Miami-Dade County, Florida (U.S.)

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image located by Esteban Rivera, 24 April 2008
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Miamidadecountyflag.png

• Description of the flag
• Seal
• Miami-Dade County Police Department
• Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department
• Historical flag of Dade County

- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in Miami-Dade County:

• Aventura
• Bal Harbour
• Bay Harbor Islands
• Biscayne Park
• Brownsville
• Cutler Bay
• Doral
• El Portal
• Fisher Island
• Golden Beach
• Hialeah
• Hialeah Gardens
• Homestead
• Key Biscayne
• Medley
• Miami
  • Little Havana
• Miami Beach
• Miami Gardens
• Miami Lakes
• Miami Shores
• Miami Springs
• North Bay Village
• North Miami
• North Miami Beach
• Opa-locka
• Palmetto Bay
• Pine Crest
• South Miami
• Sunny Isles Beach
• Surfside
• Sweetwater
• Virginia Gardens
• Westchester
• West Miami

See also:

• County and Municipal flags of Florida
• Miami Independence Movement
• Florida
• United States of America

Description of the Flag

Modeled on the state flag is that of Miami-Dade County (formerly simply Dade County). Note the saltire is of two colors: despite the poor lighting of the image (the sun was not out), the "bend dexter" limb of the saltire is green, not blue. The "bend sinister" limb is a lighter green. Nice effect, actually.
Al Kirsch, 7 March 2002

Seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 29 December 2017

Image source: news.fiu.edu
Paul Bassinson, 29 December 2017

Miami-Dade County Police Department

image located by Indy, 15 October 2023

The flag of the Miami-Dade County Police Department features a white field with a lime green stripe running diagonally from the upper left corner to the bottom right corner. Positioned in the upper section of the flag, the inscription ''MIAMI-DADE'' is emblazoned in a brown serif font. In the middle, the department's patch and badge overlap each other, with the badge being placed on top of the patch, placed on its right side. The lower section of the flag displays the word ''POLICE'', also emblazoned in a brown serif font.
Indy, 15 October 2023

Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department

image located by Paul Bassinson, 13 January 2022

Source: https://www.facebook.com/489922981188855/photos/pb.100068850114972.-2207520000../1158122477702232/?type=3
Paul Bassinson, 13 January 2022

Historical flag of Dade County

  image located and reconstructed by Indy, 29 December 2023

According to a video posted by the Wolfson Archives, the original flag of Miami-Dade County (then known simply as Dade County) was adopted in 1951 or 1952. It consisted of a blue field with the pre-1957 seal emblazoned in the middle. This flag would later be relinquished following the installment of a Metropolitan Government within Dade County in 1957, which later adopted a new flag similar to the current one sometime afterwards.
Indy, 29 December 2023

Metropolitan Government Seal

image located by Jean-Marc Merklin, 29 December 2023

An image of the seal at the time of the Metropolitan Dade County (1958-1997).