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Lake Worth Beach, Florida

January 01, 1970

Lake Worth Beach, previously named Lake Worth, is a city in east-central Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, located about 64 miles (103 km) north of Miami. The city's name is derived from the body of water along its eastern border known as the Lake Worth Lagoon, which was named for General William J. Worth, who led United States Army forces during the last part of the Second Seminole War. Lake Worth Beach is situated south of West Palm Beach, southeast of Lake Clarke Shores, east of Palm Springs, and north of Lantana, while a small section of the city also partitions the town of Palm Beach. The 2010 census recorded a population of 34,910, which increased to 42,219 in the 2020 census. Lake Worth Beach is within the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,138,333 people in 2020.[11]

Lake Worth Beach, Florida
City
Downtown Jewel, Lake Worth Beach
Motto(s): 
"The Art of Florida Living"[1]
"Where The Tropics Begin"[2]
Location of Lake Worth Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida
Coordinates: 26°37′11″N 80°3′31″W / 26.61972°N 80.05861°W / 26.61972; -80.05861
Country United States
State Florida
County Palm Beach
Settled
(Jewel Settlement)		c. 1885[3]
Platted (Lucerne)1911[4]
Incorporated
(Town of Lake Worth)		June 14, 1913[3]
Incorporated
(City of Lake Worth)		1925[5]: 15 
Incorporated (City of Lake Worth Beach)March 12, 2019[6][7][8]
Named forLake Worth Lagoon and William J. Worth
Government
 • TypeCommission-Manager
 • MayorBetty Resch
 • Vice MayorChristopher McVoy
 • CommissionersSarah Malega,
Mimi May, and
Reinaldo Diaz
 • Interim City ManagerJamie Brown
 • City ClerkMelissa Ann Coyne
Area
 • City17.65 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
 • Land15.26 km2 (5.89 sq mi)
 • Water2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi)  13.51%
Elevation
[9]
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • City42,219
 • Density2,766.10/km2 (7,164.26/sq mi)
 • Metro
6,138,333
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
33460, 33461, 33463, 33467[10]
Area code561, 728
FIPS code12-39075[9]
GNIS feature ID0285292[9]
Websitewww.lakeworthbeachfl.gov

While archaeological evidence indicates that the Jaega inhabited nearby areas thousands of years ago, Samuel and Fannie James, an African American couple, became the first known settlers in modern-day Lake Worth Beach in 1885, filing a homestead claim on 187 acres (76 ha). Fannie James operated the Jewell Post Office from 1889 to 1903 to serve the few residents who lived between Lantana and West Palm Beach. A land development scheme by Bryant & Greenwood in the 1910s allowed buyers to receive a parcel of land if they purchased a lot in present-day Greenacres. Consequently, the population increased from 38 in July 1912 to 308 only five months later. The town of Lake Worth was incorporated in June 1913. Thereafter, Lake Worth grew rapidly during the 1920s land boom and in the decades following World War II. Residents voted to change the official name to Lake Worth Beach in 2019.

Today, Lake Worth Beach is a city featuring several historic neighborhoods, such as the National Register of Historic Places-listed College Park and Old Lucerne, while the downtown area also has dozens of buildings that are part of the Historic Old Town Commercial District. Lake Worth Beach is one of the most ethnically and racially diverse municipalities in Palm Beach County. Several cultural events are hosted annually in the city, including a street painting festival, several ethnic festivals, and Palm Beach Pride, one of the largest LGBTQIA+ pride festivals in Florida.

History edit

Prior to incorporation edit

Native Americans migrated into Florida beginning about 12,000 years ago.[12] While evidence near the town of Jupiter indicates local inhabitation dating back to the Paleo-Indian period,[13] the Jaega were the first known tribe to have resided along the Florida Atlantic coast in the areas of Martin and Palm Beach counties.[12] The remains of shell mounds sites, mostly dating back to approximately 750–1500 CE, attest to pre-Columbian Jaega inhabitation near Lake Worth Beach, including in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach, and South Palm Beach.[13]

Among the city's first non-indigenous settlers were Samuel and Fannie James. The Jameses were an African American couple reported to be ex-slaves, known as the Black Diamonds, who settled on the shores of the Lake Worth Lagoon near the current 5th Avenue South in 1885. A stone monument dedicated to Samuel and Fannie James at the northwest corner of Lucerne Avenue (State Road 802) and J Street inaccurately uses the date 1883, due to a transcription error.[14]: 29  The couple made a claim for their land under the Homestead Act in 1885.[14]: 25  Their holdings, originally 187 acres (76 ha), increased over time to more than 700 acres (280 ha),[15]: 1  including 160 acres (65 ha) of homestead land south of Lake Avenue (State Road 802) between M and F Streets;[16]: 82  163.3 acres (66.1 ha) in modern-day College Park, acquired from the estate of William Stephan, where Fannie ran a pineapple farm;[16]: 33–34  and 160 acres (65 ha) to the south between the current Dixie and Federal highways (Route 1 and State Road 5), acquired from Swedish immigrants Olai and Sarah Gudmundsen.[16]: 56–57 

The initial name of the area's first post office was Jewel (sometimes spelled Jewell),[17]: 20  which served the few residences between Lantana and West Palm Beach. Between 1889 and 1903, Fannie James served as postmaster of the post office, located in a small dry goods shop, which the couple operated to serve the lake traffic that connected the small pioneer homesteads located along the banks of the Lake Worth Lagoon.[4]

Area pioneers also reported that Jewell was included as a stop on the route of the barefoot mailman via the Celestial Railroad by July 1889.[18]

 
The office of Bryant & Greenwood along Lake Avenue (c. 1912)

Beginning in the 1890s, the Jameses sold off most of their acreage in a number of parcels ranging in size from 5 to 20 acres (2.0 to 8.1 ha) to new residents and investors.[14]: 28  After Samuel's death in 1909, Fannie sold her remaining 156 acres (63 ha) to the developer, Palm Beach Farms Company, keeping only a 1.25 acre (0.51 ha) farmette,[16]: 117  which lay outside the new city limits as required by the segregation provisions of the 1913 town of Lake Worth charter.[16]: 119 

After Henry Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) south from West Palm Beach to Miami in 1896, a land development scheme was created to plant a townsite between the railroad and the lake.[17]: 74  Purchasers of agricultural lots, most of which were located in modern-day Greenacres, would also receive a small 25 by 25 ft (7.6 by 7.6 m) lot within the city of Lake Worth.[19] The developer, Bryant & Greenwood, promoted the area to markets across the United States and Canada.[5]: 17  They proposed to name the town Lucerne,[20] but the United States Postal Service refused to accept the name because there already was a Lucerne post office, now a neighborhood in Miami Gardens. Therefore, the city founders changed the new town's name to Lake Worth.[21]: 29 

In April 1911, "A solitary Indian mound surrounded by wild woods marked the spot where flourishing Lake Worth is now growing beyond the most vivid imagination", according to a promotional article published in the Lake Worth Herald.[22] The population of the nascent city stood at 38 in July 1912.[23]

During that year, the library, schoolhouse, newspaper, Women's Club, Chamber of Commerce, first church,[21]: 28  and first railroad station (operated by the FEC at Lake Avenue) were established.[24]: 53  The town's first census in December 1912 indicated that there were "308 residents, 125 houses, 10 wagons, seven automobiles, 36 bicycles and 876 fowls."[4] Additionally, from 1911 to 1912, the Palm Beach Farms Company platted approximately 7,000 residential lots and constructed some 55 mi (89 km) of roads, including Lake Avenue, a major thoroughfare.[25]

Incorporation to the Great Depression edit

Lake Worth Beach was incorporated as the "town of Lake Worth" on June 14, 1913.[3] The town grew rapidly enough that a new addition was platted in that inaugural year. The area along the Intracoastal Waterway from 5th Avenue South to 15th Avenue South still bears the name Addition 1.[5]: 15  An advertisement in the Lake Worth Herald in 1913 noted: "In the new addition, the Lake front has been divided into large lots covered with palm and tropical growth, where we expect to see charming villas and winter homes spring up as by enchantment. It will be the fashionable part of town, where the wealthy of the earth can display their artistic taste and make ideal homes. These lots are selling so fast that but very few are left."[22] Another section of the town was plotted in 1917, the Osborne Colored Addition, a small African American neighborhood along the south end of Lake Worth and west of the FEC. Some of the first African American families arrived in the addition in the early 1920s, when the Ku Klux Klan forced them out of western Lantana.[26]

Two years after the addition was platted, a wooden automobile traffic bridge over Lake Worth was completed in 1919,[21]: 30  the same year the Brelsford family of Palm Beach deeded a 1,000 ft (300 m) parcel of land on the barrier island to the town.[5]: 18 

 
A house (built in 1923) in the Old Lucerne Historic Residential District[21]: 12 

The town benefited with the rest of South Florida during the Florida land boom of the 1920s, with Lake Worth's population more than quintupling from 1,106 in 1920 to nearly 6,000 in 1930.[5]: 15  Following the approval of a $100,000 bond issue in 1920, the Mediterranean Revival-style Lake Worth Casino and Baths was constructed.[5]: 18  Opening two years later, the casino drew many tourists to the area.[27]

Moreover, the 1920s saw the completion of the Gulf Stream Hotel, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP),[5]: 18  as well as the construction of Lake Worth Community High School in 1922 and many commercial and industrial buildings and neighborhoods, including College Park and Lake Worth Heights in 1924.[5]: 15 [28] Lake Worth reincorporated as a city in 1925, while boundaries of the municipality expanded several times throughout the land boom.[5]: 15  One year later, the Seaboard Air Line Railway constructed a freight and passenger depot in Lake Worth on 4th Avenue North.[24]: 53 

William A. Boutwell arrived in the area in the 1920s. He established Boutwell Dairy in 1927 and managed the company until retiring in 1956. Boutwell is credited with inventing half & half creamer; the dairy later merged with Alfar Creamery and then T.G. Lee, who distributed the product more widely until it became an American diner staple.[24]: 55 [29][30] Boutwell also owned a grocery store and masonry supply store. Furthermore, he served as a Lake Worth city commissioner from 1924 to 1927 and briefly as vice mayor.[30] During his tenure, the city constructed approximately 36 mi (58 km) of roads and two elementary schools,[31] including the still active South Grade Elementary School.[28]

 
Scenes of devastation from the 1928 hurricane in Lake Worth

The 1928 Okeechobee hurricane devastated Lake Worth. A survey indicated that the storm demolished about 600 homes and damaged 1,500 others, leaving about 700 people homeless.[32]: 5  Fewer than 10% of homes escaped damage.[33] Approximately 50 businesses were wrecked and 200 others received damage – roughly 75% of buildings in the business district.[32] The storm demolished or severely damaged many buildings, including First Presbyterian Church, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, the Oakley Theater, the Gulf Stream Hotel, the Scottish Rites Cathedral, the Masonic Temple, the Florida Hotel, a car dealership, a sporting goods store, an investment company, the Old Lake Worth City Hall,[33] and an auditorium at Lake Worth Community High School.[34] Additionally, the bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway was virtually destroyed.[35] The hurricane caused approximately $4 million worth of damages in Lake Worth,[32]: 5  as well as three deaths.[36][37][38]

In the immediate aftermath of the storm, the Gulf Stream Hotel was converted to a makeshift hospital.[32]: 5  The devastation left Lake Worth without a functional center for city government, although records were mostly unscathed. Consequently, a temporary city hall was established at the Lauriston building.[39] The storm, combined with the Great Depression led to a severe economic decline within the community. Construction projects primarily shifted to repairing damaged buildings. However, there were a few conservation, construction, and New Deal projects during the 1930s.[5]: 16  This included when President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration built the striking,[5]: 18  Moorish-styled "city gymnasium" on the corner of Lake Avenue and Dixie Highway. The building today serves as the Lake Worth Beach City Hall.[5]: 8 

World War II to present edit

 
A postcard (c. 1953) showing the shoebox-style Lake Worth Casino built following the 1947 hurricane

Although no military installations were located in Lake Worth, the presence of military bases and repair facilities in nearby towns led to a significant increase in the city's population during World War II, from 7,406 in 1940 to 10,615 about five years later.[5]: 27  Development started again after World War II, especially due to the approval of the G.I. Bill, allowing new homes to become affordable. Many veterans who trained in South Florida also returned to the area, leading to a population boom.[40] The city also saw a wave of immigrants, especially from Finland. These Finnish immigrants established three churches in Lake Worth to preserve their heritage while also benefiting the local economy,[41] which returned to a state of stability in the post-war years.[40]

Two hurricanes impacted Lake Worth later in the 1940s, one in 1947 and the other in 1949. Although the former damaged nearly all businesses and about half of homes, few structures suffered serious damage.[42] However, among the structures experiencing substantial impact was the Lake Worth Casino, which was repaired and reopened in the 1950s with a shoebox style architectural design.[27] Although the 1949 hurricane made landfall in Lake Worth,[43] the cyclone caused less impact than the 1947 storm. Around 300–400 homes were damaged, with one destroyed, while the storm deroofed many homes in the Osborne Colored Addition. Winds also destroyed a filling station and shattered many windows at downtown businesses.[44]

