Fisher Island, Florida | CDP - Census Designated Place

 island, CDP - Census Designated Place

Fisher Island is an artificial island on unincorporated land in Miami-Dade County, Florida. A small portion of the extreme northeast side of the island is in the city of Miami Beach. The relatively small Miami Beach portion contains only one building.

Named for automotive parts pioneer and Miami Beach developer Carl G. Fisher, who once owned it, Fisher Island is 3 miles off shore of Miami, Florida. No road or causeway connects to the island, which is accessible by private ferry and helicopter. Once a one-family island home of the Vanderbilts, and later several other millionaires, it was sold for development in 1960s. The property sat vacant for well over 15 years before development was begun for very limited and restrictive multi-family use.

Today, Fisher Island is occupied again, but remains a very exclusive and wealthy community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fisher Island had the highest per capita income of any place in the United States in 2000.