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{{Good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name = Lake Worth Beach, Florida | named_for = [[Lake Worth Lagoon]] and [[William J. Worth]] | settlement_type = [[City (Florida)|City]] | nickname = | motto = "The Art of Florida Living"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakeworth.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609094324/http://lakeworth.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date= June 9, 2013 |title= Lake Worth, Florida|publisher= City of Lake Worth, Florida|access-date= March 7, 2019}}</ref> <br>"Where The Tropics Begin"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lakeworth.org:80/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990424122938/http://www.lakeworth.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date= April 24, 1999 |title=Welcome to the City of Lake Worth, Florida: Where the Tropics Begin |publisher= City of Lake Worth, Florida|access-date=March 7, 2019 }}</ref> | image_skyline = Lake Worth, FL.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Downtown Jewel, Lake Worth Beach | image_seal = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = Map of Florida highlighting Lake Worth.svg | mapsize = 250x200px | map_caption = Location of Lake Worth Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | 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_type = [[Council-manager government|Commission-Manager]] | leader_title = [[Mayor (United States)|Mayor]] | leader_name = Betty Resch | leader_title1 = [[Vice Mayor]] | leader_name1 = Christopher McVoy | leader_title2 = [[City Council|Commissioners]] | leader_name2 = Sarah Malega,<br/> Mimi May, and<br/> Reinaldo Diaz | leader_title3 = [[City Manager|Interim City Manager]] | leader_name3 = Jamie Brown | leader_title4 = [[City Clerk]] | leader_name4 = Melissa Ann Coyne | established_title = [[Settler colonialism|Settled<br>(Jewel Settlement)]] | established_date = {{c.|1885|lk=no}}<ref name=LaWoHistory>{{cite web|url=https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/celebrating-our-history-before-lake-worth-there-was-jewell |author= Mary Kate Leming|title=Celebrating Our History: Before Lake Worth, there was Jewell |date=September 4, 2013 |newspaper=The Coastal Star|access-date=November 27, 2021}}</ref> | established_title2 = [[plat|Platted (Lucerne)]] | established_date2 = 1911<ref name="hspbc"/> | established_title3 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated<br>(Town of Lake Worth)]] | established_date3 = June 14, 1913<ref name=LaWoHistory/> | established_title4 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated<br>(City of Lake Worth)]] | established_date4 = 1925<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|15}} | established_title5 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated (City of Lake Worth Beach)]] | established_date5 = March 12, 2019<ref name="thompson"/><ref name=LW2LWB/><ref name=LW2LWB2/> | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 17.65 | area_land_km2 = 15.26 | area_water_km2 = 2.38 | area_total_sq_mi = 6.81 | area_land_sq_mi = 5.89 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.92 | area_water_percent = 13.51 | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 42219 | population_density_sq_mi = 7164.26 | population_metro = 6138333 | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|EST]] | utc_offset = −5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = −4 | coordinates = {{coord|26|37|11|N|80|3|31|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = 16 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s | postal_code = 33460, 33461, 33463, 33467<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zipmap.net/Florida/Palm_Beach_County/Lake_Worth.htm |title=Lake Worth, FL ZIP Codes |publisher=zipmap.net |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307173901/https://www.zipmap.net/Florida/Palm_Beach_County/Lake_Worth.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | area_code = [[Area code 561|561]], [[Area codes 561 and 728|728]] | area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]] | website = {{URL|https://www.lakeworthbeachfl.gov/}} | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 12-39075<ref name="gnis"/> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 0285292<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|285292}}</ref> | footnotes = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = | population_density_km2 = 2766.10 }} '''Lake Worth Beach,''' previously named '''Lake Worth,''' is a city in east-central [[Palm Beach County, Florida]], United States, located about {{convert|63|mi}} north of [[Miami]]. The city's name is derived from the body of water along its eastern border known as the [[Lake Worth Lagoon]], which was named for General [[William J. Worth]], who led [[United States Army]] forces during the last part of the [[Second Seminole War]]. Lake Worth Beach is situated south of [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]], southeast of [[Lake Clarke Shores, Florida|Lake Clarke Shores]], east of [[Palm Springs, Florida|Palm Springs]], and north of [[Lantana, Florida|Lantana]], while a small section of the city also partitions the town of [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach]]. The [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] recorded a population of 34,910, which increased to 42,219 in the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. Lake Worth Beach is within the [[Miami metropolitan area]], which was home to an estimated 6,138,333 people in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/miamidadecountyflorida,browardcountyflorida,palmbeachcountyflorida/POP060210|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Miami-Dade County, Florida; Broward County, Florida; Palm Beach County, Florida|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 27, 2021}}</ref> While archaeological evidence indicates that the [[Jaega]] inhabited nearby areas thousands of years ago, Samuel and Fannie James, an [[African Americans|African American]] couple, became the first known settlers in modern-day Lake Worth Beach in 1885, filing a homestead claim on {{convert|187|acres}}. Fannie James operated the Jewell Post Office from 1889 to 1903 to serve the few residents who lived between Lantana and West Palm Beach. A land development scheme by Bryant & Greenwood in the 1910s allowed buyers to receive a parcel of land if they purchased a [[Land lot|lot]] in present-day [[Greenacres, Florida|Greenacres]]. Consequently, the population increased from 38 in July 1912 to 308 only five months later. The town