What’s in a name? When it comes to towns and cities in Palm Beach County , the name could reflect its founder, or the place its original residents moved from — or the name could’ve been drawn out of a hat. (Can you guess which one that was without looking?)
The county’s newest municipality, established in 2016, was named by the developers behind the community and a town more than a century old had its name amended by residential vote in 2019.
Here’s a quick look at local town names, courtesy of The Palm Beach Post’s “Post Time” local history column reported in 2019 by retired staffer Eliot Kleinberg:…