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About the Town:

Located just inland of Florida's Atlantic coast, about 40 miles north of West Palm Beach, the heavily residential area of Palm City boasts a population of more than 20,000. Founded in 1912, Martin County's most populous town offers the Treasure Coast a peaceful environment with a small-town feel. Residents live approximately eight miles from the ocean and right along the western shore of the St. Lucie River, making boating, fishing and water sports easily accessible. Although known for its golf and tennis oriented gated communities, Palm City also offers a rural way of life in the Western part of town.

History:

In 1912, Charles C. Chillingworth and his Palm Beach County Land Company (at the time the area was part of Palm Beach County) bought property from original owner George Beckwith and advertised the land throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.

Pineapples, oranges and grapefruit were grown at a "Demonstration Farm" on present-day Martin Highway to show farmers what they could expect if they settled in the newly named Palm City. Chillingworth provided boats, mule-teams and covered wagons (later replaced by a Model T Ford) to take the prospective clients around the undeveloped countryside.

An advertisement in the Palm Beach County newspaper boasted "Free dinner on New Year’s Day for prospective buyers. A 10 acre tract for $50 per acre (to be raised to $60 the next day) with a free town lot in Palm City to every purchaser and 85¢ for a round trip train ticket from West Palm Beach to Stuart." The Palm City Farms offered by Mr. Chillingworth’s Palm Beach Land Corporation were sold to many people over the entire country, sight unseen.

Palm City is a peaceful community. Here, the golf and tennis are great and the fishing is legendary. Fish abounds in the fertile waters of Palm City . You can spend the day fishing from the docks or offshore for snook as well as seatrout, kings, mackerel, grouper, snapper and wahoo.

If golf is your game, thirty-six holes of championship golf surround the community, and you can also take advantage of several tennis courts and Olympic sized pools. Horseback riding, bicycle riding, hiking and nearby river access is also available.

The West Palm Beach International Airport is an easy 45-minute drive away, and two hours takes you to Disney World and Sea World. Palm City offers a pristine environment where you can escape the crowds and relax in the peace and quiet of nature, with all the conveniences of home.

Fast Facts:

• Palm City was given its name by the Palm Beach Land Co. around 1910.

• The old wooden Palm City Bridge was opened in 1919.

• Matheson Boulevard is named for William “Bill” Matheson, a Miami native who came to Palm City in the 1940s.

• Bessey Creek flows into the North Fork of the St. Lucie River.

• Armellini Express Lines trucking company is one the largest carriers of fresh-cut flowers in the U.S.

• Jack Nicklaus and his son, Jack Nicklaus II, co-designed The Hammock Creek Golf Club.

• Treasure Coast Wildlife Hospital treats sick, injured and orphaned wild animals.

• The Treasure Coast Community Rowing Center is located at Leighton Park.

• Palm City Equestrians is a hunter jumper facility offering training, boarding and lessons.

Hobe Sound - Hutchinson Island - Jensen Beach - Jupiter Island - Palm City - Port Salerno - Sewall's Point - Stuart