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 Boynton Beach Real Estate |
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Boynton Beach Real Estate |
It was 1894, one year after the last Barefoot Mailman walked along
its sandy shores and two years before Henry Flagler built his famous
railroad, that a former Civil War major from Port Huron, Michigan named
Nathan S. Boynton first set eyes on the area that now bears his name.
He was so impressed by the natural beauty of what he saw, the year-round
sunshine and pristine beaches, that he returned a year later with a
group of colonists and built the famous Boynton Beach Hotel to serve
as his family's summer residence. The first settlers soon realized that
an unlimited assortment of fruits and vegetables thrived in the fertile
climate. Cultivated pineapples, tomatoes, mangos, oranges, lemons, grapefruits
and limes 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.
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Beach remained a fairly unknown tropical paradise known for its perfect
weather and delicious produce until the end of World War Two. Soldiers
returning home from the war discovered that the small town located only
fifty miles north of Miami was an extraordinarilly healthy place to
raise a family. In addition, Boynton Beach's close proximity to the
fishing haven of the Atlantic's Gulfstream soon yielded a bonanza of
world-record catches. The city's population has risen from 5,000 in
1958 to a present number of approximately 65,000 residents. High growth
areas include the newly revitalized downtown around Ocean Avenue and
the area west of Military Trail. 
