Editing Gulf Stream, Florida

{{Short description| Town in the state of Florida, United States}}
{{For|the effects of the Gulf Stream on Florida|Gulf Stream}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Gulf Stream, Florida
|official_name            = Town of Gulf Stream
|settlement_type          = [[Town (Florida)|Town]]
|nickname                 = 
|named_for                = [[Gulf Stream]]
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|image_map                = Map of Florida highlighting Gulf Stream.svg
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|map_caption              = Location of Gulf Stream, Florida
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{flag|United States}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Florida|County]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Florida}}
|subdivision_name2        = [[File:Flag_of_Palm_Beach_County,_Florida.png|24px]] [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]]
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = [[Council-manager government|Commissioner-Manager]] 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor (United States)|Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Scott W. Morgan ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|leader_title1            = [[Vice Mayor]]
|leader_name1             = Thomas M. Stanley
|leader_title2            = [[City Council|Commissioners]]
|leader_name2             = Joan K. Orthwein,<br>Michael Greene, and<br>Robert Canfield
|leader_title3            = [[City Manager|Town Manager]]
|leader_name3             = Gregory "Greg" Dunham
|leader_title4            = [[City Clerk|Town Clerk]]
|leader_name4             = Reneé Basel
|established_title        = [[Plat|Founded<br>(Phipps Beach)]]
|established_date         = {{circa|1916-Early 1920s|lk=yes}}<ref name="history" /><ref name=GSH/>
|established_title1       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated (Town of Gulf Stream)]]
|established_date1        = 1925<ref name="history" /><ref name=GSH/><ref name=GSInc/><ref name=GuStInc/>
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_12.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 2.32
|area_land_km2            = 2.03
|area_water_km2           = 0.29
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.90
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.79
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.11

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 954
|population_density_km2   = 469.23
|population_density_sq_mi = 1215.29
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 2
|elevation_ft             = 7
|coordinates              = {{coord|26|29|25|N|80|3|40|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 33483
|area_code                = [[Area code 561|561]], [[Area codes 561 and 728|728]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 12-28275<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0283500<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.gulf-stream.org/}}
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'''Gulf Stream''' is a town in [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]], [[Florida]], United States. The population of the town was at 954 as of the [[2020 US Census]].

==History==
Gulf Stream was [[Plat|founded]] around 1916, and throughout the early 1920s, the [[planned community]] centered around the Gulf Stream County Club.<ref name="history">{{cite web | url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/gulf-stream | title=Gulf Stream | publisher=Palm Beach County Historical Society | access-date=October 17, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055929/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/gulf-stream | archivedate=April 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name=GSH>{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.gulf-stream.org/about/|access-date=April 20, 2025|website=www.gulf-stream.org}}</ref> The name of the town comes from its location on the [[Gulf Stream]], a warm [[Atlantic Ocean]] current.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22049730/the_palm_beach_post/|title=What's in a name? Lots of history if it's a town|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=7D|access-date=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> Bessemer Properties, a [[real estate]] [[business venture]] controlled by the family of [[Henry Phipps, Jr.]], was responsible for creating the community that was briefly named after him, ''Phipps Beach'', before it was ultimately renamed the '''Town of Gulf Stream''' when it was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1925.<ref name="history" /><ref name=GSH/><ref name=GSInc>{{Cite web|title=FLORIDA CITIES BY INCORPORATION YEAR WITH INCORPORATION & DISSOLUTION INFO|url=https://www.flcities.com/docs/default-source/research-institute-reports/2020citiesbyincorporationwithinfo.pdf?sfvrsn=5009d6d5_0|access-date=April 20, 2025|website=www.flcities.com}}</ref><ref name=GuStInc>{{Cite web|title=MUNICIPAL DIRECTORY: Town of Gulf Stream|url=https://www.floridaleagueofcities.com/research-resources/municipal-directory|access-date=April 20, 2025|website=www.floridaleagueofcities.com}}</ref>

==Geography==
The approximate coordinates for the Town of Gulf Stream is located at {{coord|26|29|25|N|80|3|40|W|type:city}} (26.490317, –80.061110).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (9.64%) is water.

