Boynton Beach, Florida
| Boynton Beach, Florida | |
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| City | |
| City of Boynton Beach | |
Marina Village of Boynton Beach
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| Nickname(s): Boynton | |
| Motto: America's Gateway to the Gulfstream | |
 Location within Palm Beach County and the state of Florida |
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| Coordinates: 26°31′41″N 80°4′35″W / 26.52806°N 80.07639°WCoordinates: 26°31′41″N 80°4′35″W / 26.52806°N 80.07639°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 Florida
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| County |
 Palm Beach
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| Settled (Boynton Settlement) | 1895 |
| Incorporated | 1920 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Commission |
| • Mayor | Steven B. Grant (R) |
| • Vice Mayor | Joseph A. Casello |
| • Commissioners | Mack McCray, Christina Romelus, and Justin Katz |
| • City Manager | Lori LaVerriere |
| • Interim City Clerk | Judith Pyle, CMC |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.25 sq mi (42.1 km2) |
| • Land | 15.88 sq mi (41.1 km2) |
| • Water | .37 sq mi (1.0 km2) 2.3% |
| Elevation | 9 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 68,217 |
| • Density | 4,217.5/sq mi (1,628.4/km2) |
| 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Zip Code | 33424–33426, 33435–33437, 33472–33474 |
| Area code(s) | 561 |
| FIPS code | 12-07875 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0279303 |
| Website | www.boynton-beach.org |
Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 68,217 at the 2010 census. In 2006, the city had a population of 66,714 according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Boynton Beach is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
In 1894, two years before Henry Morrison Flagler built his railroad, a former American Civil War major named Nathan Boynton first set eyes on the area that now bears his name. Boynton hailed from Port Huron, Michigan. He was so impressed by the natural beauty of the year-round sunshine and pristine beaches, he built the famous Boynton Hotel, where he also spent winters with his family. The first settlers, whom Boynton had brought along from Michigan, soon realized that many fruits and vegetables thrived in the fertile climate. Pineapples, tomatoes, mangoes, and citrus fruit were packed in crates and shipped by the ton on the newly built Florida East Coast Railroad to satisfy the appetites of hungry Americans across the country. Major Boynton died on May 27, 1911 in Port Huron, but the hotel lasted until 1925.
Boynton Beach was originally founded on September 26, 1898 when Byrd Spilman Dewey and her husband Fred S. Dewey filed the original plat in the Dade County courthouse for the Town of Boynton. The town was incorporated in 1920 as the Town of Boynton. The name "Boynton Beach" was first used by a community that broke off from the Town of Boynton in 1931. In 1939, that community changed its name to "Ocean Ridge" while The Town of Boynton took the name "Boynton Beach" in 1941.
In 1926, the Seaboard Air Line Railway entered what was then simply Boynton, spurring land development a mile inland near the Seaboard station, including the town's first planned subdivision, Lake Boynton Estates. As land became more valuable, areas along the Intracoastal Waterway and the Federal Highway in Boynton also saw housing developments. To the west, many dairies were founded so that the Boynton area became the main milk supplier for Palm Beach County. By the 1970s, the dairies were no longer profitable and these lands too were converted to housing developments.
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