but wants more affordable houses."about 0:12:06
3 stars
"Lived there twenty-two years since 1996; it was an excellent little town until about two years ago, when the city allowed thousands of rental apartments and traffic became a nightmare."about 0:12:41
2 stars
"The traffic has got worse."about 0:13:19
2 stars
"A lot of homeless people and trash around, and many of the homeless people are very poor and usually naked."about 0:13:26
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Wellington, Florida39 miles
- Tequesta, Florida62 miles
- Fort Pierce, Florida93 miles
- Naples, Florida94 miles
- Indialantic, Florida140 miles
- Alturas, Florida149 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.