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I think the biggest transformation would have to be Phoenix in the past 100+ years.
(I do not know about annexations, but I would assume they were large over the past century).
Thanks for those county figures...quite interesting.
As a sidelight, check out the opening tracking shot of Hitchcock's "Psycho" to see downtown Phoenix in circa 1959. Based on the numbers above, my estimate is Phoenix was likely around 200K at this time.
EDIT: I was way off, 1960 census shows 439,000+ in Phoenix. Evidently Phoenix grew a lot faster in the 50's than the 60's.
Wasn't San Diego a big navy town back then? Actually, the home of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Although there were a few smaller Navy outposts in the area, it wasn't until after World War I and the 1920s that the first larger naval bases were constructed in the area after they dredged the bay more, and it really expanded during World War II.
Wow! I wonder who the ~300 people in Ft. Lauderdale were.
Alligator hunters and alligators.
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