==Climate==
The Town of Gulf Stream has a [[tropical climate]], similar to the climate found in much of the [[Caribbean]]. It is part of the only region in the [[Contiguous United States|48 contiguous states]] that falls under that category. More specifically, it generally has a [[tropical savanna climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Aw''), bordering a [[tropical monsoon climate]] (Köppen climate classification: ''Am'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.johnabbott.qc.ca/webpages/departments/geoscience/intro/Koppen/KoppenMap.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706200651/http://www2.johnabbott.qc.ca/webpages/departments/geoscience/intro/Koppen/KoppenMap.htm|url-status=dead|title=Köppen Climate Classification Map: South Florida=Am/Aw=tropical wet & dry|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1940= 93
|1950= 163
|1960= 176
|1970= 408
|1980= 475
|1990= 690
|2000= 716
|2010= 786
|2020= 954
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 25, 2023}}</ref>
}}

===2010 and 2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Gulf Stream racial composition'''<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br>
!Race
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Gulf Stream town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Gulf+Stream+town;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Gulf Stream town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Gulf+Stream+town;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|740
|889
|94.15%
|93.19%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|2
|1
|0.25%
|0.10%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|0
|1
|0.00%
|0.10%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|5
|8
|0.64%
|0.84%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|0
|1
|0.00%
|0.10%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|4
|1
|0.51%
|0.10%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH)
|1
|3
|0.13%
|0.31%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|34
|50
|4.33%
|5.24%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''786'''
|'''954'''
|
|
|-
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 954 people, 386 households, and 270 families residing in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Gulf+Stream+town;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|access-date=June 25, 2023|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 786 people, 332 households, and 234 families residing in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Gulf+Stream+town;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|access-date=October 1, 2023|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 716 people, 340 households, and 222 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|953.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 625 housing units at an average density of {{convert|832.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 95.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (93.2% were [[Non-Hispanic White]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Gulf_Stream.php |title=Demographics of Gulf Stream, FL |publisher=MuniNetGuide.com |access-date=December 3, 2007}}</ref> 0.98% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.40% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.12% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.98% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.93% of the population.

In 2000, there were 340 households, out of which 16.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 1.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.55.

In 2000, in the town, the population was spread out, with 14.9% under the age of 18, 1.7% from 18 to 24, 15.6% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 38.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $146,985, and the median income for a family was $186,777. Males had a median income of $78,045 versus $40,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $133,651. About 2.5% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], none under age 18 and just 1.7% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, [[English language|English]] spoken as a [[first language]] accounted for 97.54% of all residents, while the [[mother tongue]] of [[Spanish language|Spanish]] made up 2.45% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=28275&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Gulf Stream, Florida |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=December 3, 2007}}</ref>

==Education==
Gulf Stream School, a private co-educational school located in Gulf Stream, was founded in 1938. The school serves students from pre-K through eighth grade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfstreamschool.org/|title=Gulf Stream Private School Delray Beach &#124; Pre-K through 8th Grade|website=Gulf Stream School}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]], professional tennis player
* [[Drew Baur|Andrew N. "Drew" Baur]], co-owner, treasurer, and member of the [[board of directors]] of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1996–February 20, 2011)
* [[Robert Craft]], conductor and musicologist
* [[Tomas Maier]], fashion designer and creative director of [[Bottega Veneta]]
* [[Christopher O'Hare]], artist and sculptor

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* The page for Gulf Stream at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20091117043511/http://www.palmbeachfl.com/visitors-center/explore-the-palm-beaches/delray-beach-boynton-beach-surrounding-areas/gulf-stream Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau]
* [http://www.gulf-stream.org/ Home]
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