In 1954, a concrete wall was erected at the Osborne Colored Addition to separate it from the white Whispering Palms neighborhood. Although the city officially integrated in 1969,[45] the neighborhood retained the name Osborne Colored Addition until 1994.[4] Today, the remnants of the wall is referred to as the Unity Wall and is instead used for murals.[45] Despite the Brown vs. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954, Palm Beach County schools only slowly integrated. John Green and Theresa Jakes Kanu became among the first black students to attend a formerly whites-only high school in Palm Beach County when they arrived at Lake Worth High Community High School in 1961. Little further progress on the racial integration of schools in the county occurred until a court order in 1970.[46]

 
The building that has served as the Lake Worth City Hall since the 1970s

The 1960s and 1970s also brought the construction of many apartments, condominiums, and larger commercial buildings, which often resulted in the demolition of older structures.[40] During a period of neglect and decline between the 1970s and 1990s, Lake Worth, in the words of then-city commissioner Dennis Dorsey, "had become known as the skin-flick capital of the country". The venue now known as the Lake Worth Playhouse was the Playtoy, and was well known in Palm Beach County as the theater that showed X-rated movies; Deep Throat was shown there, motivating a police raid in the 1970s.[47] The decade also saw the construction of the current bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway. Opening in 1973, the Robert A. Harris Bridge is two lanes wider and higher than the previous bridge, built in 1938.[48] Also during 1973, the Lake Worth City Hall moved from 414 Lake Avenue to 7 North Dixie Highway, its current location. The building at the former address has been listed in the NRHP since 1989 and is also often referred to as City Hall Annex.[27]

Foreign political turmoil and the South Florida construction boom have brought another wave of immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean, especially since the 1980s. Included in the immigration wave of that decade were many Guatemalan-Mayans, who consider themselves indigenous people rather than "Hispanic" or "Latino", and some may not speak Spanish. Many Guatemalan-Maya people migrated to Lake Worth Beach to seek refuge from the Guatemalan genocide being committed against the indigenous Maya people in Guatemala, often referred to as the Silent Holocaust. The Maya mostly converse in Mam, Q'anjob'al, or any one of 22 existing Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala.[49] Adding to the racial and linguistic mix of the city is a large Haitian population, many of whom speak Creole. Most immigrants from Haiti have also arrived in the United States since the early 1980s.[50]

 
The Lake Worth Pier, damaged by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004

The downtown area underwent restoration efforts in the late 1990s. The Florida Department of Transportation spent $3.9 million to improve sidewalks and streets, while the city of Lake Worth contributed over $670,000 for benches, landscaping, planters, trash cans, and new lights and sidewalk pavers. As a result, downtown property values increased in 1997 for the first time since the late 1980s.[51] The area then saw a huge resurgence in interest and now sports an array of art galleries, sidewalk cafés, and night clubs.[25] The city's main street, Lake Avenue, contains some of the oldest commercial structures in South Florida. Lake Avenue, along with the parallel street of Lucerne Avenue, include most of the structures constituting the Historic Old Town Commercial District, which has been listed in the NRHP since 2001.[5]: 4–5 

Later in the 2000s decade, the city was hit especially hard by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004 and Wilma in 2005. Wilma alone destroyed 27 homes and 7 businesses and damaged 2,491 homes and 93 businesses to some degree.[52] Damage to businesses, government properties, and residences combined from Wilma totaled approximately $28.3 million.[53] The William O. Lockhart Municipal Pier, constructed in 1954, suffered significant damage from the hurricanes, especially due to Frances and Jeanne, requiring $3.4 million to be repaired.[48] The pier is home to a tide gauge with a sporadic history, showing an above average rate of sea level rise.[54]

In 2015, the city was accused of asking for business licenses from surrounding churches. Then-City Manager Michael Bornstein described the controversy as a "dust-up" that became politicized, while the accuser, Pastor Mike Olive of Common Ground Church, later stated that the "problems are behind us now."[55]

A ballot initiative to change the name of the city to Lake Worth Beach in 2019, passed by a narrow margin.[6] The city stated that the name change "will be implemented slowly". One of the main reasons cited for the proposal was to distinguish the city from its suburbs to the west, which have a reputation for higher crime rates.[7] Another factor motivating support for the name change was that tourism could increase as the city would have an opportunity to rebrand itself as a beach town.[8]

The city government became embroiled in another controversy that garnered national headlines in March 2020. Then-Mayor Pam Triolo and then-Lake Worth Beach Commissioner Omari Hardy became involved in a heated discussion over the potential for shutting off electrical services due to non-payment in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.[56] In response, the city government allowed electrical service to residents to remain uninterrupted for the next few months, with or without payment, before city commissioners unanimously voted to resume power shutoffs in July 2020.[57]

Geography edit

 
Lake Worth Lagoon

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.81 square miles (18 km2), of which 5.89 square miles (15 km2) is land and 0.92 square miles (2 km2) (13.51%) is water.[58]

Several geographical features in Palm Beach County somewhat confusingly share the name "Lake Worth." The city of Lake Worth Beach is named after a lagoon which is officially known as the Lake Worth Lagoon. This lagoon opens to the Atlantic Ocean at the Port of Palm Beach via the Lake Worth Inlet. The next closest inlet exists farther south in Boynton Beach. The port and two inlets are all distant from the actual city of Lake Worth Beach. The lake is a long channel that spans much of east-central and northeastern Palm Beach County;[59] indeed, the Intracoastal Waterway traverses the length of the lagoon.[60] The manmade inlets to the ocean have replaced the natural freshwater with saltwater, such that the lagoon is actually now an estuary, instead of a true lagoon.[59]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has mapped most of Lake Worth Beach in the Southern Florida Flatwoods land resource area.[61] Deep, poorly drained acidic sandy soils are typical for the area; they have gray topsoil, white subsoil, and a dark hardpan. Much of Lake Worth Beach is built on a rapidly drained white or gray sand which is too dry and infertile to support vigorous plant growth. The western outskirts of Lake Worth Beach are in the Southern Florida Lowlands area. Topsoils there are sandy, but the subsoils have a much higher content of clay and the soils are relatively fertile. As in the flatwoods, these soils are poorly drained for many purposes unless drainage systems are installed.[62]

Although the incorporated city of Lake Worth Beach is small geographically, as is common in Palm Beach County, a large unincorporated urbanized area with a Lake Worth postal address lies to the west of the city. Only two zip codes are within the city's boundaries, 33460 and the eastern edge of 33641, while 33449, the remainder of 33461, 33462, 33463, and 33467 zip codes are located outside the city limits but may use a Lake Worth mailing address. Thus, The Palm Beach Post noted in 2019 that there are more mailing addresses for Lake Worth (unincorporated area) than Lake Worth Beach (the proper, incorporated area).[6]

Climate edit

Lake Worth Beach has a tropical climate, similar to the climate found in much of the Caribbean. It is part of the only region in the 48 contiguous states that falls under that category. More specifically, it generally has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification, Am).[63]

Cityscape and neighborhoods edit

The Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) maintains the Neighborhood Association President's Council (NAPC). The three purposes of the NAPC, according to the Lake Worth Beach CRA, is to improve representation of diversity in the city's neighborhoods, to maintain open communications between city government and neighborhood associations, and to promote volunteering to assist needy areas.[64]

A total of 17 neighborhood associations are recognized by the Lake Worth Beach CRA, including:[65]

  • Bryant Park, bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, Lucerne Avenue to the north, South Federal Highway to the west, and 5th Avenue South to the south; also includes the Lake Worth Municipal Beach[65]
  • College Park, bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, West Palm Beach to its north, Dixie Highway to the west, and Wellesley Drive to the south[65]
  • Downtown Jewel (Downtown Lake Worth Beach), bounded by South Federal Highway to the east, Lucerne Avenue to the north, South Dixie Highway to the west, and 6th Avenue South to the south, and has Old Town within its border[65]
  • Eden Place, bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, Wellesley Drive to the north, Dixie Highway to the west, and 13th Avenue North to the south[65]
  • Lake Cove, near the northwest corner of Lake Worth Beach[65]
  • Mango Groves, bounded by North Federal Highway to the east, 13th Avenue North to the north, North Dixie Highway to the west, and Lucerne Avenue to the south[65]
  • Memorial Park, bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east, 6th Avenue to the north, Interstate 95 to the west, and 12th Avenue South to the south[65]
  • Murray Hills, bordering Lake Osborne along Cynthia Lane[65]
  • Parrot Cove (Old Lucerne), bounded by Lake Worth Beach Golf Club to the east, 13th Avenue North to the north, North Federal Highway to the west, and Lucerne Avenue to the south[65]
  • Pineapple Beach, South Federal Highway to the east, 6th Avenue North to the north, South Dixie Highway to the west, and Lantana to the south[65]
  • ROLO (Residences on Lake Osborne), includes all areas west of Interstate 95 sans Murray Hills neighborhood[65]
  • Royal Poinciana, bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east, Lucerne Avenue to the north, Interstate 95 to the west, and 6th Avenue South to the south[65]
  • South Palm Park, bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, 5th Avenue South to the north, South Federal Highway to the west, and Lantana to the south[65]
  • Sunset Ridge, bounded by North Dixie Highway to the east, West Palm Beach to the north, Lake Clarke Shores to the west, and 10th Avenue North to the south[65]
  • Tropical Ridge, bounded by North Dixie Highway to the east, 10th Avenue North to the north, Interstate 95 to the west, and Lucerne Avenue to the south[65]
  • Vernon Heights, located near the northwest corner of Lake Worth Beach[65]
  • Whispering Palms, bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east, 12th Avenue South to the north, Interstate 95 to the west, and Lantana to the south[65]

The College Park and Old Lucerne (Parrot Cove) neighborhoods are notable for being historic districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The former is a neighborhood in which most of the homes were constructed 1925 and 1949. Of the 123 residences in College Park, 90 residences are classified as contributing and the remaining 33 others classified as non-contributing, with a majority of those constructed after 1949.[66] The Old Lucerne Historic Residential District is the section of Lake Worth Beach where Samuel and Fannie James lived. A total of 346 structures are located in the district, with 218 classified as contributing and 128 are classified as non-contributing. The contributing structures were constructed from as early as about 1913 to 1951.[21]

Downtown edit

 
A few buildings in the downtown area
Main article: Historic Old Town Commercial District

The Historic Old Town Commercial District, listed in the NRHP in 2001, encompasses much of downtown Lake Worth Beach. A total of 59 buildings are part of the roughly 16-acre (6.5 ha) area, which stretches westward to the Florida East Coast Railroad (adjacent to G Street), eastward to M Street, northward to Lucerne Avenue, and southward to 1st Avenue South.[5]: 5  It is distinguished by its two main streets, the east-to-west Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue, while Dixie Highway is a major north-south thoroughfare through the district.[5]: 6  Of the 59 structures listed as part of the historic commercial district, 46 are classified as contributing and the other 13 are considered non-contributing. The contributing buildings, constructed between 1912 and 1949, are generally of Masonry Vernacular-style architecture, although Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Moorish Revival styles are also present.[5]: 5 

Lake Worth Beach's downtown area has a distinct character and is a popular destination for both tourists and residents of South Florida. Several of the city's notable buildings are located in this section, including the current City Hall,[5]: 5  former City Hall (NRHP-listed in 1989 and includes the Lake Worth Historical Museum), Lake Worth Beach Post Office,[27] Lake Worth Playhouse,[5]: 18  Lake Worth Beach Public Library,[67] and Park Theater,[5]: 5  although not all of these structures are listed as part of the Historic Old Town Commercial District.[5]: 10–12 

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19201,106—
19305,940437.1%
19407,40824.7%
195011,77759.0%
196020,75876.3%
197023,71414.2%
198027,04814.1%
199028,5645.6%
200035,13323.0%
201034,910−0.6%
202042,21920.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[68]

In terms of population, Lake Worth Beach ranked as the ninth largest city in Palm Beach County, with 42,219 residents according to the 2020 census.[69] Lake Worth Beach is considered one of the most ethnically and racially diverse cities in Palm Beach County.[70] Less than a majority of residents identify as non-Hispanic white, while Hispanic whites represented a plurality of the population in 2019. Additionally, as of 2021, approximately 38.7% of residents were born outside of the United States,[71] many of whom immigrated from the Caribbean or Latin America,[70] and just 44.9% of people in Lake Worth Beach only spoke English.[72]

2010 and 2020 census edit

Lake Worth Beach racial composition
(Hispanics excluded from racial categories)
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race Pop 2010[73] Pop 2020[74] % 2010 % 2020
White (NH) 13,291 13,275 38.07% 31.44%
Black or African American (NH) 6,603 7,786 18.91% 18.44%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) 322 73 0.92% 0.17%
Asian (NH) 308 408 0.88% 0.97%
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH) 22 22 0.06% 0.05%
Some other race (NH) 71 251 0.20% 0.59%
Two or more races/Multiracial (NH) 459 1,047 1.31% 2.48%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,834 19,357 39.63% 45.85%
Total 34,910 42,219

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 42,219 people, 12,947 households, and 7,046 families residing in the city.[75] The population density was 7,164.26 inhabitants per square mile (2,766.10/km2). The 17,476 housing units averaged 2,564.90 inhabitants per square mile (990.31/km2). Approximately 76.5% of residents of the city were age 18 and over.[76]

As of 2019, he median household income in Lake Worth Beach is $42,500.[71] This is significantly lower than the county and statewide medians from 2015–2019, which was $63,299 and $55,660, respectively.[77] In 2019, an estimated 24.4% of residents were considered impoverished,[71] more than twice the countywide average of 12.0% and nearly double the Florida average of 12.4%.[77]

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 34,910 people, 12,466 households, and 6,744 families were residing in the city.[78] The population density was 5,945.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,979.26/km2). The 16,473 housing units averaged 2,418.94 inhabitants per square mile (933.95/km2).

