Miami Springs is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in the heart of the Miami metropolitan area and immediately adjacent to Miami International Airport. The 2020 census counted 13,859 residents. The city has a distinctive origin story: it was founded in 1926 as Country Club Estates by Glenn Curtiss, the inventor and aviation pioneer, who a few years earlier had established the Miami-Hialeah Golf Club on the site. Curtiss envisioned a planned garden suburb, and Miami Springs was built in a cohesive Pueblo-Mission Revival style — stucco homes with low profiles, tile roofs, and rounded contours — that gives the city a visual identity unlike anywhere else in Miami-Dade. The Glenn Curtiss Mansion, built in 1925 as the developer's own residence, stands at the community's northern edge and is preserved as a historic event space. Mature trees line the streets, and the city has long carried a Country Club of Miami reputation. The Miami Springs Golf & Country Club remains the community's recreational and social centerpiece, its fairways bordered by homes and the airport's northern boundary. The city's location places it within minutes of Miami International Airport, the region's principal gateway, and close to downtown Miami, Coral Gables, and the major employment and cultural centers of South Florida. Public education is provided by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, with Miami Springs Senior High School — a magnet campus with a travel and hospitality academy — serving the community. For residents, Miami Springs offers a rare combination: a quiet, historic, tree-shaded neighborhood character with unmatched access to the airport and the rest of the Miami metro. Its central location and distinctive architecture make it one of South Florida's most recognizable and convenient residential communities.