of ''Lake Worth'' was incorporated in June 1913. Its first elected mayor was James Love, a carpenter and member of the [[Socialist Party of America]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ross |first=Jack |title=The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History |publisher=POTOMAC BOOKS |year=2015 |isbn=978-1612344904 |pages=612}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Boynton Beach Library Archive - Image Viewer |url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180314/00000064 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=archive.boyntonlibrary.org}}</ref> Thereafter, Lake Worth grew rapidly during the [[Florida land boom of the 1920s|1920s land boom]] and in the decades following [[World War II]]. Residents voted to change the official name to Lake Worth Beach in 2019. Today, Lake Worth Beach is a city featuring several historic neighborhoods, such as the [[National Register of Historic Places]]-listed [[College Park Historic District (Lake Worth, Florida)|College Park]] and [[Old Lucerne Historic Residential District|Old Lucerne]], while the downtown area also has dozens of buildings that are part of the [[Historic Old Town Commercial District]]. Lake Worth Beach is one of the most ethnically and racially diverse municipalities in Palm Beach County, with a large working class population compared to other coastal cities in Palm Beach County. Several cultural events are hosted annually in the city, including a [[street painting]] festival, several ethnic festivals, and Palm Beach Pride, one of the largest [[LGBTQIA+]] [[Pride parade|pride festivals]] in Florida. ==History== ===Prior to incorporation=== Native Americans migrated into Florida beginning about 12,000 years ago.<ref name="native"/> While evidence near the town of [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]] indicates local inhabitation dating back to the [[Paleo-Indians|Paleo-Indian period]],<ref name="sampler">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/archaeology-in-palm-beach-county-a-sampler|title=Archaeology in Palm Beach County|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|accessdate=October 16, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409112716/http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/archaeology-in-palm-beach-county-a-sampler|archivedate=April 9, 2023}}</ref> the [[Jaega]] were the first known tribe to have resided along the Florida Atlantic coast in the areas of [[Martin County, Florida|Martin]] and [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]] counties.<ref name="native">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/native-americans|title=Native Americans|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|accessdate=October 16, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407002037/http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/native-americans|archivedate=April 7, 2023}}</ref> The remains of shell mounds sites, mostly dating back to approximately 750–1500 [[Common Era|CE]], attest to [[Pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian]] Jaega inhabitation near Lake Worth Beach, including in [[Boynton Beach, Florida|Boynton Beach]], [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach]], and [[South Palm Beach, Florida|South Palm Beach]].<ref name="sampler"/> Among the city's first non-indigenous settlers were Samuel and Fannie James. The Jameses were an [[African American]] couple reported to be ex-[[slaves]], known as the Black Diamonds, who settled on the shores of the [[Lake Worth Lagoon]] near the current 5th Avenue South in 1885. A stone monument dedicated to Samuel and Fannie James at the northwest corner of Lucerne Avenue ([[Florida State Road 802|State Road 802]]) and J Street inaccurately uses the date 1883, due to a transcription error.<ref name="case study"/>{{rp|29}} The couple made a claim for their land under the [[Homestead Act]] in 1885.<ref name="case study">{{cite journal|url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/Fannie%20and%20Samuel%20James.pdf|title=Social Status and Race in the Pioneer Lake Worth Community - A Case Study of Fannie and Samuel James|author=Ted Brownstein|journal=The Tustenegee|date=Fall 2013|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|accessdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|25}} Their holdings, originally {{convert|187|acres|abbr=on}}, increased over time to more than {{convert|700|acres|abbr=on}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicalsocietyoflakeworth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/oldesthousebrochure-final-less-picture.pdf|title=Lake Worth's Oldest Houses|publisher=Historical Society of Lake Worth Beach|accessdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|1}} including {{convert|160|acres|abbr=on}} of homestead land south of Lake Avenue (State Road 802) between M and F Streets;<ref name="brownstein">{{Cite book|title=Pioneers of Jewell|author=Ted Brownstein|publisher=Lake Worth Herald Publications|year=2013|isbn=978-0-9832609-4-3|location=Lake Worth, Florida}}</ref>{{rp|82}} {{convert|163.3|acres|abbr=on}} in modern-day [[College Park Historic District (Lake Worth, Florida)|College Park]], acquired from the estate of William Stephan, where Fannie ran a pineapple farm;<ref name="brownstein"/>{{rp|33–34}} and {{convert|160|acres|abbr=on}} to the south between the current [[Dixie Highway (Broward–Palm Beach)|Dixie]] and Federal highways ([[U.S. Route 1|Route 1]] and [[Florida State Road 5|State Road 5]]), acquired from Swedish immigrants Olai and Sarah Gudmundsen.<ref name="brownstein"/>{{rp|56–57}} The initial name of the area's first post office was Jewel (sometimes spelled Jewell),<ref name="koontz">{{cite book|title=Lake Worth: Jewel of the Gold Coast|author=Jonathan W. Koontz|publisher=The Greater Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce|date=1997}}</ref>{{rp|20}} which served the few residences between [[Lantana, Florida|Lantana]] and [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]]. Between 1889 and 1903, Fannie James served as postmaster of the post office, located in a small dry goods shop, which the couple operated to serve the lake traffic that connected the small [[Settler|pioneer]] homesteads located along the banks of the Lake Worth Lagoon.<ref name="hspbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/city-of-lake-worth|title=Lake Worth Beach, Florida|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|accessdate=October 16, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404154413/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/city-of-lake-worth|archivedate=April 4, 2023}}</ref> Area pioneers also reported that Jewell was included as a stop on the route of the [[barefoot mailman]] via the [[Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway|Celestial Railroad]] by July 1889.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Barefoot Mail Route|publisher=Lake Worth Pioneer Association|url=http://www.lwpa.org/barefoot_mail_route.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218185102/http://www.lwpa.org/barefoot_mail_route.html|accessdate=November 4, 2021|archivedate=February 18, 2012}}</ref> [[File:Bryant_and_Greenwood_office.jpg|thumb|right|The office of Bryant & Greenwood along Lake Avenue ({{c.|1912|lk=no}})]] Beginning in the 1890s, the Jameses sold off most of their acreage in a number of parcels ranging in size from {{convert|5|to|20|acres|abbr=on}} to new residents and investors.<ref name="case study"/>{{rp|28}} After Samuel's death in 1909, Fannie sold her remaining {{convert|156|acres|abbr=on}} to the developer, Palm Beach Farms Company, keeping only a 1.25 acre (0.51 ha) farmette,<ref name="brownstein"/>{{rp|117}} which lay outside the new city limits as required by the segregation provisions of the 1913 town of Lake Worth charter.<ref name="brownstein"/>{{rp|119}} After [[Henry Flagler]] extended the [[Florida East Coast Railway]] (FEC) south from West Palm Beach to [[Miami]] in 1896, a land development scheme was created to plant a [[townsite]] between the railroad and the lake.<ref name="koontz"/>{{rp|74}} Purchasers of agricultural lots, most of which were located in modern-day [[Greenacres, Florida|Greenacres]], would also receive a small {{convert|25|by|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} lot within the city of Lake Worth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/greenacres|title=Greenacres|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|accessdate=October 16, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404154409/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/greenacres|archivedate=April 4, 2023}}</ref> The developer, Bryant & Greenwood, promoted the area to markets across the United States and Canada.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|17}} They proposed to name the town Lucerne,<ref>{{cite news|title=Lucerne – The City Beautiful|newspaper=Lucerne Herald|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=7ca4f3f1-544c-490b-bb0f-898bb02763ff%2fboyntonb%2f20180507%2f00000543|date=May 23, 1912|page=1|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> but the [[United States Postal Service]] refused to accept the name because there already was a [[Lake Lucerne, Florida|Lucerne]] post office, now a [[neighborhood]] in [[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]]. Therefore, the city founders changed the new town's name to Lake Worth.<ref name="old lucerne"/>{{rp|29}} In April 1911, "A solitary Indian mound surrounded by wild woods marked the spot where flourishing Lake Worth is now growing beyond the most vivid imagination", according to a promotional article published in the ''Lake Worth Herald''.<ref name="eyes">{{cite news|newspaper=Lake Worth Herald|date=August 28, 1913|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180314/00000028&pg_seq=7&search_doc=|title=The Eyes of the World are Turned Toward Lake Worth|page=7|accessdate=September 7, 2022}}</ref> The population of the nascent city stood at 38 in July 1912.<ref name="timeline1862-1913">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89081577/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Lake Worth: Growth of a Beach Town|author=J.D. Vivian|date=June 27, 2013|page=S3|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> During that year, the library, schoolhouse, newspaper, Women's Club, Chamber of Commerce, first church,<ref name="old lucerne"/>{{rp|28}} and first railroad station (operated by the FEC at Lake Avenue) were established.<ref name="mustaine"/>{{rp|53}} The town's first census in December 1912 indicated that there were "308 residents, 125 houses, 10 wagons, seven automobiles, 36 bicycles and 876 fowls."<ref name="hspbc"/> Additionally, from 1911 to 1912, the Palm Beach Farms Company platted approximately 7,000 residential lots and constructed some {{convert|55|mi|km|abbr=on}} of roads, including Lake Avenue, a major thoroughfare.<ref name="DYK">{{cite journal|url=https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/Did%20You%20Know-%20Lake%20Worth.pdf|title=Did You Know...|journal=The Tustenegee|date=April 2012|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|accessdate=November 17, 2021}}</ref> ===Incorporation to the Great Depression=== Lake Worth Beach was incorporated as the "town of Lake Worth" on June 14, 1913.<ref name=LaWoHistory/> Its first elected Mayor was James Love, a carpenter and member of the [[Socialist Party of America]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> The town grew rapidly enough that a new addition was platted in that inaugural year. The area along the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] from 5th Avenue South to 15th Avenue South still bears the name ''Addition 1.''<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|15}} An advertisement in the ''Lake Worth Herald'' in 1913 noted: "In the new addition, the Lake front has been divided into large lots covered with palm and tropical growth, where we expect to see charming villas and winter homes spring up as by enchantment. It will be the fashionable part of town, where the wealthy of the earth can display their artistic taste and make ideal homes. These lots are selling so fast that but very few are left."<ref name="eyes" /> Another section of the town was plotted in 1917, the Osborne Colored Addition, a small African American neighborhood along the south end of Lake Worth and west of the FEC. Some of the first African American families arrived in the addition in the early 1920s, when the [[Ku Klux Klan]] forced them out of western Lantana.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89065751/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Eliminating epithet from county records not easy, officials say|author=Angela Hornsby|date=September 11, 1994|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=4B|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 18, 2021}}</ref> Two years after the addition was platted, a wooden automobile traffic bridge over Lake Worth was completed in 1919,<ref name="old lucerne"/>{{rp|30}} the same year the Brelsford family of Palm Beach deeded a {{convert|1,000|ft|m|abbr=on}} parcel of land on the barrier island to the town.