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===Timeline=== {{hidden begin |title = Timeline of Boca Raton, Florida |titlestyle = background:#F8F8FF;width:90% }} * 1890 β Bocaratone settled. * 1896 β [[Florida East Coast Railway]] begins operating.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} * 1909 β Bocaratone becomes part of newly created [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]].<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 1912 β [[Intracoastal Waterway]] opens.{{chronology citation needed|date=April 2017}} * 1915 ** Telephone installed.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> ** Board of Trade organized.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 1918 β Ebenezer Baptist Church founded in [[Pearl City (Boca Raton)|Pearl City]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ebenezer Baptist Church |url=https://boca.guide/item/ebenezer-baptist-church/ |website=Boca Raton Guide |access-date=September 20, 2022 |quote=Ebenezer is a historic church in the historic neighborhood of Pearl City in Boca Raton. Pearl City is just north of downtown Boca Raton. ... It was founded by the Reverend J. H. Dolphus in 1918 and the first church building was a lean to.}}</ref> * 1923 β Boca Raton Inlet bridge constructed.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} * 1924 ** Town of "Boca Ratone" incorporated.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> ** [[Addison Mizner]] chosen as town planner. ** George Long becomes mayor.<ref>{{citation |url=http://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/category/this-week-in-history-2/ |title=This Week in History |work=[[Palm Beach Post]] |location=West Palm Beach |access-date=April 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613152508/http://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/category/this-week-in-history-2/ |archive-date=June 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1925 ** Town of "Boca Raton" [[Local government in the United States|incorporated]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://localgov.fsu.edu/readings_papers/Boundaries%20of%20Government/Munincipal_Incorporations_in_Florida.pdf |year=2001 |title=Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida |author=[[Florida Legislature|Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations]] |location=Tallahassee |series=LCIR Report |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428092419/https://localgov.fsu.edu/readings_papers/Boundaries%20of%20Government/Munincipal_Incorporations_in_Florida.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=BRHStimeline /> ** [[Mizner Development Corporation]] in business.<ref name=PBCHO>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/boca-raton |title= Boca Raton |work=Palm Beach County History Online |publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County |access-date= October 17, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326025647/http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/boca-raton |archivedate=March 26, 2023 }}</ref> * 1926 ** [[Boca Raton Resort|Cloister]] resort built.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} ** Chamber of Commerce founded.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 1927 β [[Boca Raton Old City Hall|Town Hall]] built.<ref name="County: Palm Beach">{{cite web |url=http://apps.flheritage.com/markers/ |title=County: Palm Beach |work=Florida Historical Marker List |access-date= April 23, 2017 |publisher=[[Florida Department of State]] |location=Tallahassee }}</ref> * 1928 β Water plant built.<ref name=water>{{cite news|title=Minutes from the City Commission meeting, June 16, 1928 |date=1987β1988|url=http://www.bocahistory.org/_files/span_river/SRP%201987-1988.pdf|newspaper=Spanish River Papers|volume=16|page=(unpaged)|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412190318/https://www.bocahistory.org/_files/span_river/SRP%201987-1988.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1930 ** Railroad station built.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> ** Population: 447. * 1936 β Airport established.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 1939 β Camino Real [[List of movable bridges in Florida|Bridge]] opens.<ref name=bridges2012 /> * 1942 β U.S. military [[Boca Raton Army Air Field]] established.<ref name=PBCHO /> * 1947 β October: [[1947 Cape Sable hurricane]] occurs. * 1950 ** [[Boca Raton Museum of Art|Art Guild]] established.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> ** Population: 992. * 1955 β ''[[Boca Raton News]]'' begins publication. * 1960 β Population: 6,961. * 1961 ** [[Florida Atlantic University]] founded.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} ** [[Boca Raton Public Library]] building constructed. * 1962 ** [[Lynn University]] established.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} ** [[Saint Andrew's School (Boca Raton, Florida)|Saint Andrew's School]] opens. * 1963 β Boca Inlet [[List of movable bridges in Florida|Bridge]] opens.<ref name=bridges2012>{{citation |title=Historic Highway Bridges of Florida |publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]] |url=http://www.fdot.gov/emo/pubs/bridgebk.pdf |year=2012 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 1964 β Boca Raton Theatre in business.<ref name=cinema /> * 1970 β Population: 28,506. * 1972 β Boca Raton Historical Society founded.