As of 2010, in the city, the age distribution was 5.2% at 65 or older, 22.2% was under 18, 17.0% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, and 24.5% from 45 to 64; the median age was 35. years. For every 117 males, there were 100 females. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121 males. Around 30.1% of the households in 2010 had children under the age of 18 living with them, 11.7% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 46.2% were not families. About 33.1% of all households were made up of one individual, and 22.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65, and the average family size was 3.37.[79]

2000 census edit

As of the census of 2000, there were 35,133 people, 13,828 households, and 7,688 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,225.5/mi² (2,405.1/km²). There were 15,861 housing units at an average density of 2,810.6/mi² (1,085.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 65.12% White (48.1% were Non-Hispanic White),[80] 18.86% African American, 0.78% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 9.57% from other races, and 4.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.71% of the population.[81]

In 2000, the age distribution of the population was spread out in 2000, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 108.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112 males.

In 2000, 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.9% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 44.4% were non-families. Approximately 33.6% of all households were made up of one individual, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.19.[81]

In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $30,034, and the median income for a family was $35,374. Males had a median income of $24,862 versus $22,971 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,517. About 15.8% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.1% of those under age 18 and 12.7% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, the three most spoken first languages in Lake Worth Beach were English at 56.61%, Spanish at 26.57%, and French Creole, which was spoken by 9.17% of the population. Lake Worth Beach has a large Finnish expatriate population, and Finnish is spoken by 2.57% of the city's residents as their native language. Furthermore, people of Finnish ancestry were 3.4% of the population. With 1,026 people claiming Finn descent in 2000,[82] Lake Worth Beach had the largest concentration of Finnish people in the world outside of Finland.[83] Other languages spoken by residents of the city include French at 1.96%, Mayan languages were spoken by 1.11% (primarily spoken by Guatemalans of Mayan descent), and German as a mother tongue was spoken by 0.52% of the population.[84]

As of 2000, Lake Worth Beach had the twentieth highest percentage of Guatemalan residents in the United States, with 4.87% of the populace.[85] It had the twenty-first highest percentage of Haitian residents in the United States, at 8.10% of the city's population,[86] and the eighty-third highest percentage of Cuban residents in the United States, at 3.47% of its population.[87] It also had the twenty-third most Hondurans in the United States, at 1.59% of all residents.[88]

Economy edit

 
The Gulf Stream Hotel

The city has an estimated labor force of 19,978 people as of 2019, though 10,357 people age 16 or older were not in the labor force.[89] Lake Worth Beach had a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.2% in September 2021.[90] The largest companies in the city by number of employees include 1,148 employees at Palm Beach State College, 307 employees with the city government, 269 employees at Lake Worth Community High School, 213 employees at American Medical Assistance, 150 employees at Highland Elementary School, 148 employees at Publix, 136 employees at Barton Elementary School, 122 employees at Supermercados El Bodegon, 94 employees at North Grade Elementary School, and 74 employees at Lake Worth Middle School.[91]: 145  However, as of 2019, only 6.9% of jobs in Lake Worth Beach were held by city residents, with the most common other residencies being West Palm Beach (12.4%), Boca Raton (5.3%), Palm Springs (4.9%), Boynton Beach (4.8%), and Delray Beach (3.7%).[92] The most common professions among the city's labor force are professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (20.9%); construction (13.2%); educational services, health care, and social assistance (14.0%); arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services (12.5%); and retail (10.5%).[89]

The Lake Worth Beach CRA, established in 1989, seeks to redevelop private and public properties for the sake of community and economic growth. Since 2001, the CRA area has included the entirety of Dixie Highway and areas in the vicinity of 6th Avenue South and 10th Avenue North.[93] The downtown area also saw a resurgence in the late 1990s,[51] with many art galleries, sidewalk cafés, and night clubs lining its streets.[25] LULA Lake Worth Arts lists many of these downtown businesses on its Dynamic Walker's Map.[94]

The Gulf Stream Hotel, which has been closed to the public since 2005, has been proposed for renovation in order to reopen it,[95] which voters strongly approved by a margin of 81.82% – 18.18% in March 2020.[96][97] In June of the following year, the city commission approved a proposal to renovate the hotel and construct a new hotel nearby. Restoration St. Louis agreed to spend at least $100 million on both projects, while the city agreed to fund infrastructure improvements around the hotel, with expenditures ranging from $1 million to possibly up to $3.6 million.[95]

Government edit

 
Lake Worth Beach City Hall

The city uses the commission–manager form of government. Lake Worth Beach has a five-member city commission. These members are elected to staggered, three-year terms, running on nonpartisan candidacies in different districts. The city commission acts in a legislative manner, approving motions, ordinances, and resolutions. The mayor, who presides over the city commission, also serves in three-year terms, but is elected by voters citywide.[98] As outlined by the city charter, these elections are to be held on the second Tuesday in March,[99] while runoffs are to be held two weeks later if a candidate fails to achieve a majority of the votes.[100] Betty Resch has served as mayor since March 16, 2021.[101] The Lake Worth Beach city clerk is tasked with maintaining official city records. This office is currently held by Melissa Ann Coyne.[102] Another key Lake Worth Beach official is the city manager, who is responsible for the administrative functions of city government. Carmen Davis, who previously served as county administrator of Hinds County, Mississippi, from 2010 to 2019 and a city planner for Detroit from 1993 to 2009, is the current city manager of Lake Worth Beach.[103]

Lake Worth Beach is part of Florida's 21st congressional district, which has been represented by Lois Frankel (D) since 2017.[104] Four different Florida House of Representatives districts cover portions of Lake Worth Beach – the 87th, 88th, 89th, and 90th districts,[105] which are represented by David Silvers (D), Jervonte Edmonds (D), Mike Caruso (R), and Joseph Casello (D), respectively.[106] The entire city is located within the Florida Senate's 24th district, which includes parts of east-central Palm Beach County and is currently represented by Bobby Powell (D).[107] Much of Lake Worth Beach is within the 3rd district for the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, while the municipal beach section and areas south of 6th Avenue South and east of Interstate 95 are within the 7th district. The former is represented by Dave Kerner and the latter is represented by Mack Bernard.[108]

Overall, the city has a liberal partisan lean. Of the 17,738 registered voters as of December 2021, 8,552 were members of the Democratic Party, 5,290 had no party affiliation, 3,471 were members of the Republican Party, and 425 were members of a minor party.[109] Decades earlier, the city and Palm Beach County were both reliably right-leaning, with the latter voting for the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in each election from 1948 to 1988.[110] In 2020, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in all of the city's precincts and in most by a margin of at least 20%,[111] while the county supported Biden by a margin of just under 12.8%.[112] Lake Worth Herald president Mark Easton, a lifelong resident of the city, noted that he had observed the partisan lean of Lake Worth Beach shift rapidly from highly conservative to highly liberal. Easton remarked that due to diversity, "You would think that it would meld Lake Worth into a more middle-of-the-road atmosphere: Never happens. It always stays polarized".[113]

LGBT sanctuary city edit

In September 2023, the city formally by declaration unanimously became an "LGBT sanctuary city" to protect and defend LGBT rights.[114]

Culture edit

Arts edit

The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, founded by Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. as the Palm Beach County Council of the Arts in West Palm Beach in 1978, evolved into the official county government agency to support and promote local arts and culture. In 2012, the organization relocated from West Palm Beach to the Robert M. Montgomery Jr. Building in Lake Worth Beach and renovated the building with the assistance of the Lake Worth Beach CRA.[115] This building was formerly the 1,000 seat Lake Theatre, which opened at 601 Lake Avenue in 1940, constructed at a cost of $75,000.[28] The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County hosts many cultural events at its headquarters and elsewhere in Palm Beach County.[116]

Several art galleries are located in downtown Lake Worth Beach. These include the Art Link International, Artisans on the Ave, Benzaiten, Bruce Konder Galleries, Flamingo Gallery, HATCH 1121, No So So, and Palm Beach Gallery. The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County also lists art organizations and facilities such as the Armory Arts Center, Bamboo Room, Book Cellar, Downtown Dance, Lake Worth Art League, Lake Worth Playhouse, Lake Worth Public Library, Social House, and Urban Arts Lofts.[117]: 12  The Lake Worth Playhouse was founded in 1953. The building it is housed in originally opened in 1929 as the Oakley Theatre, which had previously been virtually demolished by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. However, the Oakley Theatre quickly went into bankruptcy due to the Great Depression.[28] Today, the Lake Worth Playhouse hosts a number of year-round events, including ballets, dramas, foreign and independent films, musicals, and operas.[118]

 
Lake Worth Street Painting Festival

Festivals edit

Lake Worth Beach features several annual festivals. The Lake Worth Beach Street Painting Festival attracts about 100,000 people to the downtown area, where more than 600 artists create works on the asphalt along Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue.[119] Similarly, FOCUS Lake Worth features displays of multidisciplinary art at different mural locations in downtown in the month of November.[120] Midnight Sun Festival, originally called Finlandia Days, is an event celebrating Lake Worth Beach's Finnish population and has been held annually at Bryant Park since 1983. When combined with neighboring Lantana's Finnish community, it becomes one of the largest Finnish communities in the United States.[121] One of the largest Oktoberfest events in South Florida is held every October just outside the city at the American German Club of the Palm Beaches on Lantana Road,[122] while Mathews Brewing Company in Lake Worth Beach also observes Oktoberfest.[123] In late October, a Día de los Muertos event is also held in the downtown area.[124]

The annual Palm Beach Pride parade is held in Lake Worth Beach. According to Discover The Palm Beaches, over 30,000 people attend the event, which is one of the largest pride parades in Florida and the oldest active in the state.[125] Lake Worth Beach also has the county's only LGBT community center, Compass, and the gay bar Mad Hatter Lounge.[126] The City Tree Board organizes an annual "Lake Worth Festival of Trees",[127] while a monthly celebration called "Lake Ave Block Party" takes place in the Cultural Plaza, next to the City Hall Annex.[128] The city hosts bonfires at the Lake Worth Beach Casino and Beach Complex on the second and fourth Fridays from November to February.[129] Additionally, the city government, in conjunction with several local businesses and organizations, holds ceremonies and parades for other commonly recognized holidays.[120][130][131]

Cinematography edit

A substantial portion of the 1981 movie, Body Heat, starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner, was filmed in downtown Lake Worth Beach. The city became the fictitious town of Miranda Beach. In the movie, the building at 813 Lucerne Avenue became Stella's Coffee Shop, Lake Worth City Hall became Miranda Beach City Hall, and the building at 811 Lake Avenue became Ned's office, while the film also showed the French restaurant L'Anjo (now Los Panchos Tacos & Tequila Bar). Former Congressman Mark Foley appeared as an extra in the film. Three years later, the 1984 movie Harry & Son was also filmed in Lake Worth Beach.[132]

 
Historic Lake Worth Casino photos displayed in the historical museum

Historical preservation edit

The Lake Worth Historical Museum is located on the second floor of the old Lake Worth City Hall, which functioned as the city's administrative center from the 1920s to 1973.[27] Additionally, the Historical Society of Lake Worth is located at the public library.[133] Substantial efforts by the city to preserve historic structures and districts dates back to an ordinance approved by the city commission in 1996.[134] In 2017, the Lake Worth Beach Department of Community Sustainability and Division of Planning, Zoning and Historic Preservation; the Historic Resources Preservation Board; and the Historical Society of Lake Worth designated seven homes constructed in 1912 as historical properties, identified as the oldest residences in the city without major alterations.[135] Additionally, between 1913 and 1949, many cottages were constructed.[28] According to the 2016 book Cottages of Lake Worth Beach - Living Large in Small Spaces, approximately 1,000 cottages remain, constituting the largest concentration of this type of dwelling in Florida.[136]

The Lake Worth Beach government considers six areas to be historic districts: College Park, Northeast Lucerne, Old Lucerne, Old Town, Southeast Lucerne, and South Palm Park.[134] Moreover, the federal NRHP lists three historic districts and three historic structures in Lake Worth Beach. The historic districts listed are College Park, Old Lucerne, and Old Town, while the structures listed are the Gulf Stream Hotel, Old Lake Worth City Hall,[137] and Osborne School.[138] Additionally, the Osborne School is also listed in Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission.[139]: 8 

Education edit

Public schools in Lake Worth Beach are part of the School District of Palm Beach County. Elementary school students are served by four public schools, all located within the boundaries of Lake Worth Beach – Barton Elementary, Highland Elementary, North Grade Elementary, and South Grade Elementary.[140] Middle school students north of 12th Avenue South attend Lake Worth Middle School, while those living south of 12th Avenue South attend Lantana Community Middle School in Lantana.[141] All public high school students in the city are assigned to Lake Worth Community High School.[142] Established in 1922, it is the oldest continuously operating high school in Palm Beach County.[28]

Sacred Heart Catholic Church operates a separate private school (pre-K–8) in Lake Worth Beach.[143] There is also a charter school in the city, the Academy for Positive Learning.[144]

Additionally, within the city's boundaries is the former Osborne School, also known as Osborne Elementary School. Constructed in 1948, the school served black elementary students in the formerly segregated Osborne neighborhood until 1971.[139]: 8  Subsequently, busing policies implemented in the early 1970s left the Osborne School vacant.[139]: 12  Since 2003, the school building has been listed in both the NRHP and Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission.[139]: 8 

