Editing Juno Beach, Florida (section)

==History==
[[File:Surf_Cottages_Juno_Beach_Florida.png|left|thumb|300px|Surf Cottages (Motel) Juno Beach Florida]]
As a sister settlement to the town of [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]] to the north, the development was named, at some point in the 19th century, after [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]'s wife, the ancient Roman goddess [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35912566/the-palm-beach-post/|title=A Town by Any Other Name|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=1D|access-date=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> The designation in 1944 of a namesake [[D-Day]] [[Juno Beach|landing beach]] in [[Normandy]], named for Juno Dawnay, a [[Canada|Canadian]] officer's wife,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.junobeach.org/dou-vient-le-nom-de-code-juno-beach/ |title=Why the code name Juno Beach? |date=September 25, 2017 |publisher=Juno Beach Centre |access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> was purely coincidental.

A pier was built in 1950<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morse |first=Hannah |title='New' Juno Beach Pier celebrates 20 years |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2019/01/14/new-juno-beach-pier-celebrates-20-years/6298056007/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Palm Beach Post |language=en-US}}</ref> and the town was [[plat]]ted in 1948.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/juno-beech | title=Juno Beach | publisher=Palm Beach County Historical Society | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404154412/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/juno-beech | access-date=July 12, 2023| archive-date=April 4, 2023 }}</ref> It was officially incorporated as a town in 1953.<ref name=JunoInco/> The original pier was destroyed during a November storm in 1984 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-01-15-9901140756-story.html|title = Anglers in Juno No Longer Without Pier| date=January 15, 1999 }}</ref> and a new 993-foot Juno Beach Pier built in 1999.<ref name="Marine">{{cite web| url=https://marinelife.org/2016/08/05/telling-the-juno-beach-piers-story/| title=Telling the Juno Beach Pier's Story| date=August 5, 2016| publisher=Loggerhead Marine Life Centre| access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://discover.pbcgov.org/parks/Locations/JunoBeach-Pier.aspx |title=Juno Beach Park Pier |publisher= Palm Beach County |access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref>

The area has evidence of human settlement dating back to around 500 B.C., with early indigenous civilizations, and saw European contact beginning in the 1500s through Spanish exploration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juno Beach History |url=https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/history/page/juno-beach-history |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Town of Juno Beach, Florida |language=en}}</ref> In the late 19th century, the nearby town of Juno served as the Dade County seat and transportation hub for the Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway, often referred to as the "Celestial Railroad."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juno Beach History |url=https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/history/page/juno-beach-history |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Town of Juno Beach, Florida |language=en}}</ref> This prominence faded after Henry Flagler's development of Palm Beach in 1893, which shifted regional economic activity further south.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juno Beach History |url=https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/history/page/juno-beach-history |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Town of Juno Beach, Florida |language=en}}</ref>

Modern development of Juno Beach began in the late 1940s when Bessemer Properties platted a subdivision near the Seminole Golf Club and initiated early infrastructure improvements.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juno Beach History |url=https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/history/page/juno-beach-history |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Town of Juno Beach, Florida |language=en}}</ref>Following incorporation in 1953, the town expanded steadily, with street naming by the Juno Beach Garden Club in 1958 and condominium growth in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juno Beach History |url=https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/history/page/juno-beach-history |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Town of Juno Beach, Florida |language=en}}</ref> The 1980s saw increased commercial and residential development, including the addition of The Waterford life care community and Florida Power & Light's administrative offices, contributing to a diversified tax base.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juno Beach History |url=https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/history/page/juno-beach-history |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Town of Juno Beach, Florida |language=en}}</ref> By 1991, the completion of Town Center marked a new chapter in civic identity, supporting a growing population and fostering a seaside residential character.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juno Beach History |url=https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/history/page/juno-beach-history |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Town of Juno Beach, Florida |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Facing Pier from South.png|left|thumb|300px|Juno Beach Pier and beach seen from an aerial drone]]
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