Editing Palm Beach County, Florida (section)

===Toponymy===
[[File:The ship Providencia, shipwrecked off Florida coast.jpg|thumb|The ship ''Providencia'', wrecked off the coast of Florida, in 1878]]
The [[coconut palm]], ''Cocos nucifera'', is not native to Florida (nor anywhere else in the United States). Its presence in what is today Palm Beach County is due to the shipwreck of the Spanish ship ''Providencia'' in 1878, near today's [[Mar-a-Lago]]. It was traveling from [[Havana, Cuba|Havana]] to [[Cádiz, Spain]] with a cargo of coconuts.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Harvey III |last=Oyer |title=The Wreck of the Providencia in 1878 and the Naming of Palm Beach County |journal=South Florida History |volume=29 |year=2001 |pages=24–27 |issn=1522-0281}}</ref> The shipwreck was within walking distance of the shore—the Florida State Archives conserves a picture of a painting<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/8481 |title=Wreck of the 'Providencia' |website=www.floridamemory.com |access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref>—and a deliberate grounding so as to obtain an insurance payout has been proposed.{{sfnp|Oyer|2001|p=26}} The coconuts were salvaged, too many to be eaten, and thousands were planted.{{sfnp|Oyer|2001|p=27}}<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Town of Palm Beach |title=History of Palm Beach |url=http://www.townofpalmbeach.com/Index.aspx?NID=343 |access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Palm Beach County Historical Society |title=1860-1879 |url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/timeline-1860-1879 |access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> A lush grove of palm trees soon grew on what was later named Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Town of Palm Beach |title=Story of the Town's Founding |url=http://www.townofpalmbeach.com/Index.aspx?NID=344 |access-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229003514/http://www.townofpalmbeach.com/Index.aspx?NID=344 |archive-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref>