When I first moved there in the 1973, I lived in a place just below the red star on the map (around NW27th Ct). I later moved into the International Village within Inverrary itself, and then ultimately back out and south on 56th Ave. Inverrary was only 1/4 developed at the time. NW44th, the road to Piper High School was paved only to University Drive, and was a mud road within Inverrary. The town of Sunrise was still expanding into the Everglades, and most development ended at Pine Island Road to the west. To the east of Lauderhill was Lauderdale Lakes, to the north was Tamarac and Margate, to the south was Plantation, and to the west was Sunrise.
Lauderhill was the "runt" of the townships in the area, probably because of lack of freeway access. Tamarac was a retirement town (mostly The Mainlands sections). They have a Turnpike exit, as does Plantation on Sunrise Blvd. I-95 is too far east. Sunrise became the richest town in the area, due to their mayor exanding into the Everglades. The main roads in the area were Commercial Blvd (Tamarac), Oakland Park Blvd (Lauderhill), Sunrise Blvd (Plantation), University Drive (Sunrise), and Hwy 441 (Lauderdale Lakes).
-PJ