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www.bocahistory.org. The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum (also known as BRHS&M) is a non-profit organization and public museum dedicated to preserve and collect history and artifacts of Boca Raton, Florida, United States, for educational and advocacy purposes. [1] The society is known for their goal of historic designation and restoring ...
Boca Raton, Florida. Boca Raton (/ ˌboʊkə rəˈtoʊn / BOH-kə rə-TOHN; [8][9] Spanish: Boca Ratón [ˈboka raˈton]) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 97,422 in the 2020 census [5] and it ranked as the 23rd-largest city in Florida in 2022. However, many people with a Boca Raton postal address live ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:55, 25 February 2007: 540 × 429 (1.02 MB): Bastique == Description == Created using coordinate data from US Census Bureau, modified in Text Mode in accordance with incorporation data from 2000-2005 and data, added Loxahatchee Groves in accordance with new municipal bound
Yamato Colony, Florida. The Yamato Colony was an attempt to create a community of Japanese farmers in what is now Boca Raton, Florida, early in the 20th century. With encouragement from Florida authorities, young Japanese men were recruited to farm in the colony. There were as many as 75 Japanese men, some with their families, at the peak.
The Florida East Coast Railway reached Boca Raton in 1895, the same year that railroad agent and surveyor Thomas Rickards became the first white settler in Boca Raton. Another significant event in 1895 was the completion of the first railroad across Lake Worth, linking Palm Beach and West Palm Beach to allow guests at Flagler's hotels direct ...
80000958 [1] Added to NRHP. 16 October 1980. The Boca Raton Old City Hall (labeled as "Town Hall" on signs) is a historic site in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. It is located at 71 North Federal Highway. The former city hall now houses the Boca Raton Welcome Center and the Boca Raton History Museum. On October 16, 1980, it was added to the ...
24 October 1980. The Boca Express Train Museum, operated by the Boca Raton Historical Society, is housed in a restored 1930 Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) train station in Boca Raton, Florida. designed by Chester G. Henninger, built for Clarence H. Geist. It is located at 747 South Dixie Highway, off U.S. 1 (Federal Highway).
Palm Beach County is a county in the southeastern part of Florida, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's third-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and Broward County and the 26th-most populous in the United States, with 1,492,191 residents as of the 2020 census. [2] Its county seat and largest city is West Palm Beach ...