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|18}} [[File:Lake_Worth_FL_Old_Lucerne_Res_HD_house03.jpg|thumb|left|A house (built in 1923) in the [[Old Lucerne Historic Residential District]]<ref name="old lucerne"/>{{rp|12}}]] The town benefited with the rest of South Florida during the [[Florida land boom of the 1920s]], with Lake Worth's population more than quintupling from 1,106 in 1920 to nearly 6,000 in 1930.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|15}} Following the approval of a $100,000 bond issue in 1920, the Mediterranean Revival-style Lake Worth Casino and Baths was constructed.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|18}} Opening two years later, the casino drew many tourists to the area.<ref name="100th jewels1"/> Moreover, the 1920s saw the completion of the [[Gulf Stream Hotel]], which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP),<ref name="old town">{{cite report|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/1bdba7d5-7a18-46c3-9275-4eb7c5091cd2|title=Historic Old Town Commercial District|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|date=2001|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|18}} as well as the construction of [[Lake Worth Community High School]] in 1922 and many commercial and industrial buildings and neighborhoods, including College Park and Lake Worth Heights in 1924.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|15}}<ref name="100th jewels2"/> Lake Worth reincorporated as a city in 1925, while boundaries of the municipality expanded several times throughout the land boom.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|15}} One year later, the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad|Seaboard Air Line Railway]] constructed a freight and passenger depot in Lake Worth on 4th Avenue North.<ref name="mustaine"/>{{rp|53}} William A. Boutwell arrived in the area in the 1920s. He established Boutwell Dairy in 1927 and managed the company until retiring in 1956. Boutwell is credited with inventing [[Half and half#Dairy product|half & half creamer]]; the dairy later merged with Alfar Creamery and then T.G. Lee, who distributed the product more widely until it became an American diner staple.<ref name="mustaine">{{cite book |author=Beverly Mustaine|date=1999 |title=The Images of America: On Lake Worth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEczDwAAQBAJ&q=%22boutwell%22+half+and+half+%22lake+worth%22&pg=PA55 |location=Charleston, South Carolina |publisher=Arcadia Books|isbn=978-0-7385-0055-3 }}</ref>{{rp|55}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/Alfar%20Creamery.pdf |title=Alfar Creamery|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref><ref name="kleinberg">{{cite news |url=http://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2001/12/05/lake-worths-boutwell-road-named-after-area-dairyman/|author=Eliot Kleinberg|date=December 5, 2001|title=Lake Worth's Boutwell Road Named After Area Dairyman |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post, Historic Palm Beach Blog|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515124042/http://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2001/12/05/lake-worths-boutwell-road-named-after-area-dairyman/ |archive-date=May 15, 2015|url-status=dead }}</ref> Boutwell also owned a grocery store and masonry supply store. Furthermore, he served as a Lake Worth city commissioner from 1924 to 1927 and briefly as vice mayor.<ref name="kleinberg"/> During his tenure, the city constructed approximately {{convert|36|mi|km|abbr=on}} of roads and two elementary schools,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89136168/the-palm-beach-post/|page=2B|title=LW Dairy Pioneer Buried|date=July 3, 1982|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 18, 2021}}</ref> including the still active South Grade Elementary School.<ref name="100th jewels2"/> [[File:1928 Okeechobee Aftermath 12.jpg|thumb|right|Scenes of devastation from the 1928 hurricane in Lake Worth]] The [[1928 Okeechobee hurricane]] devastated Lake Worth. A survey indicated that the storm demolished about 600 homes and damaged 1,500 others, leaving about 700 people homeless.<ref name="uf">{{cite web|url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001306/00001/1j|title=Palm Beach Hurricane—92 Views|date=1928|publisher=American Autochrome Company|accessdate=June 27, 2015|location=Chicago, Illinois}}</ref>{{rp|5}} Fewer than 10% of homes escaped damage.<ref name="property loss here">{{cite news|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180612/00000206|title=Property Loss Here Placed at $3,000,000|date=September 21, 1928|newspaper=Lake Worth Herald|page=1|accessdate=November 5, 2021}}</ref> Approximately 50 businesses were wrecked and 200 others received damage – roughly 75% of buildings in the business district.<ref name="uf"/> The storm demolished or severely damaged many buildings, including First Presbyterian Church, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, the Oakley Theater, the Gulf Stream Hotel, the Scottish Rites Cathedral, the Masonic Temple, the Florida Hotel, a car dealership, a sporting goods store, an investment company, the [[Old Lake Worth City Hall]],<ref name="property loss here"/> and an auditorium at [[Lake Worth Community High School]].<ref name="lwcharges">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5720888/the_palm_beach_post/|title=1500 Homeless Are Lake Worth Charges|date=September 20, 1928|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=June 29, 2016}}</ref> Additionally, the bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway was virtually destroyed.<ref name="boyd">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19679401/the_palm_beach_post/|title=County's Storm Loss Will Total $350,000 According To Boyd|date=September 28, 1928|page=2|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=April 30, 2018}}</ref> The hurricane caused approximately $4 million worth of damages in Lake Worth,<ref name="uf"/>{{rp|5}} as well as three deaths.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9097876/the_palm_beach_post/|title=John Joy Dies After Exposure From Storm|date=September 21, 1928|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=February 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9098316/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Storm Exposure Is Blamed For Death|date=September 25, 1928|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=6|accessdate=February 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9098040/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Aged Lake Worth Man Second Storm Fatality|date=September 22, 1928|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=February 22, 2017}}</ref> In the immediate aftermath of the storm, the Gulf Stream Hotel was converted to a makeshift hospital.