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Town of Palm Beach's History


Town of Palm Beach's History | Palm Beach, FL - Official Website

After over 100 years of graceful evolution, Palm Beach today is a fully developed community, world-renowned for its beauty, quality of life and small-town ...

Palm Beach, Florida - Wikipedia

The town of Palm Beach was incorporated on April 17, 1911. Addison Mizner also contributed significantly to the town's history, designing 67 structures between ...

History of Palm Beach

The Town of Palm Beach was founded during the industrial revolution, and largely built in the 1920's. Palm Beach became the winter retreat for a new kind of ...

Expanded History | Palm Beach, FL - Official Website

Palm Beach's first fire engine was a 1921 American La France, Model #75, triple, 750 gallons per minute (gpm), chemical and hose motor car. The new fire engine ...

History of West Palm Beach, Florida - Wikipedia

In 1893, George W. Potter surveyed and platted the original 48 blocks of the city. West Palm Beach would be incorporated as a town on November 5, 1894, before ...

Town History Past and Present - Palm Beach Shores

Past and Present · Paris Singer Singer Island owes its name to Paris Singer, heir to the sewing machine fortune. · A. 0. · John Macarthur and the Colonnades ...

Through the decades: Highlights of Palm Beach's first 110 years

1911: On April 17, the town of Palm Beach incorporates. Elisha Newton "Cap" Dimick is elected Palm Beach's first mayor.

History & Culture of the Palm Beaches - YouTube

With names like Flagler and Kennedy, The Palm Beaches have long been known for wealth and opulence, but the area's history is rich in so ...

Post-World War II to Present - Historical Society of Palm Beach County

The recorded history of Jews in Palm Beach County dates back to at least the early 1890s, when Henry Flagler began to develop the area. When the City of West ...

Florida history: West Palm Beach becomes a town in 1894

West Palm Beach residents at the "Calaboose," the jailhouse, vote in 1894 to become the first municipality in southeast Florida.

History of Palm Beach Florida and the Rich and Famous

Palm Beach was incorporated as a town in 1911. Most residents of Styx were relocated to West Palm Beach by 1906 and the place was totally gone ...

History of West Palm Beach - Henry Morrison Flagler

The History of West Palm Beach · When Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913) first came here in 1893, he called the Lake Worth region “a veritable paradise” and ...

Palm Beach County Interesting Facts and Figures

Palm Beach County was carved out of Dade County in 1909 becoming Florida's 47th county. The first county government meetings were held in an old four-room ...

Historical Society of Palm Beach County – History Alive

The Historical Society of Palm Beach County is the world's leading resource for Palm Beach County history, housing a permanent collection of millions of ...

Timeline - StoryMaps

1911 The Town of Palm Beach incorporates to prevent a "land grab" by the city of West Palm Beach. The town passes its first ordinance-making it ...

Location - Palm Beach County

West Palm Beach remains the largest city in population with approximately 122,157 residents within 53.81 square miles. Palm. Beach Gardens is the largest city ...

The Styx of Palm Beach - YouTube

It's one of the world's most expensive zip codes. Home to the affluent, including a former President. The beginnings of the Town of Palm ...

About West Palm Beach

Historical Background: Incorporated on November 4, 1894, West Palm Beach is the oldest incorporated municipality in Southeast Florida. The city's founder ...

History & Culture of the Palm Beaches | Season 4 | Episode 1 - PBS

With names like Flagler and Kennedy, The Palm Beaches have long been known for wealth and opulence, but the area's history is rich in so ...

Palm Beach | Beaches, Shopping, Luxury | Britannica

Early settlers also gathered the nuts and planted them to create a palm-shaded haven, which was named Palm City in 1880. Renamed Palm Beach in 1887, it ...