HOLLYWOOD, a city of Broward county, Florida, U.S.A., on the East coast, 18m. above Miami; on Federal highway 1, and served by the Florida East Coast and the Seaboard Air Line rail ways. The population was 2,869 in 1930 by the Federal census. The city has 8m. of ocean beach, a deep-water harbour, several manu facturing industries and large hotels. In 1920 the site was a palmetto jungle; in 1927 the assessed valuation of property was The city was incorporated in 1926.