<ref name="uf"/>{{rp|5}} The devastation left Lake Worth without a functional center for city government, although records were mostly unscathed. Consequently, a temporary [[city hall]] was established at the Lauriston building.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9098148/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Important Lake Worth Records Found Intact|date=September 22, 1928|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=February 22, 2017}}</ref> The storm, combined with the [[Great Depression]] led to a severe economic decline within the community. Construction projects primarily shifted to repairing damaged buildings. However, there were a few conservation, construction, and [[New Deal]] projects during the 1930s.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|16}} This included when President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[Works Progress Administration]] built the striking,<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|18}} Moorish-styled "city gymnasium" on the corner of Lake Avenue and Dixie Highway. The building today serves as the Lake Worth Beach City Hall.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|8}} ===World War II to present=== [[File:Lakeworthcasino1953.jpg|thumb|right|A postcard ({{c.|1953|lk=no}}) showing the shoebox-style Lake Worth Casino built following the [[1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane|1947 hurricane]]]] Although no military installations were located in Lake Worth, the presence of military bases and repair facilities in nearby towns led to a significant increase in the city's population during [[World War II]], from 7,406 in 1940 to 10,615 about five years later.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|27}} Development started again after World War II, especially due to the approval of the [[G.I. Bill]], allowing new homes to become affordable. Many veterans who trained in South Florida also returned to the area, leading to a population boom.<ref name="facts">{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/our-city/facts-and-information/|title=Facts and Information|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=November 24, 2021|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124063232/https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/our-city/facts-and-information/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city also saw a wave of immigrants, especially from [[Finland]]. These Finnish immigrants established three churches in Lake Worth to preserve their heritage while also benefiting the local economy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pbchistory.blogspot.com/2017/03/local-church-has-roots-in-arctic-sami.html|title=Local Church Has Its Roots in Arctic 'Saami' Ministry|author=Robert I. Davidsson|date=March 9, 2017|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref> which returned to a state of stability in the post-war years.<ref name="facts"/> Two hurricanes impacted Lake Worth later in the 1940s, [[1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane|one in 1947]] and [[1949 Florida hurricane|the other in 1949]]. Although the former damaged nearly all businesses and about half of homes, few structures suffered serious damage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89467306/the-palm-beach-post/|title=L. W. Reports Few Hardships|page=4|date=September 19, 1947|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref> However, among the structures experiencing substantial impact was the Lake Worth Casino, which was repaired and reopened in the 1950s with a [[shoebox style]] architectural design.<ref name="100th jewels1"/> Although the 1949 hurricane made landfall in Lake Worth,{{Atlantic hurricane best track}} the cyclone caused less impact than the 1947 storm. Around 300–400 homes were damaged, with one destroyed, while the storm deroofed many homes in the Osborne Colored Addition. Winds also destroyed a filling station and shattered many windows at downtown businesses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17858050/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Lake Worth Reports Damage is Less Than in 1947 Storm|date=August 28, 1949|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=10|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref> In 1954, a concrete wall was erected at the Osborne Colored Addition to separate it from the white Whispering Palms neighborhood. Although the city officially integrated in 1969,<ref name="kerr">{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/press-release-lake-worth-beach-unity-wall-unveiling-road-closure/|title=Press Release: Lake Worth Beach Unity Wall Unveiling Road Closure|date=July 13, 2021|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|author=Ben Kerr|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref> the neighborhood retained the name Osborne Colored Addition until 1994.<ref name="hspbc"/> Today, the remnants of the wall is referred to as the Unity Wall and is instead used for [[mural]]s.<ref name="kerr"/> Despite the ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'' decision by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in 1954, Palm Beach County schools only slowly integrated. John Green and Theresa Jakes Kanu became among the first black students to attend a formerly whites-only high school in Palm Beach County when they arrived at Lake Worth High Community High School in 1961. Little further progress on the racial integration of schools in the county occurred until a court order in 1970.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2004-05-09-0405090206-story.html|title=Brown vs. Board of Education|date=May 9, 2004|author=Scott Travis|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref> [[File:Lake Worth Florida City Hall 200612231634.jpg|left|thumb|The building that has served as the Lake Worth City Hall since the 1970s]] The 1960s and 1970s also brought the construction of many apartments, condominiums, and larger commercial buildings, which often resulted in the demolition of older structures.