Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach, Florida
Town
Palm Beach in 2011
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Location in Palm Beach County and the state of Florida
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Coordinates: 26°42′54″N 80°02′22″W / 26.715°N 80.039444°W / 26.715; -80.039444
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Palm Beach
Settled (Lake Worth Settlement)	c. 1872[1][2]
Settled (Palm Beach Settlement)	January 9, 1878[3][4]
Incorporated (Town of Palm Beach)	April 17, 1911[2]
Government
• Type	Council–Manager
Area [5]
• Total	7.80 sq mi (20.21 km2)
• Land	3.80 sq mi (9.84 km2)
• Water	4.00 sq mi (10.37 km2)
Elevation	7 ft (2 m)
Population  (2020)[6]
• Total	9,245
• Density	2,430.26/sq mi (938.52/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	33480
Area code	561
FIPS code	12-54025[7]
GNIS feature ID	288390[7]
Website	townofpalmbeach.com

The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. As of 2020, 9,245 people lived there.^[6]

1. ↑ "1860 - 1879". Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Story of the Town's Founding". Town of Palm Beach. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
3. ↑ Kleinberg, Eliot (January 9, 2019). "From The Archives: Shipwreck, its coconuts led to Palm Beach's name". Palm Beach Daily News. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
4. ↑ "Viva Florida 500: History happened here - Palm Beach History". vivafl500.org. January 14, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
5. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT ... - Census Bureau Table". P2 | HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Palm Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. October 19, 1979. Retrieved August 2, 2019.