The main campus of Palm Beach State College is located in unincorporated Lake Worth. It is the oldest community college in Florida, founded in 1933 as Palm Beach Junior College. It was at one time located on the campus of Palm Beach High School, at the present day Dreyfoos School of the Arts in downtown West Palm Beach. The school moved to its present location in 1956. The name was changed to Palm Beach Community College in 1988 and later renamed Palm Beach State College in 2010 to reflect that the school was offering four-year degrees.[145]

Public libraries edit

 
The Lake Worth Beach Public Library

The Lake Worth Beach Public Library, located in the historic downtown area at 15 North M Street, is a Mediterranean-style architectural building, completed in 1941 at a cost of $66,000, an amount raised by the Lake Worth Library Association. A dedicatory service was held on August 12, 1941. It is a part of the Library Cooperative of the Palm Beaches.[146] Annually, the library circulates approximately 65,000 items, including 57,468 books.[147]

Efforts to organize a library date back to 1912, one year prior to the city's incorporation. Residents saw the need for a library and requested book donations via an advertisement in the Lucerne Herald newspaper in May 1912. R.D. Strong and John L. McKissock then established the Lake Worth Library Association on November 30. For several years, the library was housed inside a reading room located in City Hall. Although residents voted to officially establish the Lake Worth Public Library and allot $6,000 for the construction of a building in 1926, the funds remained insufficient.[67]

Congress approved a bill allotting $60,000 to construct a building bearing the name Major General William Jenkins Worth Memorial Library in 1939, nearly 100 years after the body of water was named in his honor. However, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed the bill, the residents of the community continued raising funds until the building was finally completed in 1941. James and William Strait also contributed $10,000 for an art museum wing, which is now the children's section.[67] The library also houses noted artist R. Sherman Winton's only known collection, which features historical Florida themes of the Spanish period, as well as wood carvings by Sam J. Schlappich, a local artist who was featured in the Century of Progress Fair in 1933 and the World's Fair in 1939.[148]

In addition to the Lake Worth Beach Public Library, the city has more than 100 Little Free Library book exchanges as of late 2020. The construction and maintenance of the Little Free Libraries began due to the efforts of resident Mary Lindsey and over 120 voluneeters. By December 2020, the Little Free Library system in Lake Worth Beach had distributed approximately 500,000 books.[149]

Recreation edit

 
The William O. Lockhart Municipal Pier in 2011

The city's municipal beach is one of Southeast Florida's few remaining large areas of open, public space along the ocean.[150] In 2013, the Lake Worth Casino complex reopened following a two-year, $6 million renovation. The neoclassical building approximates the original 1920s casino building, which served as a gambling establishment until the 1930s and had stood overlooking the ocean until it was replaced by a more modern, boxy building after the 1947 hurricane.[27] Near the casino is the William O. Lockhart Municipal Pier, a popular landmark in Lake Worth Beach.[151] Following Hurricane Frances in 2004, the pier was repaired and raised 5 feet (1.5 m). The structure of the pier and wave action result in the creation of sandbars, which, according to the Lake Worth CRA, causes the pier to "provide the most consistent surf in South Florida".[150]

The Snook Islands Natural Area, located on the west shore of the Intracoastal Waterway just north of the bridge, is a 118-acre (48 hectarce) wetland restoration area that includes a boardwalk, floating dock, and kayak launch.[152] The nearby municipal golf course includes 18-holes with a view across the Intracoastal Waterway.[153] Bryant Park, located in downtown Lake Worth Beach, has an Addison Mizner-designed 1930s bandshell, which is used for festivals and other events.[28] Overall, Lake Worth Beach has more than 20 recreational facilities and municipal parks.[154] On the west side of the city, the county-owned John Prince Memorial Park follows the winding shores of Lake Osborne and offers several miles of bike and walking trails as well as hundreds of acres for picnicking, volleyball, and overnight camping.[155]

Media edit

The Lake Worth Herald and Coastal/Greenacres Observer is a weekly newspaper based in the city. In addition to publishing news about Lake Worth Beach, the paper also reports on local stories in Greenacres, Hypoluxo, Lake Clarke Shores, Lantana, Manalapan, Palm Springs, and South Palm Beach. [156]: 11  The Lake Worth Herald began publication in 1912 as the Lucerne Herald and is considered the city's oldest business,[157] while the Coastal/Greenacres Observer is a sister publication founded in 1969.[158] Lake Worth Beach, as well as Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, are also served daily by The Palm Beach Post, founded in 1909 as the weekly Palm Beach County,[159] which had the fifth largest circulation for a newspaper in Florida as of November 2017.[160]

Lake Worth Beach is part of the West Palm Beach–Fort Pierce television market, ranked as the 38th largest in the United States by Nielsen Media Research.[161] The market is served by stations affiliated with major American networks including WPTV-TV/5 (NBC), WPEC/12 (CBS), WPBF/25 (ABC), WFLX/29 (FOX), WTVX/34 (CW), WXEL-TV/42 (PBS), WTCN-CD/43 (MYTV),[162] WWHB-CD/48 (Azteca),[163] WHDT/59 (Court TV),[162] WFGC/61 (CTN),[163] WPXP-TV/67 (ION),[162] as well as local channel WBWP-LD/57 (Ind.).[163]

Many radio stations are located within range of the city. Radio station WWRF, an AM Regional Mexican station, is based in Lake Worth Beach.[164]

Infrastructure edit

Transportation edit

 
Lake Worth Tri-Rail Station.

Interstate 95 runs north-to-south along the west side of the city, with two ramps in Lake Worth Beach, one at 10th Avenue North and the other at 6th Avenue South.[165][166] Several highways traverse the city. U.S. Route 1 (Dixie Highway) and state roads 5 (North Federal Highway) and A1A run north-to-south in Lake Worth Beach,[167] while State Road 802 (Lake Worth Road, Lake Avenue, and Lucerne Avenue) runs east-to-west.[165][167] The Robert A. Harris Bridge, constructed in 1973, links Lake Worth Beach to its municipal beach section, crossing the Intracoastal Waterway (Lake Worth Lagoon) at State Road 802.[48] Palm Beach International Airport is the nearest commercial airport, located in neighboring West Palm Beach, while the public-use Palm Beach County Park Airport is situated just southwest of the city.[168]

The Tri-Rail commuter rail system serves the city at the Lake Worth Beach station, which opened in 1989. Tri-Rail connects Lake Worth Beach to other cities in eastern Palm Beach County and to Broward and Miami-Dade counties.[169] It is also served by PalmTran buses. This includes Route 1, which runs northward and southward along Dixie Highway;[170] Route 61, which runs along 10th Avenue North to Dixie Highway to Lucerne Avenue and reaches Palm Beach State College before reversing its course (going eastward along Lake Avenue);[171] Route 62, which runs eastward along Lake Worth Road and Lake Avenue to the municipal beach and then reverses course along Lucerne Avenue;[172] and Route 64, which runs eastward along 6th Avenue South to Dixie Highway, then southward to 12th Avenue South, and finally southward along Barton Road and Andrew Redding Road before reversing course at the Lantana Lake Worth Health Center in Lantana.[173]

Emergency services edit

Lake Worth Beach previously operated its own fire department from 1913 until 2009, when firefighters voted to merge with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR). Among the supporting factors in the merger were cost-saving measures for the city and better career advancement opportunities for firefighters.[174] PBCFR has two stations within the city's boundaries, Station 91 at 1020 Lucerne Avenue (Battalion 3 headquarters) and Station 93 at 1229 Detroit Street.[175] In order to prepare for, mitigate, and recover from emergencies and disasters, Lake Worth Beach's Emergency Management Program has established the Emergency Management team. Parts of the city are located within Evacuation Zone C,[176] which is ordered to evacuate when a Category 3 hurricane (or stronger) threatens the area.[177] The nearest hospital is the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis.[178]

Lake Worth Beach has a local reputation for high crime and has been counted as among the highest crime cities in the state.[179] Partially due to this, city commissioners narrowly voted to disband the Lake Worth Police Department in 2008, with law enforcement duties being taken over by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO). At the time, the municipal police department employed 91 sworn officers.[180] Crime initially fell in the years following the merger, with murders down 73%, robberies down 47%, and burglaries down 23% from the period of 2007 to 2014.[181] Violent crime rates then dropped by double-digit percentages for three consecutive years, 2016–2018. However, in 2019, the violent crime rate increased by 5.2% from the previous year. Much of the rise was attributable to an increase in aggravated assaults, although the city reported a decrease in burglaries and rapes.[182] Today, PBSO maintains a police substation at 120 North G Street as part of their 14th district, which encompasses the municipal boundaries of Lake Worth Beach and has 82 deputies and 12 civilian employees.[183]

In addition to high crime rates, the city was part of the worsening opioid epidemic in the United States. From 2015 to 2016, the number of suspected drug overdose deaths rose by 56%. As of 2016, the estimated rate of overdose deaths was 20 out of every 10,000 people, higher than in neighboring towns.[184] Overdose rates began decreasing in the late 2010s. PBSO reported 301 overdoses in Lake Worth Beach between May 2019 and April 2020, down from 354 between May 2018 and April 2019.[182]

Utilities edit

In contrast with many other localities in eastern Florida, who are usually served by Florida Power & Light,[185]: 5  Lake Worth Beach operates its own electrical utility. Founded in 1914 as the "Lake Worth Water, Light, and Ice Company" to serve about 600 residents,[5]: 15  Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility has approximately 27,000 customers as of 2019. This also includes about 7,200 customers in Palm Springs and some adjacent unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County.[186] In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the city purchased and began operating a solar farm in 2017, becoming the first municipality in Florida to do so.[187] By May 2021, more than 38% of power generated by Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility originated from solar energy. Citizen Owned Energy forecasts that greenhouse gas emissions generated by the Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility will decrease to less than half of its 2005 levels by 2024.[188]

The Lake Worth Beach Water Utilities Department is responsible for providing residents with drinking water and the collection of wastewater and stormwater. Drinking water originates at a water treatment plant and is distributed via about 168 mi (270 km) of pipelines across the city. Lake Worth Beach owns and operates 33 pump stations, along with roughly 125 mi (201 km) of gravity and pressure pipes. Additionally, the city owns and maintains a master pump station, which also collects wastewater from Atlantis, Lake Clarke Shores, Manalapan, Palm Beach State College, South Palm Beach, and Palm Spring. This wastewater is then sent to the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility for treatment. Stormwater is collected via 46 outfalls, which drain into the Lake Worth Lagoon.[189]