<ref name="facts"/> During a period of neglect and decline between the 1970s and 1990s, Lake Worth, in the words of then-city commissioner Dennis Dorsey, "had become known as the [[Pornographic film|skin-flick]] capital of the country". The venue now known as the Lake Worth Playhouse was the Playtoy, and was well known in Palm Beach County as the theater that showed [[X-rated]] movies; ''[[Deep Throat (film)|Deep Throat]]'' was shown there, motivating a police raid in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news|author=Frank Cerabino|author2=Laura Lordi|title=Our (se)X-rated history: A titillating tour of nudity in Palm Beach County|url=http://projects.mypalmbeachpost.com/nakedpalmbeachcounty/|accessdate=November 4, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131230652/http://projects.mypalmbeachpost.com/nakedpalmbeachcounty/|archivedate=January 31, 2018}}</ref> The decade also saw the construction of the current bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway. Opening in 1973, the Robert A. Harris Bridge is two lanes wider and higher than the previous bridge, built in 1938.<ref name="timeline1940-2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89081577/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Lake Worth: Growth of a Beach Town|author=J.D. Vivian|date=June 27, 2013|page=S5|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref> Also during 1973, the Lake Worth City Hall moved from 414 Lake Avenue to 7 North Dixie Highway, its current location. The building at the former address has been listed in the NRHP since 1989 and is also often referred to as City Hall Annex.<ref name="100th jewels1"/> Foreign political turmoil and the South Florida construction boom have brought another wave of immigrants from [[Central America]] and the [[Caribbean people|Caribbean]], especially since the 1980s. Included in the immigration wave of that decade were many Guatemalan-[[Mayan people|Mayans]], who consider themselves [[indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous people]] rather than "Hispanic" or "Latino", and some may not speak [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. Many Guatemalan-Maya people migrated to Lake Worth Beach to seek refuge from the [[Guatemalan genocide]] being committed against the indigenous Maya people in Guatemala, often referred to as the Silent Holocaust. The Maya mostly converse in [[Mam language|Mam]], [[Q'anjob'al language|Q'anjob'al]], or any [[List of Mayan languages|one of 22]] existing [[Mayan language]]s spoken in Guatemala.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2009-08-16-0908150258-story.html|title=The Mayans of Lake Worth|author=Alexia Campbell|author2=Carey Wagner|date=August 16, 2009|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Adding to the racial and linguistic mix of the city is a large [[Haitian people|Haitian population]], many of whom speak [[Haitian Creole|Creole]]. Most immigrants from Haiti have also arrived in the United States since the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1988-02-07-8801080546-story.html|title=Learning to Cope Haitian Population Places Burden on Community Services|author=Sandra Jacobs|date=February 7, 1988|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> [[File:Lake Worth Pier.jpg|right|thumb|The Lake Worth Pier, damaged by hurricanes [[Hurricane Frances|Frances]] and [[Hurricane Jeanne|Jeanne]] in 2004]] The downtown area underwent restoration efforts in the late 1990s. The [[Florida Department of Transportation]] spent $3.9 million to improve sidewalks and streets, while the city of Lake Worth contributed over $670,000 for benches, landscaping, planters, trash cans, and new lights and sidewalk pavers. As a result, downtown property values increased in 1997 for the first time since the late 1980s.<ref name="downtown1998">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90025698/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Property values grew downtown in 1997, the first time in years|date=February 15, 1998|page=7B|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> The area then saw a huge resurgence in interest and now sports an array of art galleries, sidewalk cafés, and night clubs.<ref name="DYK"/> The city's main street, Lake Avenue, contains some of the oldest commercial structures in South Florida. Lake Avenue, along with the parallel street of Lucerne Avenue, include most of the structures constituting the [[Historic Old Town Commercial District]], which has been listed in the NRHP since 2001.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|4–5}} Later in the 2000s decade, the city was hit especially hard by hurricanes [[Hurricane Frances|Frances]] and [[Hurricane Jeanne|Jeanne]] in 2004 and [[Hurricane Wilma|Wilma]] in 2005. Wilma alone destroyed 27 homes and 7 businesses and damaged 2,491 homes and 93 businesses to some degree.<ref name="chapter5">{{cite report|url=http://pbcgov.com/DES/affordable-housing/pdf/Chapter5.pdf|title=Palm Beach County Affordable Housing Study|publisher=Palm Beach County Department of Economic Sustainability|page=5 - 3|access-date=November 24, 2021|location=West Palm Beach, Florida|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081757/http://pbcgov.com/DES/affordable-housing/pdf/Chapter5.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> Damage to businesses, government properties, and residences combined from Wilma totaled approximately $28.3 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Adding Up Wilma's Fury: $2.9 Billion Countywide - More than 55,000 Homes, 3,600 Businesses Damaged|author1=Luis F. Perez |author2=Angel Streeter |author3=Ushma Patel |date=December 18, 2005|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33187506/south-florida-sun-sentinel/|page=16A|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref> The William O. Lockhart Municipal Pier, constructed in 1954, suffered significant damage from the hurricanes, especially due to Frances and Jeanne, requiring $3.4 million to be repaired.<ref name="timeline1940-2013"/> The pier is home to a [[tide gauge]] with a sporadic history, showing an above average rate of [[sea level rise]].<ref name="lakeworthSLT">{{cite web|url=https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?stnid=8722670 |title=Mean Sea Level Trend 8722670 Lake Worth Pier |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref> In 2015, the city was accused of asking for business licenses from surrounding churches. Then-City Manager Michael Bornstein described the controversy as a "dust-up" that became politicized, while the accuser, Pastor Mike Olive of Common Ground Church, later stated that the "problems are behind us now."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89469811/the-palm-beach-post/|author=Kevin D. Thompson|title=Pastor set to take over Bamboo Room club|page=B5|date=April 15, 2016|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref> A ballot initiative to change the name of the city to Lake Worth Beach in 2019, passed by a narrow margin.