Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Wilton Manors, FL

Wilton Manors was laid out in 1925 by Edward John 'Ned' Willingham, a land developer from Georgia, as an upscale residential community - the area had earlier been known as Colohatchee, after a Florida East Coast Railroad stop.

Wilton Manors was recognized as a village on May 13, 1947 and incorporated as a city exactly six years later, on May 13, 1953.

Wilton Manors is nicknamed 'The Island City' because it is an independent municipality completely surrounded by Fort Lauderdale and ringed by the forks of the Middle River.

Wilton Manors had a population of 11,426 at the 2020 census, packed into a compact city with about 6,654 households averaging only 1.65 people each.

Wilton Manors was named the 'Second Gayest City' in the United States in 2018 - the 2010 census found it second only to Provincetown, Massachusetts in the proportion of gay couples, at 15% of the population.

In November 2018 Wilton Manors became the first city in Florida - and only the second in the United States - to elect an all-LGBTQ governing body.

Wilton Manors hosts the Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival along Wilton Drive every June, the largest Pride event in Broward County, drawing around 50,000 people to a city of about 12,000.

Wilton Drive, the city's main street, is lined with gay-owned businesses, nightclubs and restaurants that have made Wilton Manors a destination for LGBTQ tourists from around the world.

Wilton Manors is home to the World AIDS Museum and Educational Center and a large Pride Center, as well as a branch of the Stonewall National Museum and Archives.

Despite its party reputation, Wilton Manors is mostly residential - about 62% of its homes are owner-occupied, and the median value of an owner-occupied home is around $589,200, well above the Broward County norm.