gateway to the gulf stream

By Guest Contributor Larry Melear, Managing Broker, Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Boynton Beach

Boynton Beach is the third largest city in Palm Beach County and offers a variety of living styles from Intracoastal waterfront communities, to old Florida style homes to newer communities in the western portions of the city.

History

The City of Boynton Beach, "The Gateway to the Gulf Stream," is a coastal city located in a rapidly growing area of Palm Beach County Florida. Major Nathan S. Boynton, a native of Michigan who distinguished himself in the Civil War, founded the city, which has a current population of over 65,000. Boynton directed the construction of the Boynton Beach Hotel from 1895 to 1897. He and his workmen, recruited from Michigan, brought their families and settled in the new town of Boynton. With other settlers, the early years of the city were spent building a town, raising vegetables to supply their needs and those of the guests at the Boynton Beach Hotel, and shipping pineapples, tomatoes and other cash crops. Today, the city attracts a multitude of business and industry and people of all ages and interests.

Boynton Beach Today

Residents and businesses in Boynton Beach are served by a city government that provides a variety of services and amenities such as golf, tennis, library services, and oceanfront and special events. The city's elected officials, employees and residents are dedicated to making Boynton Beach a great city in which to live, work, play and learn.

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