Many of the municipalities that surround Pompano Beach were originally farmland, including Coral Springs:

Prior to its incorporation as a City in July 1963, the area that was to become Coral Springs was part of a huge tract of land acquired by [Pompano farmer] Henry "Bud" Lyons between 1911 and 1939 that totaled over 20,000 acres of marshy wilderness in western Broward County. Clearing and draining the land himself, with the help of workers from the Bahamas, most of the land was used to grow beans, earning him the nickname "Titan of the Bean Patch." Bud died in 1952, leaving his vast land holdings to his children, who converted the land to be used for ranching, bringing in 5,000 head of cattle.

(excerpted from History of Coral Springs)