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Little About Palm Beach County, Florida ~
Palm Beach County was created in 1909. It was named for its first
settled community,
Palm Beach. The Coun ty was carved out of what was then the northern
half of Dade County. Henry Flagler was instrumental in the county's
development in the early 1900s
with the extension of the Florida East
Coast Railway which ran through
Palm Beach County in connecting Jacksonville to Key
West.
 Palm Beach County is one of three counties that comprise the South
Florida Metropolitan Area, and is the area's second oldest county. Its
largest city and county seat is
West Palm Beach (Central County), who has an incorporated
population of over 100,000 and an unincorporated population of 250,000.
Boca Raton (South County), is the second largest city, and has a
population approaching 100,000 residents.
All of
Palm Beach County is served by the
School District of Palm Beach
County. As of
2006, it was the 4th largest school district in Florida and the 11th
largest school district in
the United States. As of August,
2006, the district operated 164 schools, including 25 high schools, and,
as of July 22, 2006 had an additional 33 charter schools, with seven more
scheduled to
open in August, 2006. Newsweek listed three
Palm Beach County high schools in the top 50 schools in the list 1200
Top U.S. Schools.
~ Historical Society of Palm Beach County ~ |
