The city was founded by Glenn Hammond Curtiss, "The Father of Naval Aviation", and James Bright, during the famous "land boom" of the 1920s and was originally named "Country Club Estates".

[5] Shortly prior to incorporation in 1926, the city was renamed after a spring located in the area which provided parts of Miami with fresh water until the mid-1990s.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Miami Springs has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2).

[1] The core of Miami Springs (excluding the more recently annexed areas) is roughly shaped as a triangle with three definable sides.

Finally, the Ludlam Canal and Florida East Coast Railroad Yard delimit the western boundary.

The sudden 1991 collapses of both Eastern Airlines and Pan American World Airways left many Miami Springs residents unemployed and unable to afford living in the neighborhood.

Fair Haven Nursing Home is one of the oldest buildings in Miami Springs and is built in the pueblo style favored during the initial development.

Back in 1927, Fair Havens Retirement Center was Miami Springs founder Glenn Curtiss’ masterpiece.

Its historic designation is in question [1] A simple timeline of events: Before becoming a nursing home, the building served as the Hotel Country Club.

The hotel was built by Glenn Curtiss and partners, and was intended to promote the development of the then-new Country Club Estates.

In 1929, after the crash, Curtiss sold the hotel to his friend John Harvey Kellogg, who renamed it the "Miami Battle Creek Sanitarium" and operated for many years.

During World War II, it served the Air Transport Command as a hospital for recuperating military personnel.