Overtown (Miami)

Overtown Central Negro District (historic)[1]
Neighborhood of Miami
NW 3rd Avenue
Nickname:  Colored Town (historic name)
Overtown neighborhood within the City of Miami
Coordinates: 25°47′14.92″N 80°12′2.32″W / 25.7874778°N 80.2006444°W / 25.7874778; -80.2006444
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Miami-Dade County
City	Miami
Government
• City of Miami Commissioner	Keon Hardemon
• Miami-Dade Commissioners	Audrey Edmonson
• House of Representatives	Cynthia Stafford (D)
• State Senate	Larcenia Bullard (D)
• U.S. House	Frederica Wilson (D)
Population  (2010)
• Total	6,736
• Density	3,410/km2 (8,820/sq mi)
• Demonym	Towner
Time zone	UTC-05 (EST)
ZIP Code	33136
Area code(s)	305, 786

Overtown is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States, just northwest of Downtown Miami. Originally called Colored Town in the Jim Crow era of the late 19th through the mid-20th century, the area was once the preeminent and is the historic center for commerce in the black community in Miami and South Florida. The Overtown Historic Folklofe Village is in the area.^[2]

It is bound by NW 20th Street to the north, NW 5th Street to the south, the Miami River, Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), and I-95 (north of the Midtown Interchange) to the west, and the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) and NW 1st Avenue to the east. Local residents often go by the demonym "Towners".