<ref name="thompson"/> The city stated that the name change "will be implemented slowly". One of the main reasons cited for the proposal was to distinguish the city from its suburbs to the west, which have a reputation for higher crime rates.<ref name=LW2LWB>{{Cite news|url=https://www.local10.com/news/florida/palm-beach-county/lake-worth-changes-its-name-to-lake-worth-beach|title=Lake Worth changes its name to Lake Worth Beach|author=Tom Swift|date=March 12, 2019|newspaper=Local10.com|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> Another factor motivating support for the name change was that tourism could increase as the city would have an opportunity to rebrand itself as a beach town.<ref name=LW2LWB2>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-ne-lake-worth-beach-20190313-story.html|title='We are unique': How this city's new name, Lake Worth Beach, is making waves|author=Linda Trischitta|date=March 14, 2019|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}</ref> The city government became embroiled in another controversy that garnered national headlines in March 2020. Then-Mayor Pam Triolo and then-Lake Worth Beach Commissioner [[Omari Hardy]] became involved in a heated discussion over the potential for shutting off electrical services due to non-payment in the midst of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns]].<ref name=Omari>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/22/omari-hardy-video/|title=Video shows official confronting mayor over utility shut-offs amid coronavirus outbreak|date=March 22, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|author=Lori Rozsa|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref> In response, the city government allowed electrical service to residents to remain uninterrupted for the next few months, with or without payment, before city commissioners unanimously voted to resume power shutoffs in July 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cbs12.com/news/local/utility-shutoffs-to-resume-in-lake-worth-beach|title=Utility shutoffs to resume in Lake Worth Beach|author=Danielle Waugh|date=July 3, 2020|newspaper=WPEC|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref> ==Geography== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Liriodendron and Roystonea.jpg|left|thumb|''Where The Tropics Begin'': Temperate-zone ''[[Liriodendron tulipifera]]'' and tropical native ''[[Roystonea elata]]'' near Lake Worth, spring 2006. Photo by Richard Moyroud.]] --> [[File:Lake Worth Lagoon.jpg|thumb|Lake Worth Lagoon]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.81|sqmi|km2|0}}, of which {{convert|5.89|sqmi|km2|0}} is land and {{convert|0.92|sqmi|km2|0}} (13.51%) is water.<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|access-date=November 27, 2021}}</ref> Several geographical features in [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]] somewhat confusingly share the name "Lake Worth." The city of Lake Worth Beach is named after a [[lagoon]] which is officially known as the [[Lake Worth Lagoon]]. This lagoon opens to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] at the [[Port of Palm Beach]] via the [[Lake Worth Inlet]]. The next closest inlet exists farther south in [[Boynton Beach, Florida|Boynton Beach]]. The port and two inlets are all distant from the actual city of Lake Worth Beach. The lake is a long channel that spans much of east-central and northeastern Palm Beach County;<ref name="FL natural history">{{cite web|url=https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/regions/lake-worth-lagoon/|title=Lake Worth Lagoon|date=14 April 2017|publisher=Florida Museum of Natural History|accessdate=December 17, 2021}}</ref> indeed, the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] traverses the length of the lagoon.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.historicpalmbeach.com/eliot-kleinberg/2000/02/lake-town-named-after-us-army-col-wj-worth/|title=Lake, Town Named After U.S. Army Col. W.J. Worth|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=February 23, 2000|accessdate=December 17, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927003343/http://www.historicpalmbeach.com/eliot-kleinberg/2000/02/lake-town-named-after-us-army-col-wj-worth/|archivedate=September 27, 2013}}</ref> The manmade inlets to the ocean have replaced the natural [[freshwater]] with [[Seawater|saltwater]], such that the lagoon is actually now an [[estuary]], instead of a true lagoon.<ref name="FL natural history"/> The [[United States Department of Agriculture|U.S. Department of Agriculture]] has mapped most of Lake Worth Beach in the Southern Florida Flatwoods land resource area.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]]|title=Map of Major Land Resource Areas in Florida|url=http://www.mo15.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/mlra_image_fl.html|year=1997|access-date=November 4, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328051938/http://www.mo15.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/mlra_image_fl.html|archive-date=March 28, 2008}}</ref> Deep, poorly drained acidic sandy soils are typical for the area; they have gray [[topsoil]], white [[subsoil]], and a dark hardpan. Much of Lake Worth Beach is built on a rapidly drained white or gray sand which is too dry and infertile to support vigorous plant growth. The western outskirts of Lake Worth Beach are in the Southern Florida Lowlands area. Topsoils there are sandy, but the subsoils have a much higher content of [[clay]] and the soils are relatively fertile. As in the flatwoods, these soils are poorly drained for many purposes unless drainage systems are installed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mo15.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/mlra_fl.html |title=Major Land Resource Areas in Florida |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=November 4, 2021|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008050915/http://www.mo15.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/mlra_fl.html |archive-date=October 8, 2010}}</ref> Although the incorporated city of Lake Worth Beach is small geographically, as is common in Palm Beach County, a large unincorporated urbanized area with a Lake Worth postal address lies to the west of the city. Only two zip codes are within the city's boundaries, 33460 and the eastern edge of 33641, while 33449, the remainder of 33461, 33462, 33463, and 33467 zip codes are located outside the city limits but may use a Lake Worth mailing address. Thus, ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'' noted in 2019 that there are more mailing addresses for Lake Worth (unincorporated area) than Lake Worth Beach (the proper, incorporated area).