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Palm Beach County, Florida

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
77historic places
—earliest paper
1909formed
1,492,191pop. 2020
14cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 77 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Boca Raton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Palm Beach titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

44 of 77 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

77 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Administration BuildingsBoca RatonBuilding1985
Aiken, Fred C., HouseBoca RatonBuilding1992
American National Bank BuildingWest Palm BeachBuilding1997
Ann Norton House and Sculpture Gardens (Additional Documentation)West Palm BeachDistrict1990
Ann Norton House and Sculpture Gardens (Boundary Increase)West Palm BeachDistrict2025
Big Mound CityCanal PointStructure1973
Boca Raton Fire Engine No. 1Boca RatonStructure2001
Boca Raton Old City HallBoca RatonBuilding1980
Boynton SchoolBoynton BeachBuilding1994
Boynton Woman's ClubBoynton BeachBuilding1979
Breakers Hotel ComplexPalm BeachBuilding1973
Central Park Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict1999
Clematis Street Historic Commercial DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict1998
College Park Historic DistrictLake WorthDistrict2001
Comeau BuildingWest Palm BeachBuilding1996
Comeau, Alfred J., HouseWest Palm BeachBuilding2000
Delray Beach SchoolsDelray BeachBuilding1988
EastoverManalapanBuilding2002
El Cid Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict1995
Evans, J.B., HouseDelray BeachBuilding2002
Ferndix BuildingWest Palm BeachBuilding1999
Flagler, Henry Morrison, House; Whitehall NHLPalm BeachBuilding1972
Flamingo Park Historic Residential DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict2000
Florida East Coast Railway Passenger StationBoca RatonBuilding1980
Grandview Heights Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict1999
Guaranty BuildingWest Palm BeachBuilding1998
Gulf Stream HotelLake WorthBuilding1983
Hatch's Department StoreWest Palm BeachBuilding1994
Historic Old Town Commercial DistrictLake WorthDistrict2001
House at 1240 Cocoanut RoadBoca RatonBuilding2001
Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial SiteWest Palm BeachSite2002
Jupiter Inlet Historic and Archeological SiteJupiterDistrict1985
Jupiter Inlet LighthouseJupiterStructure1973
Kelsey City City HallLake ParkBuilding1981
Lake Worth City Hall, OldLake WorthBuilding1989
Lavender HouseBoca RatonBuilding1995
Lofthus (shipwreck)Boynton BeachSite2004
Loxahatchee BattlefieldJupiterSite2024
Mango Promenade Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict1999
Mar-A-Lago National Historic Landmark NHLPalm BeachBuilding1980
Marina Historic DistrictDelray BeachDistrict2014
Mickens HouseWest Palm BeachBuilding1985
Milton-Myers American Legion Post No. 65Delray BeachBuilding1995
Northboro Park Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict2007
Northwest Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict1992
Northwood, Old, Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict1994
Old Belle Glade Town HallBelle GladeBuilding2014
Old Lucerne Historic Residential DistrictLake WorthDistrict2001
Old Palm Beach Junior College BuildingWest Palm BeachBuilding1991
Old School Square Historic DistrictDelray BeachDistrict2018
Osborne SchoolLake WorthBuilding2003
Pahokee High SchoolPahokeeBuilding1996
Palm Beach Daily News BuildingPalm BeachBuilding1985
Palm Beach HotelPalm BeachBuilding2010
Palm Beach Mercantile CompanyWest Palm BeachBuilding1994
Palm Beach Town HallPalm BeachBuilding2005
Palm Beach Winter ClubNorth Palm BeachBuilding2012
Paramount Theatre BuildingPalm BeachBuilding1973
Pearl City National Register Historic DistrictBoca RatonDistrict2023
Pine Ridge HospitalWest Palm BeachBuilding2001
Professional BuildingWest Palm BeachBuilding1996
Prospect Park-Southland Park Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict2011
Rice, Clifton, HouseWest Palm BeachBuilding1996
Royal Poinciana Way Historic DistrictPalm BeachDistrict2015
Seaboard Air Line Dining Car-#6113Boca RatonStructure2001
Seaboard Air Line Lounge Car-6603Boca RatonStructure2001
Seaboard Airline Railroad StationDelray BeachBuilding1986
Seaboard Coastline Railroad Passenger StationWest Palm BeachBuilding1973
Sundy, John and Elizabeth Shaw, HouseDelray BeachBuilding1992
US Post OfficePalm BeachBuilding1983
Van Valkenburg, Grant HouseWest Palm BeachBuilding1999
Vedado Historic DistrictWest Palm BeachDistrict2010
Via MiznerPalm BeachDistrict1993
Vineta HotelPalm BeachBuilding1986
Warden, William Gray, HousePalm BeachBuilding1984
West Palm Beach Fishing ClubWest Palm BeachBuilding2016
West Palm Beach National Guard Armory, OldWest Palm BeachBuilding1992

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Palm Beach was formed in 1909 (1909-07-01) from Dade.

PALM BEACH created from DADE (now MIAMI-DADE).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Palm Beach County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.5M749k5,577191019201960197020002020
19101920194019501960198020002020
5,57718,65479,989114,688228,106576,8631,131,1841,492,191

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

14 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed
NameLatLon
Boca Raton Cemetery26.34397-80.09421
Delray Beach Memorial Gardens26.45072-80.08218
Dorsey E Earl Smith Memory Gardens Cemetery and Funeral Home26.631-80.10692
Eternal Light Memorial Gardens26.50405-80.20009
Foreverglades Mausoleum Gardens26.69615-80.65295
Glenwood Memorial Cemetery26.76724-80.07406
Hillcrest Memorial Park26.65962-80.06579
Palm Beach Memorial Park26.51376-80.06538
Palm Beach Memorial Park26.56701-80.06782
Riverside Memorial Park26.64585-80.43361
Royal Palm Memorial Gardens26.76207-80.06233
Shalow Memorial Park26.73784-80.0581
South Florida National Cemetery26.57885-80.20891
Woodlawn Cemetery26.70222-80.05466

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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