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 1979 β ''Jewish Floridian of South County'' [[List of newspapers in Florida|newspaper]] begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Boca+Raton&rows=50&state=Florida&page=1&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=[[Chronicling America]] |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date= April 23, 2017 }}</ref> * 1980 ** [[Pope John Paul II High School (Florida)|Pope John Paul II High School]] established. ** [[Town Center at Boca Raton]] opens. * 1981 β August: "[[IBM]] (International Business Machines) introduces the [[IBM Personal Computer|IBM PC]] from its Boca Raton factory."<ref name=PBCHO /> * 1986 β [[Boca Raton Museum of Art]] active.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 1989 β [[Boca Raton station (Tri-Rail)|Boca Raton station]] opens. * 1990 ** Old Floresta designated a city historic district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bocahistory.org/designated-sites/|title = Boca Raton Designated Historical Sites | Boca Raton Historical Sites}}</ref> ** Population: 61,492. * 1991 β [[W.R. Grace & Co.]] headquarters relocated to Boca Raton from New York.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 1998 β City website online (approximate date).<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000824091058/http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/start.htm |url-status= dead |url= http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us:80/start.htm |archive-date= August 24, 2000 |title= City of Boca Raton |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000824034329/http://officialcitysites.org/Florida/Cities/B// |url= http://officialcitysites.org:80/Florida/Cities/B/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 24, 2000 |title= United States of America: Florida |work= Official City Sites |editor1= Kevin Hyde |editor2= Tamie Hyde |location= Utah |oclc= 40169021 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> * 1999 β W.R. Grace & Co. headquarters moves away from Boca Raton. * 2000 ** Muvico cinema in business.<ref name=cinema>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/florida/boca-raton?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Boca Raton, Florida |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= April 23, 2017 }}</ref> ** Population: 83,255<ref>{{cite web |url=http://censusviewer.com/city/FL/Boca%20Raton |title=Boca Raton, FL Population - Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts - CensusViewer |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825231855/http://censusviewer.com/city/FL/Boca%20Raton |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2001 β [[2001 anthrax attacks|Anthrax attack]]; [[Robert Stevens (photo editor)|Robert Stevens]] dies.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} * 2004 β September: [[Hurricane Frances]] and [[Hurricane Jeanne]] occur.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 2005 β October: [[Hurricane Wilma]] occurs.<ref name=BRHStimeline /> * 2009 β ''Boca Raton News'' [[List of newspapers in Florida#Defunct|ceases]] publication. * 2010 β Population: 84,392.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/1207300,00 |title= Boca Raton city, Florida |work=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=April 23, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://edr.state.fl.us/Content/area-profiles/index.cfm |work=2010 Census Detailed City Profiles |author1=[[Florida Legislature|Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research]] |author2=U.S. Census Bureau |year=2011 |title= City of Boca Raton }}</ref> * 2012 ** October 22: [[United States presidential debates, 2012|United States presidential debate]] held in Boca Raton.<ref name=BRHStimeline>{{cite web |url=http://www.bocahistory.org/our-history-timeline/ |title=Boca Raton's History Timeline |publisher=Boca Raton Historical Society |access-date=April 23, 2017 |archive-date=April 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417082041/http://www.bocahistory.org/our-history-timeline/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2014 β Susan Haynie elected mayor.<ref name="Sun-Sentinel">{{citation |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-election-boca-raton-20170310-story.html |title=Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie re-elected for another three years |date= March 14, 2017 |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |location=Fort Lauderdale }}</ref> * 2017 ** [[Ted Deutch]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Florida's 22nd congressional district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=[[GovTrack.us|GovTrack]] |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington DC |access-date=April 23, 2017 |archive-date=April 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411222055/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |url-status=dead }}</ref> ** September: [[Hurricane Irma]] occurs.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/hurricane-irma-another-tornado-severe-weather-warning-boca-raton/gjXIxSdziuiI7pm81ANCwJ/ |title=Hurricane Irma: Another tornado, severe weather warning in Boca Raton |date=September 10, 2017 |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {{hidden end}}
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