Notable people edit

Sister cities edit

See also edit

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January 01, 1970
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Lake Worth Beach previously named Lake Worth is a city in east central Palm Beach County Florida United States located about 64 miles 103 km north of Miami The city s name is derived from the body of water along its eastern border known as the Lake Worth Lagoon which was named for General William J Worth who led United States Army forces during the last part of the Second Seminole War Lake Worth Beach is situated south of West Palm Beach southeast of Lake Clarke Shores east of Palm Springs and north of Lantana while a small section of the city also partitions the town of Palm Beach The 2010 census recorded a population of 34 910 which increased to 42 219 in the 2020 census Lake Worth Beach is within the Miami metropolitan area which was home to an estimated 6 138 333 people in 2020 11 Lake Worth Beach FloridaCityDowntown Jewel Lake Worth BeachMotto s The Art of Florida Living 1 Where The Tropics Begin 2 Location of Lake Worth Beach in Palm Beach County FloridaCoordinates 26 37 11 N 80 3 31 W 26 61972 N 80 05861 W 26 61972 80 05861Country United StatesState FloridaCountyPalm BeachSettled Jewel Settlement c 1885 3 Platted Lucerne 1911 4 Incorporated Town of Lake Worth June 14 1913 3 Incorporated City of Lake Worth 1925 5 15 Incorporated City of Lake Worth Beach March 12 2019 6 7 8 Named forLake Worth Lagoon and William J WorthGovernment TypeCommission Manager MayorBetty Resch Vice MayorChristopher McVoy CommissionersSarah Malega Mimi May and Reinaldo Diaz Interim City ManagerJamie Brown City ClerkMelissa Ann CoyneArea City17 65 km2 6 81 sq mi Land15 26 km2 5 89 sq mi Water2 38 km2 0 92 sq mi 13 51 Elevation 9 5 m 16 ft Population 2020 City42 219 Density2 766 10 km2 7 164 26 sq mi Metro6 138 333Time zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP codes33460 33461 33463 33467 10 Area code561 728FIPS code12 39075 9 GNIS feature ID0285292 9 Websitewww wbr lakeworthbeachfl wbr gov While archaeological evidence indicates that the Jaega inhabited nearby areas thousands of years ago Samuel and Fannie James an African American couple became the first known settlers in modern day Lake Worth Beach in 1885 filing a homestead claim on 187 acres 76 ha Fannie James operated the Jewell Post Office from 1889 to 1903 to serve the few residents who lived between Lantana and West Palm Beach A land development scheme by Bryant amp Greenwood in the 1910s allowed buyers to receive a parcel of land if they purchased a lot in present day Greenacres Consequently the population increased from 38 in July 1912 to 308 only five months later The town of Lake Worth was incorporated in June 1913 Thereafter Lake Worth grew rapidly during the 1920s land boom and in the decades following World War II Residents voted to change the official name to Lake Worth Beach in 2019 Today Lake Worth Beach is a city featuring several historic neighborhoods such as the National Register of Historic Places listed College Park and Old Lucerne while the downtown area also has dozens of buildings that are part of the Historic Old Town Commercial District Lake Worth Beach is one of the most ethnically and racially diverse municipalities in Palm Beach County Several cultural events are hosted annually in the city including a street painting festival several ethnic festivals and Palm Beach Pride one of the largest LGBTQIA pride festivals in Florida Contents 1 History 1 1 Prior to incorporation 1 2 Incorporation to the Great Depression 1 3 World War II to present 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 2 2 Cityscape and neighborhoods 2 2 1 Downtown 3 Demographics 3 1 2010 and 2020 census 3 2 2000 census 4 Economy 5 Government 6 LGBT sanctuary city 7 Culture 7 1 Arts 7 2 Festivals 7 3 Cinematography 7 4 Historical preservation 8 Education 8 1 Public libraries 9 Recreation 10 Media 11 Infrastructure 11 1 Transportation 11 2 Emergency services 11 3 Utilities 12 Notable people 13 Sister cities 14 See also 15 References 16 External linksHistory editPrior to incorporation edit Native Americans migrated into Florida beginning about 12 000 years ago 12 While evidence near the town of Jupiter indicates local inhabitation dating back to the Paleo Indian period 13 the Jaega were the first known tribe to have resided along the Florida Atlantic coast in the areas of Martin and Palm Beach counties 12 The remains of shell mounds sites mostly dating back to approximately 750 1500 CE attest to pre Columbian Jaega inhabitation near Lake Worth Beach including in Boynton Beach Palm Beach and South Palm Beach 13 Among the city s first non indigenous settlers were Samuel and Fannie James The Jameses were an African American couple reported to be ex slaves known as the Black Diamonds who settled on the shores of the Lake Worth Lagoon near the current 5th Avenue South in 1885 A stone monument dedicated to Samuel and Fannie James at the northwest corner of Lucerne Avenue State Road 802 and J Street inaccurately uses the date 1883 due to a transcription error 14 29 The couple made a claim for their land under the Homestead Act in 1885 14 25 Their holdings originally 187 acres 76 ha increased over time to more than 700 acres 280 ha 15 1 including 160 acres 65 ha of homestead land south of Lake Avenue State Road 802 between M and F Streets 16 82 163 3 acres 66 1 ha in modern day College Park acquired from the estate of William Stephan where Fannie ran a pineapple farm 16 33 34 and 160 acres 65 ha to the south between the current Dixie and Federal highways Route 1 and State Road 5 acquired from Swedish immigrants Olai and Sarah Gudmundsen 16 56 57 The initial name of the area s first post office was Jewel sometimes spelled Jewell 17 20 which served the few residences between Lantana and West Palm Beach Between 1889 and 1903 Fannie James served as postmaster of the post office located in a small dry goods shop which the couple operated to serve the lake traffic that connected the small pioneer homesteads located along the banks of the Lake Worth Lagoon 4 Area pioneers also reported that Jewell was included as a stop on the route of the barefoot mailman via the Celestial Railroad by July 1889 18 nbsp The office of Bryant amp Greenwood along Lake Avenue c 1912 Beginning in the 1890s the Jameses sold off most of their acreage in a number of parcels ranging in size from 5 to 20 acres 2 0 to 8 1 ha to new residents and investors 14 28 After Samuel s death in 1909 Fannie sold her remaining 156 acres 63 ha to the developer Palm Beach Farms Company keeping only a 1 25 acre 0 51 ha farmette 16 117 which lay outside the new city limits as required by the segregation provisions of the 1913 town of Lake Worth charter 16 119 After Henry Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railway FEC south from West Palm Beach to Miami in 1896 a land development scheme was created to plant a townsite between the railroad and the lake 17 74 Purchasers of agricultural lots most of which were located in modern day Greenacres would also receive a small 25 by 25 ft 7 6 by 7 6 m lot within the city of Lake Worth 19 The developer Bryant amp Greenwood promoted the area to markets across the United States and Canada 5 17 They proposed to name the town Lucerne 20 but the United States Postal Service refused to accept the name because there already was a Lucerne post office now a neighborhood in Miami Gardens Therefore the city founders changed the new town s name to Lake Worth 21 29 In April 1911 A solitary Indian mound surrounded by wild woods marked the spot where flourishing Lake Worth is now growing beyond the most vivid imagination according to a promotional article published in the Lake Worth Herald 22 The population of the nascent city stood at 38 in July 1912 23 During that year the library schoolhouse newspaper Women s Club Chamber of Commerce first church 21 28 and first railroad station operated by the FEC at Lake Avenue were established 24 53 The town s first census in December 1912 indicated that there were 308 residents 125 houses 10 wagons seven automobiles 36 bicycles and 876 fowls 4 Additionally from 1911 to 1912 the Palm Beach Farms Company platted approximately 7 000 residential lots and constructed some 55 mi 89 km of roads including Lake Avenue a major thoroughfare 25 Incorporation to the Great Depression edit Lake Worth Beach was incorporated as the town of Lake Worth on June 14 1913 3 The town grew rapidly enough that a new addition was platted in that inaugural year The area along the Intracoastal Waterway from 5th Avenue South to 15th Avenue South still bears the name Addition 1 5 15 An advertisement in the Lake Worth Herald in 1913 noted In the new addition the Lake front has been divided into large lots covered with palm and tropical growth where we expect to see charming villas and winter homes spring up as by enchantment It will be the fashionable part of town where the wealthy of the earth can display their artistic taste and make ideal homes These lots are selling so fast that but very few are left 22 Another section of the town was plotted in 1917 the Osborne Colored Addition a small African American neighborhood along the south end of Lake Worth and west of the FEC Some of the first African American families arrived in the addition in the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan forced them out of western Lantana 26 Two years after the addition was platted a wooden automobile traffic bridge over Lake Worth was completed in 1919 21 30 the same year the Brelsford family of Palm Beach deeded a 1 000 ft 300 m parcel of land on the barrier island to the town 5 18 nbsp A house built in 1923 in the Old Lucerne Historic Residential District 21 12 The town benefited with the rest of South Florida during the Florida land boom of the 1920s with Lake Worth s population more than quintupling from 1 106 in 1920 to nearly 6 000 in 1930 5 15 Following the approval of a 100 000 bond issue in 1920 the Mediterranean Revival style Lake Worth Casino and Baths was constructed 5 18 Opening two years later the casino drew many tourists to the area 27 Moreover the 1920s saw the completion of the Gulf Stream Hotel which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places NRHP 5 18 as well as the construction of Lake Worth Community High School in 1922 and many commercial and industrial buildings and neighborhoods including College Park and Lake Worth Heights in 1924 5 15 28 Lake Worth reincorporated as a city in 1925 while boundaries of the municipality expanded several times throughout the land boom 5 15 One year later the Seaboard Air Line Railway constructed a freight and passenger depot in Lake Worth on 4th Avenue North 24 53 William A Boutwell arrived in the area in the 1920s He established Boutwell Dairy in 1927 and managed the company until retiring in 1956 Boutwell is credited with inventing half amp half creamer the dairy later merged with Alfar Creamery and then T G Lee who distributed the product more widely until it became an American diner staple 24 55 29 30 Boutwell also owned a grocery store and masonry supply store Furthermore he served as a Lake Worth city commissioner from 1924 to 1927 and briefly as vice mayor 30 During his tenure the city constructed approximately 36 mi 58 km of roads and two elementary schools 31 including the still active South Grade Elementary School 28 nbsp Scenes of devastation from the 1928 hurricane in Lake Worth The 1928 Okeechobee hurricane devastated Lake Worth A survey indicated that the storm demolished about 600 homes and damaged 1 500 others leaving about 700 people homeless 32 5 Fewer than 10 of homes escaped damage 33 Approximately 50 businesses were wrecked and 200 others received damage roughly 75 of buildings in the business district 32 The storm demolished or severely damaged many buildings including First Presbyterian Church St Andrew s Episcopal Church the Oakley Theater the Gulf Stream Hotel the Scottish Rites Cathedral the Masonic Temple the Florida Hotel a car dealership a sporting goods store an investment company the Old Lake Worth City Hall 33 and an auditorium at Lake Worth Community High School 34 Additionally the bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway was virtually destroyed 35 The hurricane caused approximately 4 million worth of damages in Lake Worth 32 5 as well as three deaths 36 37 38 In the immediate aftermath of the storm the Gulf Stream Hotel was converted to a makeshift hospital 32 5 The devastation left Lake Worth without a functional center for city government although records were mostly unscathed Consequently a temporary city hall was established at the Lauriston building 39 The storm combined with the Great Depression led to a severe economic decline within the community Construction projects primarily shifted to repairing damaged buildings However there were a few conservation construction and New Deal projects during the 1930s 5 16 This included when President Franklin D Roosevelt s Works Progress Administration built the striking 5 18 Moorish styled city gymnasium on the corner of Lake Avenue and Dixie Highway The building today serves as the Lake Worth Beach City Hall 5 8 World War II to present edit nbsp A postcard c 1953 showing the shoebox style Lake Worth Casino built following the 1947 hurricane Although no military installations were located in Lake Worth the presence of military bases and repair facilities in nearby towns led to a significant increase in the city s population during World War II from 7 406 in 1940 to 10 615 about five years later 5 27 Development started again after World War II especially due to the approval of the G I Bill allowing new homes to become affordable Many veterans who trained in South Florida also returned to the area leading to a population boom 40 The city also saw a wave of immigrants especially from Finland These Finnish immigrants established three churches in Lake Worth to preserve their heritage while also benefiting the local economy 41 which returned to a state of stability in the post war years 40 Two hurricanes impacted Lake Worth later in the 1940s one in 1947 and the other in 1949 Although the former damaged nearly all businesses and about half of homes few structures suffered serious damage 42 However among the structures experiencing substantial impact was the Lake Worth Casino which was repaired and reopened in the 1950s with a shoebox style architectural design 27 Although the 1949 hurricane made landfall in Lake Worth 43 the cyclone caused less impact than the 1947 storm Around 300 400 homes were damaged with one destroyed while the storm deroofed many homes in the Osborne Colored Addition Winds also destroyed a filling station and shattered many windows at downtown businesses 44 In 1954 a concrete wall was erected at the Osborne Colored Addition to separate it from the white Whispering Palms neighborhood Although the city officially integrated in 1969 45 the neighborhood retained the name Osborne Colored Addition until 1994 4 Today the remnants of the wall is referred to as the Unity Wall and is instead used for murals 45 Despite the Brown vs Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 Palm Beach County schools only slowly integrated John Green and Theresa Jakes Kanu became among the first black students to attend a formerly whites only high school in Palm Beach County when they arrived at Lake Worth High Community High School in 1961 Little further progress on the racial integration of schools in the county occurred until a court order in 1970 46 nbsp The building that has served as the Lake Worth City Hall since the 1970s The 1960s and 1970s also brought the construction of many apartments condominiums and larger commercial buildings which often resulted in the demolition of older structures 40 During a period of neglect and decline between the 1970s and 1990s Lake Worth in the words of then city commissioner Dennis Dorsey had become known as the skin flick capital of the country The venue now known as the Lake Worth Playhouse was the Playtoy and was well known in Palm Beach County as the theater that showed X rated movies Deep Throat was shown there motivating a police raid in the 1970s 47 The decade also saw the construction of the current bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway Opening in 1973 the Robert A Harris Bridge is two lanes wider and higher than the previous bridge built in 1938 48 Also during 1973 the Lake Worth City Hall moved from 414 Lake Avenue to 7 North Dixie Highway its current location The building at the former address has been listed in the NRHP since 1989 and is also often referred to as City Hall Annex 27 Foreign political turmoil and the South Florida construction boom have brought another wave of immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean especially since the 1980s Included in the immigration wave of that decade were many Guatemalan Mayans who consider themselves indigenous people rather than Hispanic or Latino and some may not speak Spanish Many Guatemalan Maya people migrated to Lake Worth Beach to seek refuge from the Guatemalan genocide being committed against the indigenous Maya people in Guatemala often referred to as the Silent Holocaust The Maya mostly converse in Mam Q anjob al or any one of 22 existing Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala 49 Adding to the racial and linguistic mix of the city is a large Haitian population many of whom speak Creole Most immigrants from Haiti have also arrived in the United States since the early 1980s 50 nbsp The Lake Worth Pier damaged by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004 The downtown area underwent restoration efforts in the late 1990s The Florida Department of Transportation spent 3 9 million to improve sidewalks and streets while the city of Lake Worth contributed over 670 000 for benches landscaping planters trash cans and new lights and sidewalk pavers As a result downtown property values increased in 1997 for the first time since the late 1980s 51 The area then saw a huge resurgence in interest and now sports an array of art galleries sidewalk cafes and night clubs 25 The city s main street Lake Avenue contains some of the oldest commercial structures in South Florida Lake Avenue along with the parallel street of Lucerne Avenue include most of the structures constituting the Historic Old Town Commercial District which has been listed in the NRHP since 2001 5 4 5 Later in the 2000s decade the city was hit especially hard by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004 and Wilma in 2005 Wilma alone destroyed 27 homes and 7 businesses and damaged 2 491 homes and 93 businesses to some degree 52 Damage to businesses government properties and residences combined from Wilma totaled approximately 28 3 million 53 The William O Lockhart Municipal Pier constructed in 1954 suffered significant damage from the hurricanes especially due to Frances and Jeanne requiring 3 4 million to be repaired 48 The pier is home to a tide gauge with a sporadic history showing an above average rate of sea level rise 54 In 2015 the city was accused of asking for business licenses from surrounding churches Then City Manager Michael Bornstein described the controversy as a dust up that became politicized while the accuser Pastor Mike Olive of Common Ground Church later stated that the problems are behind us now 55 A ballot initiative to change the name of the city to Lake Worth Beach in 2019 passed by a narrow margin 6 The city stated that the name change will be implemented slowly One of the main reasons cited for the proposal was to distinguish the city from its suburbs to the west which have a reputation for higher crime rates 7 Another factor motivating support for the name change was that tourism could increase as the city would have an opportunity to rebrand itself as a beach town 8 The city government became embroiled in another controversy that garnered national headlines in March 2020 Then Mayor Pam Triolo and then Lake Worth Beach Commissioner Omari Hardy became involved in a heated discussion over the potential for shutting off electrical services due to non payment in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic lockdowns 56 In response the city government allowed electrical service to residents to remain uninterrupted for the next few months with or without payment before city commissioners unanimously voted to resume power shutoffs in July 2020 57 Geography edit nbsp Lake Worth Lagoon According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 6 81 square miles 18 km2 of which 5 89 square miles 15 km2 is land and 0 92 square miles 2 km2 13 51 is water 58 Several geographical features in Palm Beach County somewhat confusingly share the name Lake Worth The city of Lake Worth Beach is named after a lagoon which is officially known as the Lake Worth Lagoon This lagoon opens to the Atlantic Ocean at the Port of Palm Beach via the Lake Worth Inlet The next closest inlet exists farther south in Boynton Beach The port and two inlets are all distant from the actual city of Lake Worth Beach The lake is a long channel that spans much of east central and northeastern Palm Beach County 59 indeed the Intracoastal Waterway traverses the length of the lagoon 60 The manmade inlets to the ocean have replaced the natural freshwater with saltwater such that the lagoon is actually now an estuary instead of a true lagoon 59 The U S Department of Agriculture has mapped most of Lake Worth Beach in the Southern Florida Flatwoods land resource area 61 Deep poorly drained acidic sandy soils are typical for the area they have gray topsoil white subsoil and a dark hardpan Much of Lake Worth Beach is built on a rapidly drained white or gray sand which is too dry and infertile to support vigorous plant growth The western outskirts of Lake Worth Beach are in the Southern Florida Lowlands area Topsoils there are sandy but the subsoils have a much higher content of clay and the soils are relatively fertile As in the flatwoods these soils are poorly drained for many purposes unless drainage systems are installed 62 Although the incorporated city of Lake Worth Beach is small geographically as is common in Palm Beach County a large unincorporated urbanized area with a Lake Worth postal address lies to the west of the city Only two zip codes are within the city s boundaries 33460 and the eastern edge of 33641 while 33449 the remainder of 33461 33462 33463 and 33467 zip codes are located outside the city limits but may use a Lake Worth mailing address Thus The Palm Beach Post noted in 2019 that there are more mailing addresses for Lake Worth unincorporated area than Lake Worth Beach the proper incorporated area 6 Climate edit Lake Worth Beach has a tropical climate similar to the climate found in much of the Caribbean It is part of the only region in the 48 contiguous states that falls under that category More specifically it generally has a tropical monsoon climate Koppen climate classification Am 63 Cityscape and neighborhoods edit The Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency CRA maintains the Neighborhood Association President s Council NAPC The three purposes of the NAPC according to the Lake Worth Beach CRA is to improve representation of diversity in the city s neighborhoods to maintain open communications between city government and neighborhood associations and to promote volunteering to assist needy areas 64 A total of 17 neighborhood associations are recognized by the Lake Worth Beach CRA including 65 Bryant Park bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east Lucerne Avenue to the north South Federal Highway to the west and 5th Avenue South to the south also includes the Lake Worth Municipal Beach 65 College Park bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east West Palm Beach to its north Dixie Highway to the west and Wellesley Drive to the south 65 Downtown Jewel Downtown Lake Worth Beach bounded by South Federal Highway to the east Lucerne Avenue to the north South Dixie Highway to the west and 6th Avenue South to the south and has Old Town within its border 65 Eden Place bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east Wellesley Drive to the north Dixie Highway to the west and 13th Avenue North to the south 65 Lake Cove near the northwest corner of Lake Worth Beach 65 Mango Groves bounded by North Federal Highway to the east 13th Avenue North to the north North Dixie Highway to the west and Lucerne Avenue to the south 65 Memorial Park bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east 6th Avenue to the north Interstate 95 to the west and 12th Avenue South to the south 65 Murray Hills bordering Lake Osborne along Cynthia Lane 65 Parrot Cove Old Lucerne bounded by Lake Worth Beach Golf Club to the east 13th Avenue North to the north North Federal Highway to the west and Lucerne Avenue to the south 65 Pineapple Beach South Federal Highway to the east 6th Avenue North to the north South Dixie Highway to the west and Lantana to the south 65 ROLO Residences on Lake Osborne includes all areas west of Interstate 95 sans Murray Hills neighborhood 65 Royal Poinciana bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east Lucerne Avenue to the north Interstate 95 to the west and 6th Avenue South to the south 65 South Palm Park bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east 5th Avenue South to the north South Federal Highway to the west and Lantana to the south 65 Sunset Ridge bounded by North Dixie Highway to the east West Palm Beach to the north Lake Clarke Shores to the west and 10th Avenue North to the south 65 Tropical Ridge bounded by North Dixie Highway to the east 10th Avenue North to the north Interstate 95 to the west and Lucerne Avenue to the south 65 Vernon Heights located near the northwest corner of Lake Worth Beach 65 Whispering Palms bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east 12th Avenue South to the north Interstate 95 to the west and Lantana to the south 65 The College Park and Old Lucerne Parrot Cove neighborhoods are notable for being historic districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places NRHP The former is a neighborhood in which most of the homes were constructed 1925 and 1949 Of the 123 residences in College Park 90 residences are classified as contributing and the remaining 33 others classified as non contributing with a majority of those constructed after 1949 66 The Old Lucerne Historic Residential District is the section of Lake Worth Beach where Samuel and Fannie James lived A total of 346 structures are located in the district with 218 classified as contributing and 128 are classified as non contributing The contributing structures were constructed from as early as about 1913 to 1951 21 Downtown edit nbsp A few buildings in the downtown area Main article Historic Old Town Commercial District The Historic Old Town Commercial District listed in the NRHP in 2001 encompasses much of downtown Lake Worth Beach A total of 59 buildings are part of the roughly 16 acre 6 5 ha area which stretches westward to the Florida East Coast Railroad adjacent to G Street eastward to M Street northward to Lucerne Avenue and southward to 1st Avenue South 5 5 It is distinguished by its two main streets the east to west Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue while Dixie Highway is a major north south thoroughfare through the district 5 6 Of the 59 structures listed as part of the historic commercial district 46 are classified as contributing and the other 13 are considered non contributing The contributing buildings constructed between 1912 and 1949 are generally of Masonry Vernacular style architecture although Art Deco Mediterranean Revival and Moorish Revival styles are also present 5 5 Lake Worth Beach s downtown area has a distinct character and is a popular destination for both tourists and residents of South Florida Several of the city s notable buildings are located in this section including the current City Hall 5 5 former City Hall NRHP listed in 1989 and includes the Lake Worth Historical Museum Lake Worth Beach Post Office 27 Lake Worth Playhouse 5 18 Lake Worth Beach Public Library 67 and Park Theater 5 5 although not all of these structures are listed as part of the Historic Old Town Commercial District 5 10 12 Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 19201 106 19305 940437 1 19407 40824 7 195011 77759 0 196020 75876 3 197023 71414 2 198027 04814 1 199028 5645 6 200035 13323 0 201034 910 0 6 202042 21920 9 U S Decennial Census 68 In terms of population Lake Worth Beach ranked as the ninth largest city in Palm Beach County with 42 219 residents according to the 2020 census 69 Lake Worth Beach is considered one of the most ethnically and racially diverse cities in Palm Beach County 70 Less than a majority of residents identify as non Hispanic white while Hispanic whites represented a plurality of the population in 2019 Additionally as of 2021 approximately 38 7 of residents were born outside of the United States 71 many of whom immigrated from the Caribbean or Latin America 70 and just 44 9 of people in Lake Worth Beach only spoke English 72 2010 and 2020 census edit Lake Worth Beach racial composition Hispanics excluded from racial categories NH Non Hispanic Race Pop 2010 73 Pop 2020 74 2010 2020 White NH 13 291 13 275 38 07 31 44 Black or African American NH 6 603 7 786 18 91 18 44 Native American or Alaska Native NH 322 73 0 92 0 17 Asian NH 308 408 0 88 0 97 Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian NH 22 22 0 06 0 05 Some other race NH 71 251 0 20 0 59 Two or more races Multiracial NH 459 1 047 1 31 2 48 Hispanic or Latino any race 13 834 19 357 39 63 45 85 Total 34 910 42 219 As of the 2020 United States census there were 42 219 people 12 947 households and 7 046 families residing in the city 75 The population density was 7 164 26 inhabitants per square mile 2 766 10 km2 The 17 476 housing units averaged 2 564 90 inhabitants per square mile 990 31 km2 Approximately 76 5 of residents of the city were age 18 and over 76 As of 2019 he median household income in Lake Worth Beach is 42 500 71 This is significantly lower than the county and statewide medians from 2015 2019 which was 63 299 and 55 660 respectively 77 In 2019 an estimated 24 4 of residents were considered impoverished 71 more than twice the countywide average of 12 0 and nearly double the Florida average of 12 4 77 As of the 2010 United States census there were 34 910 people 12 466 households and 6 744 families were residing in the city 78 The population density was 5 945 2 inhabitants per square mile 1 979 26 km2 The 16 473 housing units averaged 2 418 94 inhabitants per square mile 933 95 km2 As of 2010 in the city the age distribution was 5 2 at 65 or older 22 2 was under 18 17 0 from 18 to 24 31 1 from 25 to 44 and 24 5 from 45 to 64 the median age was 35 years For every 117 males there were 100 females For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 121 males Around 30 1 of the households in 2010 had children under the age of 18 living with them 11 7 were married couples living together 13 1 had a female householder with no spouse present and 46 2 were not families About 33 1 of all households were made up of one individual and 22 1 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 65 and the average family size was 3 37 79 2000 census edit As of the census of 2000 there were 35 133 people 13 828 households and 7 688 families residing in the city The population density was 6 225 5 mi 2 405 1 km There were 15 861 housing units at an average density of 2 810 6 mi 1 085 8 km The racial makeup of the city was 65 12 White 48 1 were Non Hispanic White 80 18 86 African American 0 78 Native American 0 75 Asian 0 11 Pacific Islander 9 57 from other races and 4 82 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29 71 of the population 81 In 2000 the age distribution of the population was spread out in 2000 with 22 9 under the age of 18 10 6 from 18 to 24 32 6 from 25 to 44 19 6 from 45 to 64 and 14 3 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 35 years For every 100 females there were 108 9 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 110 2 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 112 males In 2000 26 0 had children under the age of 18 living with them 36 9 were married couples living together 11 5 had a female householder with no spouse present and 44 4 were non families Approximately 33 6 of all households were made up of one individual and 11 4 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 49 and the average family size was 3 19 81 In 2000 the median income for a household in the city was 30 034 and the median income for a family was 35 374 Males had a median income of 24 862 versus 22 971 for females The per capita income for the city was 15 517 About 15 8 of families and 20 0 of the population were below the poverty line including 24 1 of those under age 18 and 12 7 of those age 65 or over As of 2000 the three most spoken first languages in Lake Worth Beach were English at 56 61 Spanish at 26 57 and French Creole which was spoken by 9 17 of the population Lake Worth Beach has a large Finnish expatriate population and Finnish is spoken by 2 57 of the city s residents as their native language Furthermore people of Finnish ancestry were 3 4 of the population With 1 026 people claiming Finn descent in 2000 82 Lake Worth Beach had the largest concentration of Finnish people in the world outside of Finland 83 Other languages spoken by residents of the city include French at 1 96 Mayan languages were spoken by 1 11 primarily spoken by Guatemalans of Mayan descent and German as a mother tongue was spoken by 0 52 of the population 84 As of 2000 Lake Worth Beach had the twentieth highest percentage of Guatemalan residents in the United States with 4 87 of the populace 85 It had the twenty first highest percentage of Haitian residents in the United States at 8 10 of the city s population 86 and the eighty third highest percentage of Cuban residents in the United States at 3 47 of its population 87 It also had the twenty third most Hondurans in the United States at 1 59 of all residents 88 Economy edit nbsp The Gulf Stream Hotel The city has an estimated labor force of 19 978 people as of 2019 though 10 357 people age 16 or older were not in the labor force 89 Lake Worth Beach had a non seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4 2 in September 2021 90 The largest companies in the city by number of employees include 1 148 employees at Palm Beach State College 307 employees with the city government 269 employees at Lake Worth Community High School 213 employees at American Medical Assistance 150 employees at Highland Elementary School 148 employees at Publix 136 employees at Barton Elementary School 122 employees at Supermercados El Bodegon 94 employees at North Grade Elementary School and 74 employees at Lake Worth Middle School 91 145 However as of 2019 only 6 9 of jobs in Lake Worth Beach were held by city residents with the most common other residencies being West Palm Beach 12 4 Boca Raton 5 3 Palm Springs 4 9 Boynton Beach 4 8 and Delray Beach 3 7 92 The most common professions among the city s labor force are professional scientific management administrative and waste management services 20 9 construction 13 2 educational services health care and social assistance 14 0 arts entertainment and recreation and accommodation and food services 12 5 and retail 10 5 89 The Lake Worth Beach CRA established in 1989 seeks to redevelop private and public properties for the sake of community and economic growth Since 2001 the CRA area has included the entirety of Dixie Highway and areas in the vicinity of 6th Avenue South and 10th Avenue North 93 The downtown area also saw a resurgence in the late 1990s 51 with many art galleries sidewalk cafes and night clubs lining its streets 25 LULA Lake Worth Arts lists many of these downtown businesses on its Dynamic Walker s Map 94 The Gulf Stream Hotel which has been closed to the public since 2005 has been proposed for renovation in order to reopen it 95 which voters strongly approved by a margin of 81 82 18 18 in March 2020 96 97 In June of the following year the city commission approved a proposal to renovate the hotel and construct a new hotel nearby Restoration St Louis agreed to spend at least 100 million on both projects while the city agreed to fund infrastructure improvements around the hotel with expenditures ranging from 1 million to possibly up to 3 6 million 95 Government edit nbsp Lake Worth Beach City Hall The city uses the commission manager form of government Lake Worth Beach has a five member city commission These members are elected to staggered three year terms running on nonpartisan candidacies in different districts The city commission acts in a legislative manner approving motions ordinances and resolutions The mayor who presides over the city commission also serves in three year terms but is elected by voters citywide 98 As outlined by the city charter these elections are to be held on the second Tuesday in March 99 while runoffs are to be held two weeks later if a candidate fails to achieve a majority of the votes 100 Betty Resch has served as mayor since March 16 2021 101 The Lake Worth Beach city clerk is tasked with maintaining official city records This office is currently held by Melissa Ann Coyne 102 Another key Lake Worth Beach official is the city manager who is responsible for the administrative functions of city government Carmen Davis who previously served as county administrator of Hinds County Mississippi from 2010 to 2019 and a city planner for Detroit from 1993 to 2009 is the current city manager of Lake Worth Beach 103 Lake Worth Beach is part of Florida s 21st congressional district which has been represented by Lois Frankel D since 2017 104 Four different Florida House of Representatives districts cover portions of Lake Worth Beach the 87th 88th 89th and 90th districts 105 which are represented by David Silvers D Jervonte Edmonds D Mike Caruso R and Joseph Casello D respectively 106 The entire city is located within the Florida Senate s 24th district which includes parts of east central Palm Beach County and is currently represented by Bobby Powell D 107 Much of Lake Worth Beach is within the 3rd district for the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners while the municipal beach section and areas south of 6th Avenue South and east of Interstate 95 are within the 7th district The former is represented by Dave Kerner and the latter is represented by Mack Bernard 108 Overall the city has a liberal partisan lean Of the 17 738 registered voters as of December 2021 8 552 were members of the Democratic Party 5 290 had no party affiliation 3 471 were members of the Republican Party and 425 were members of a minor party 109 Decades earlier the city and Palm Beach County were both reliably right leaning with the latter voting for the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in each election from 1948 to 1988 110 In 2020 Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in all of the city s precincts and in most by a margin of at least 20 111 while the county supported Biden by a margin of just under 12 8 112 Lake Worth Herald president Mark Easton a lifelong resident of the city noted that he had observed the partisan lean of Lake Worth Beach shift rapidly from highly conservative to highly liberal Easton remarked that due to diversity You would think that it would meld Lake Worth into a more middle of the road atmosphere Never happens It always stays polarized 113 LGBT sanctuary city editIn September 2023 the city formally by declaration unanimously became an LGBT sanctuary city to protect and defend LGBT rights 114 Culture editArts edit The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County founded by Alexander W Dreyfoos Jr as the Palm Beach County Council of the Arts in West Palm Beach in 1978 evolved into the official county government agency to support and promote local arts and culture In 2012 the organization relocated from West Palm Beach to the Robert M Montgomery Jr Building in Lake Worth Beach and renovated the building with the assistance of the Lake Worth Beach CRA 115 This building was formerly the 1 000 seat Lake Theatre which opened at 601 Lake Avenue in 1940 constructed at a cost of 75 000 28 The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County hosts many cultural events at its headquarters and elsewhere in Palm Beach County 116 Several art galleries are located in downtown Lake Worth Beach These include the Art Link International Artisans on the Ave Benzaiten Bruce Konder Galleries Flamingo Gallery HATCH 1121 No So So and Palm Beach Gallery The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County also lists art organizations and facilities such as the Armory Arts Center Bamboo Room Book Cellar Downtown Dance Lake Worth Art League Lake Worth Playhouse Lake Worth Public Library Social House and Urban Arts Lofts 117 12 The Lake Worth Playhouse was founded in 1953 The building it is housed in originally opened in 1929 as the Oakley Theatre which had previously been virtually demolished by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane However the Oakley Theatre quickly went into bankruptcy due to the Great Depression 28 Today the Lake Worth Playhouse hosts a number of year round events including ballets dramas foreign and independent films musicals and operas 118 nbsp Lake Worth Street Painting Festival Festivals edit Lake Worth Beach features several annual festivals The Lake Worth Beach Street Painting Festival attracts about 100 000 people to the downtown area where more than 600 artists create works on the asphalt along Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue 119 Similarly FOCUS Lake Worth features displays of multidisciplinary art at different mural locations in downtown in the month of November 120 Midnight Sun Festival originally called Finlandia Days is an event celebrating Lake Worth Beach s Finnish population and has been held annually at Bryant Park since 1983 When combined with neighboring Lantana s Finnish community it becomes one of the largest Finnish communities in the United States 121 One of the largest Oktoberfest events in South Florida is held every October just outside the city at the American German Club of the Palm Beaches on Lantana Road 122 while Mathews Brewing Company in Lake Worth Beach also observes Oktoberfest 123 In late October a Dia de los Muertos event is also held in the downtown area 124 The annual Palm Beach Pride parade is held in Lake Worth Beach According to Discover The Palm Beaches over 30 000 people attend the event which is one of the largest pride parades in Florida and the oldest active in the state 125 Lake Worth Beach also has the county s only LGBT community center Compass and the gay bar Mad Hatter Lounge 126 The City Tree Board organizes an annual Lake Worth Festival of Trees 127 while a monthly celebration called Lake Ave Block Party takes place in the Cultural Plaza next to the City Hall Annex 128 The city hosts bonfires at the Lake Worth Beach Casino and Beach Complex on the second and fourth Fridays from November to February 129 Additionally the city government in conjunction with several local businesses and organizations holds ceremonies and parades for other commonly recognized holidays 120 130 131 Cinematography edit A substantial portion of the 1981 movie Body Heat starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner was filmed in downtown Lake Worth Beach The city became the fictitious town of Miranda Beach In the movie the building at 813 Lucerne Avenue became Stella s Coffee Shop Lake Worth City Hall became Miranda Beach City Hall and the building at 811 Lake Avenue became Ned s office while the film also showed the French restaurant L Anjo now Los Panchos Tacos amp Tequila Bar Former Congressman Mark Foley appeared as an extra in the film Three years later the 1984 movie Harry amp Son was also filmed in Lake Worth Beach 132 nbsp Historic Lake Worth Casino photos displayed in the historical museum Historical preservation edit The Lake Worth Historical Museum is located on the second floor of the old Lake Worth City Hall which functioned as the city s administrative center from the 1920s to 1973 27 Additionally the Historical Society of Lake Worth is located at the public library 133 Substantial efforts by the city to preserve historic structures and districts dates back to an ordinance approved by the city commission in 1996 134 In 2017 the Lake Worth Beach Department of Community Sustainability and Division of Planning Zoning and Historic Preservation the Historic Resources Preservation Board and the Historical Society of Lake Worth designated seven homes constructed in 1912 as historical properties identified as the oldest residences in the city without major alterations 135 Additionally between 1913 and 1949 many cottages were constructed 28 According to the 2016 book Cottages of Lake Worth Beach Living Large in Small Spaces approximately 1 000 cottages remain constituting the largest concentration of this type of dwelling in Florida 136 The Lake Worth Beach government considers six areas to be historic districts College Park Northeast Lucerne Old Lucerne Old Town Southeast Lucerne and South Palm Park 134 Moreover the federal NRHP lists three historic districts and three historic structures in Lake Worth Beach The historic districts listed are College Park Old Lucerne and Old Town while the structures listed are the Gulf Stream Hotel Old Lake Worth City Hall 137 and Osborne School 138 Additionally the Osborne School is also listed in Florida s Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission 139 8 Education editPublic schools in Lake Worth Beach are part of the School District of Palm Beach County Elementary school students are served by four public schools all located within the boundaries of Lake Worth Beach Barton Elementary Highland Elementary North Grade Elementary and South Grade Elementary 140 Middle school students north of 12th Avenue South attend Lake Worth Middle School while those living south of 12th Avenue South attend Lantana Community Middle School in Lantana 141 All public high school students in the city are assigned to Lake Worth Community High School 142 Established in 1922 it is the oldest continuously operating high school in Palm Beach County 28 Sacred Heart Catholic Church operates a separate private school pre K 8 in Lake Worth Beach 143 There is also a charter school in the city the Academy for Positive Learning 144 Additionally within the city s boundaries is the former Osborne School also known as Osborne Elementary School Constructed in 1948 the school served black elementary students in the formerly segregated Osborne neighborhood until 1971 139 8 Subsequently busing policies implemented in the early 1970s left the Osborne School vacant 139 12 Since 2003 the school building has been listed in both the NRHP and Florida s Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission 139 8 The main campus of Palm Beach State College is located in unincorporated Lake Worth It is the oldest community college in Florida founded in 1933 as Palm Beach Junior College It was at one time located on the campus of Palm Beach High School at the present day Dreyfoos School of the Arts in downtown West Palm Beach The school moved to its present location in 1956 The name was changed to Palm Beach Community College in 1988 and later renamed Palm Beach State College in 2010 to reflect that the school was offering four year degrees 145 Public libraries edit nbsp The Lake Worth Beach Public Library The Lake Worth Beach Public Library located in the historic downtown area at 15 North M Street is a Mediterranean style architectural building completed in 1941 at a cost of 66 000 an amount raised by the Lake Worth Library Association A dedicatory service was held on August 12 1941 It is a part of the Library Cooperative of the Palm Beaches 146 Annually the library circulates approximately 65 000 items including 57 468 books 147 Efforts to organize a library date back to 1912 one year prior to the city s incorporation Residents saw the need for a library and requested book donations via an advertisement in the Lucerne Herald newspaper in May 1912 R D Strong and John L McKissock then established the Lake Worth Library Association on November 30 For several years the library was housed inside a reading room located in City Hall Although residents voted to officially establish the Lake Worth Public Library and allot 6 000 for the construction of a building in 1926 the funds remained insufficient 67 Congress approved a bill allotting 60 000 to construct a building bearing the name Major General William Jenkins Worth Memorial Library in 1939 nearly 100 years after the body of water was named in his honor However after President Franklin D Roosevelt vetoed the bill the residents of the community continued raising funds until the building was finally completed in 1941 James and William Strait also contributed 10 000 for an art museum wing which is now the children s section 67 The library also houses noted artist R Sherman Winton s only known collection which features historical Florida themes of the Spanish period as well as wood carvings by Sam J Schlappich a local artist who was featured in the Century of Progress Fair in 1933 and the World s Fair in 1939 148 In addition to the Lake Worth Beach Public Library the city has more than 100 Little Free Library book exchanges as of late 2020 The construction and maintenance of the Little Free Libraries began due to the efforts of resident Mary Lindsey and over 120 voluneeters By December 2020 the Little Free Library system in Lake Worth Beach had distributed approximately 500 000 books 149 Recreation edit nbsp The William O Lockhart Municipal Pier in 2011 The city s municipal beach is one of Southeast Florida s few remaining large areas of open public space along the ocean 150 In 2013 the Lake Worth Casino complex reopened following a two year 6 million renovation The neoclassical building approximates the original 1920s casino building which served as a gambling establishment until the 1930s and had stood overlooking the ocean until it was replaced by a more modern boxy building after the 1947 hurricane 27 Near the casino is the William O Lockhart Municipal Pier a popular landmark in Lake