The City of Lauderdale Lakes was incorporated on June 22, 1961. The City comprises an area of approximately four square miles in Broward County, with its center at the crossroads of State Road 7/ U.S. 441 and Oakland Park Boulevard. 

At the time of incorporation, there were approximately 300 residents in the area. The physical appearance of the City was vastly different than it is today. State Road 7, then a two-lane undivided road, was the main thorough fare through the City. The community was basically rural, with most of the land used for farming and grazing. In the early days, the City’s only fire truck was staffed by five volunteers, and the “fire station” was nothing more than a parking lot on State Road 7. The first City Hall was located in a construction trailer on a development site.