Worth Beach 151 Following Hurricane Frances in 2004 the pier was repaired and raised 5 feet 1 5 m The structure of the pier and wave action result in the creation of sandbars which according to the Lake Worth CRA causes the pier to provide the most consistent surf in South Florida 150 The Snook Islands Natural Area located on the west shore of the Intracoastal Waterway just north of the bridge is a 118 acre 48 hectarce wetland restoration area that includes a boardwalk floating dock and kayak launch 152 The nearby municipal golf course includes 18 holes with a view across the Intracoastal Waterway 153 Bryant Park located in downtown Lake Worth Beach has an Addison Mizner designed 1930s bandshell which is used for festivals and other events 28 Overall Lake Worth Beach has more than 20 recreational facilities and municipal parks 154 On the west side of the city the county owned John Prince Memorial Park follows the winding shores of Lake Osborne and offers several miles of bike and walking trails as well as hundreds of acres for picnicking volleyball and overnight camping 155 Media editThe Lake Worth Herald and Coastal Greenacres Observer is a weekly newspaper based in the city In addition to publishing news about Lake Worth Beach the paper also reports on local stories in Greenacres Hypoluxo Lake Clarke Shores Lantana Manalapan Palm Springs and South Palm Beach 156 11 The Lake Worth Herald began publication in 1912 as the Lucerne Herald and is considered the city s oldest business 157 while the Coastal Greenacres Observer is a sister publication founded in 1969 158 Lake Worth Beach as well as Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast are also served daily by The Palm Beach Post founded in 1909 as the weekly Palm Beach County 159 which had the fifth largest circulation for a newspaper in Florida as of November 2017 160 Lake Worth Beach is part of the West Palm Beach Fort Pierce television market ranked as the 38th largest in the United States by Nielsen Media Research 161 The market is served by stations affiliated with major American networks including WPTV TV 5 NBC WPEC 12 CBS WPBF 25 ABC WFLX 29 FOX WTVX 34 CW WXEL TV 42 PBS WTCN CD 43 MYTV 162 WWHB CD 48 Azteca 163 WHDT 59 Court TV 162 WFGC 61 CTN 163 WPXP TV 67 ION 162 as well as local channel WBWP LD 57 Ind 163 Many radio stations are located within range of the city Radio station WWRF an AM Regional Mexican station is based in Lake Worth Beach 164 Infrastructure editTransportation edit nbsp Lake Worth Tri Rail Station Interstate 95 runs north to south along the west side of the city with two ramps in Lake Worth Beach one at 10th Avenue North and the other at 6th Avenue South 165 166 Several highways traverse the city U S Route 1 Dixie Highway and state roads 5 North Federal Highway and A1A run north to south in Lake Worth Beach 167 while State Road 802 Lake Worth Road Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue runs east to west 165 167 The Robert A Harris Bridge constructed in 1973 links Lake Worth Beach to its municipal beach section crossing the Intracoastal Waterway Lake Worth Lagoon at State Road 802 48 Palm Beach International Airport is the nearest commercial airport located in neighboring West Palm Beach while the public use Palm Beach County Park Airport is situated just southwest of the city 168 The Tri Rail commuter rail system serves the city at the Lake Worth Beach station which opened in 1989 Tri Rail connects Lake Worth Beach to other cities in eastern Palm Beach County and to Broward and Miami Dade counties 169 It is also served by PalmTran buses This includes Route 1 which runs northward and southward along Dixie Highway 170 Route 61 which runs along 10th Avenue North to Dixie Highway to Lucerne Avenue and reaches Palm Beach State College before reversing its course going eastward along Lake Avenue 171 Route 62 which runs eastward along Lake Worth Road and Lake Avenue to the municipal beach and then reverses course along Lucerne Avenue 172 and Route 64 which runs eastward along 6th Avenue South to Dixie Highway then southward to 12th Avenue South and finally southward along Barton Road and Andrew Redding Road before reversing course at the Lantana Lake Worth Health Center in Lantana 173 Emergency services edit Lake Worth Beach previously operated its own fire department from 1913 until 2009 when firefighters voted to merge with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue PBCFR Among the supporting factors in the merger were cost saving measures for the city and better career advancement opportunities for firefighters 174 PBCFR has two stations within the city s boundaries Station 91 at 1020 Lucerne Avenue Battalion 3 headquarters and Station 93 at 1229 Detroit Street 175 In order to prepare for mitigate and recover from emergencies and disasters Lake Worth Beach s Emergency Management Program has established the Emergency Management team Parts of the city are located within Evacuation Zone C 176 which is ordered to evacuate when a Category 3 hurricane or stronger threatens the area 177 The nearest hospital is the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis 178 Lake Worth Beach has a local reputation for high crime and has been counted as among the highest crime cities in the state 179 Partially due to this city commissioners narrowly voted to disband the Lake Worth Police Department in 2008 with law enforcement duties being taken over by the Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office PBSO At the time the municipal police department employed 91 sworn officers 180 Crime initially fell in the years following the merger with murders down 73 robberies down 47 and burglaries down 23 from the period of 2007 to 2014 181 Violent crime rates then dropped by double digit percentages for three consecutive years 2016 2018 However in 2019 the violent crime rate increased by 5 2 from the previous year Much of the rise was attributable to an increase in aggravated assaults although the city reported a decrease in burglaries and rapes 182 Today PBSO maintains a police substation at 120 North G Street as part of their 14th district which encompasses the municipal boundaries of Lake Worth Beach and has 82 deputies and 12 civilian employees 183 In addition to high crime rates the city was part of the worsening opioid epidemic in the United States From 2015 to 2016 the number of suspected drug overdose deaths rose by 56 As of 2016 the estimated rate of overdose deaths was 20 out of every 10 000 people higher than in neighboring towns 184 Overdose rates began decreasing in the late 2010s PBSO reported 301 overdoses in Lake Worth Beach between May 2019 and April 2020 down from 354 between May 2018 and April 2019 182 Utilities edit In contrast with many other localities in eastern Florida who are usually served by Florida Power amp Light 185 5 Lake Worth Beach operates its own electrical utility Founded in 1914 as the Lake Worth Water Light and Ice Company to serve about 600 residents 5 15 Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility has approximately 27 000 customers as of 2019 This also includes about 7 200 customers in Palm Springs and some adjacent unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County 186 In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions the city purchased and began operating a solar farm in 2017 becoming the first municipality in Florida to do so 187 By May 2021 more than 38 of power generated by Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility originated from solar energy Citizen Owned Energy forecasts that greenhouse gas emissions generated by the Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility will decrease to less than half of its 2005 levels by 2024 188 The Lake Worth Beach Water Utilities Department is responsible for providing residents with drinking water and the collection of wastewater and stormwater Drinking water originates at a water treatment plant and is distributed via about 168 mi 270 km of pipelines across the city Lake Worth Beach owns and operates 33 pump stations along with roughly 125 mi 201 km of gravity and pressure pipes Additionally the city owns and maintains a master pump station which also collects wastewater from Atlantis Lake Clarke Shores Manalapan Palm Beach State College South Palm Beach and Palm Spring This wastewater is then sent to the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility for treatment Stormwater is collected via 46 outfalls which drain into the Lake Worth Lagoon 189 Notable people editArthur Altman songwriter 190 Martin Amis author 191 Toni Arden singer 192 Trey Amburgey Major League Baseball MLB player for the New York Yankees and in Nippon Professional Baseball NPB for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars 193 194 195 Joe Arnold former college and professional baseball coach 196 LaVon Brazill former National Football League NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts 197 Nathaniel Brazill former Lake Worth resident who at age 13 fatally shot his Lake Worth Middle School teacher 198 199 200 Mark Brownson former MLB professional baseball right handed pitcher who played for the Colorado Rockies 1998 1999 and Philadelphia Phillies 2000 201 202 203 Irving Campbell former college football wide receiver for Georgia Southern Michigan State and a free agent for the Jacksonville Sharks 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 Daniel Cane cofounder of Blackboard Inc CourseInfo LLC and CEO and co founder of Modernizing Medicine 211 Maurice Cardin American politician who served in the Maryland House of Delegates from Baltimore City s 5th district 1951 1966 212 213 Matt Cetlinski former competition swimmer Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder 214 215 216 217 218 219 James Currie birdwatching expert and television show host 220 Mary Dees actress 221 Craig Eaton former MLB pitcher for the Kansas City Royals 222 Violet Englefield actress and singer 223 Kevin Fagan former NFL defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers two time Super Bowl champion XXIII and XXIV 224 George Fallon former MLB player with the Brooklyn Dodgers 1937 and St Louis Cardinals 1943 1945 1944 World Series champion 225 Guy Fieri celebrity chef 226 Mark Foley former United States House of Representatives member and a former elected city official 227 Charles Frederick former American football wide receiver for the University of Washington Spokane Shock 2006 and 2012 2007 co AFL Rookie of the Year with the Kansas City Brigade 228 229 230 Jonathan Garvin American football United Football League UFL linebacker for the Birmingham Stallions former college football player at the University of Miami 231 232 233 234 Ghostemane hip hop recording artist 235 George Haas Jr polo player businessman 236 237 Andrea Hall actress soap opera star and sister of identical twin Deidre Hall 238 Deidre Hall actress soap opera star and sister of identical twin Andrea Hall 238 Andy Hansen MLB pitcher with the New York Giants 1944 1950 and Philadelphia Phillies 1951 1953 239 240 Omari Hardy politician former member of the Florida House of Representatives 88th district and former Lake Worth Beach commissioner 56 241 Scott Henderson jazz fusion and blues guitarist band member of Tribal Tech 242 243 Sam Hughes former American football quarterback who played a season with the Miami Hooters of the Arena Football League AFL former college football at Louisiana Tech University 244 245 Nicki Hunter pornographic film director producer and former pornographic actress 246 Philip L B Iglehart Chilean American polo player co founder of the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame 247 248 Teresa James aviator one of the first Women Airforce Service Pilots WASP pilots was part of the Women s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron WAFS 249 250 251 Ken Jenne former Democratic member of the Florida State Senate former sheriff of Broward County Broward County Sheriff s Office 252 253 Corey Jones was shot to death by police officer Nouman K Raja while waiting for a tow truck by his disabled car 254 Ricot Joseph former American football safety in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and Cincinnati Bengals former college football at the University of Central Florida 255 256 257 258 259 260 Dave Kerner director of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles former Palm Bach County mayor and a county commissioner former Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives 261 262 Craig Kobel former Arena Football League and NFL player 263 Brooks Koepka professional golfer 264 won the U S Open in 2017 and 2018 and the PGA Championship in 2018 and 2019 265 Scott Raven Levy professional wrestler 266 James Looney former NFL tight end for the Green Bay Packers brother of former NFL player Joe Looney 267 Joe Looney former NFL offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys and brother of former NFL player James Looney 268 K C McDermott American football offensive guard previously for the Jacksonville Jaguars former college football player for the Miami Hurricanes brother of NFL player Shane McDermott 269 270 Shane McDermott American football center for the Carolina Panthers New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys former college football player at the University of Miami brother of NFL player K C McDermott 271 272 273 Jean Sullivan McKeigue former member of the Boston School Committee 1980 1984 and former president of that committee 1983 274 Norma Metrolis All American Girls Professional Baseball League catcher 275 Bill Meredith musician journalist 276 Frank S Messersmith former politician and member of Florida House of Representatives for the 85th district 1980 1990 277 Vahid Mirzadeh tennis player 278 279 280 Jacob Montes midfielder soccer player for the Brazilian Serie A club Botafogo and caps for the Nicaragua national team 281 282 283 Cindy Morgan actress 284 Robin Morgan poet writer activist journalist lecturer former child actor radical feminist 285 Jacob P Nathanson former American lawyer and politician for the New York State Assembly 286 Pat O Donnell NFL punter who played for Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons and former college football at Cincinnati and Miami 287 288 289 Joe Pags conservative talk radio and television show host 290 Alexa Pano professional golfer 291 292 293 294 James Patterson author 295 A T Perry NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints former college football player at Wake Forest 296 297 298 299 300 Theodore Pratt journalist novelist 301 302 John and Greg Rice held the distinction of World s Shortest Living Twins according to the Guinness World Records until John died in 2005 303 Betty Robbins one of the first female Jewish cantors hazzan 304 Herb Score MLB player with the Cleveland Indians 1955 1959 and Chicago White Sox 1960 1962 305 Stanley Shakespeare former NFL player 306 307 Mayo Smith MLB player manager and scout 1968 World Series champion 308 Snot SoundCloud rapper singer songwriter 309 310 Susan Stanton former city manager in Largo who was fired after coming out as transgender then was Lake Worth Beach s city manager 2006 2011 311 312 313 Michael Stern reporter author philanthropist 314 Otis Thorpe former National Basketball Association NBA player 1994 NBA Finals champion 315 Trea Turner active MLB player currently with the Philadelphia Phillies 2019 World Series champion 316 Viola Turpeinen acclaimed accordion player 317 Edward Wallowitch art photographer youngest person to have their photographs featured at New York City s Museum of Modern Art 318 Carroll Widdoes former American college football coach and athletics administrator at Ohio State University 1944 1945 and Ohio University 1949 1957 319 320 Charles Whitman mass murderer and perpetrator of the University of Texas tower shooting 321 Sister cities editLappeenranta nbsp Finland 322 Saint Marc nbsp Haiti 322 Southend on Sea nbsp England 322 Sopot nbsp Poland 322 See also editLake Worth Corridor an unincorporated area outside the city limits of Lake WorthReferences edit Lake Worth Florida City of Lake Worth Florida Archived from the original on June 9 2013 Retrieved March 7 2019 Welcome to the City of Lake Worth Florida Where the Tropics Begin City of Lake Worth Florida Archived from the original on April 24 1999 Retrieved March 7 2019 a b c Mary Kate Leming September 4 2013 Celebrating Our History Before Lake Worth there was Jewell The Coastal Star Retrieved November 27 2021 a b c d Lake Worth Beach Florida Historical Society of Palm Beach County Archived from the original on April 4 2023 Retrieved October 16 2023 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Historic Old Town Commercial District Report National Register of Historic Places 2001 Retrieved 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