<ref name="thompson">{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190504/postal-puzzle-so-did-lake-worth-beach-really-erase-lake-worth-sort-of-but-not-really|title=Postal puzzle: So did Lake Worth Beach really erase Lake Worth? Sort of... but not really|author=Kevin D. Thompson|date=May 4, 2019|accessdate=November 4, 2021|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504064545/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190504/postal-puzzle-so-did-lake-worth-beach-really-erase-lake-worth-sort-of-but-not-really|archivedate=May 4, 2019}}</ref> ===Climate=== Lake Worth Beach 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 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> ===Cityscape and neighborhoods=== The Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) maintains the Neighborhood Association President's Council (NAPC). The three purposes of the NAPC, according to the Lake Worth Beach CRA, is to improve representation of diversity in the city's neighborhoods, to maintain open communications between city government and neighborhood associations, and to promote volunteering to assist needy areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126&catid=49&Itemid=370|publisher=Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency|title=Neighborhood Association President's Council|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> A total of 17 neighborhood associations are recognized by the Lake Worth Beach CRA, including:<ref name="NAPCmap">{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1R9_cdg7LmR6bu9ysH9W7GW9Pp7JGn6V7&ll=26.591373492366742%2C-80.05432660564507&z=14|publisher=Neighborhood Association President's Council; Google Maps|title=Neighborhood Associations in the city of Lake Worth, FL|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> *Bryant Park, bounded by the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] to the east, Lucerne Avenue to the north, South [[Florida State Road 5|Federal Highway]] to the west, and 5th Avenue South to the south; also includes the Lake Worth Municipal Beach<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *[[College Park Historic District (Lake Worth, Florida)|College Park]], bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, West Palm Beach to its north, [[Dixie Highway (Broward–Palm Beach)|Dixie Highway]] to the west, and Wellesley Drive to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Downtown Jewel (Downtown Lake Worth Beach), bounded by South Federal Highway to the east, Lucerne Avenue to the north, South Dixie Highway to the west, and 6th Avenue South to the south, and has [[Historic Old Town Commercial District|Old Town]] within its border<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Eden Place, bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, Wellesley Drive to the north, Dixie Highway to the west, and 13th Avenue North to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Lake Cove, near the northwest corner of Lake Worth Beach<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Mango Groves, bounded by North Federal Highway to the east, 13th Avenue North to the north, North Dixie Highway to the west, and Lucerne Avenue to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Memorial Park, bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east, 6th Avenue to the north, [[Interstate 95]] to the west, and 12th Avenue South to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Murray Hills, bordering [[Lake Osborne]] along Cynthia Lane<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Parrot Cove ([[Old Lucerne Historic Residential District|Old Lucerne]]), bounded by Lake Worth Beach Golf Club to the east, 13th Avenue North to the north, North Federal Highway to the west, and Lucerne Avenue to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Pineapple Beach, South Federal Highway to the east, 6th Avenue North to the north, South Dixie Highway to the west, and [[Lantana, Florida|Lantana]] to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *ROLO (Residences on Lake Osborne), includes all areas west of Interstate 95 sans Murray Hills neighborhood<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Royal Poinciana, bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east, Lucerne Avenue to the north, Interstate 95 to the west, and 6th Avenue South to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *South Palm Park, bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east, 5th Avenue South to the north, South Federal Highway to the west, and Lantana to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Sunset Ridge, bounded by North Dixie Highway to the east, [[West Palm Beach]] to the north, [[Lake Clarke Shores]] to the west, and 10th Avenue North to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Tropical Ridge, bounded by North Dixie Highway to the east, 10th Avenue North to the north, Interstate 95 to the west, and Lucerne Avenue to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Vernon Heights, located near the northwest corner of Lake Worth Beach<ref name="NAPCmap"/> *Whispering Palms, bounded by South Dixie Highway to the east, 12th Avenue South to the north, Interstate 95 to the west, and Lantana to the south<ref name="NAPCmap"/> The College Park and Old Lucerne (Parrot Cove) neighborhoods are notable for being [[historic district]]s listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP). The former is a neighborhood in which most of the homes were constructed 1925 and 1949. Of the 123 residences in College Park, 90 residences are classified as contributing and the remaining 33 others classified as non-contributing, with a majority of those constructed after 1949.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/ef728b58-073d-4ab4-adcf-15287aba3d2f/|title=College Park Historic District|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|date=2001|pages=5 and 8|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> The [[Old Lucerne Historic Residential District]] is the section of Lake Worth Beach where Samuel and Fannie James lived. A total of 346 structures are located in the district, with 218 classified as contributing and 128 are classified as non-contributing. The contributing structures were constructed from as early as about 1913 to 1951.<ref name="old lucerne">{{cite report|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/7620b5fc-a9d4-4dc7-84ca-afcfb471572e|title=Old Lucerne Historic Residential District|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|date=2001|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> ====Downtown==== [[File:Lake_Worth_FL_Old_Town_Comm_Dist01.jpg|thumb|A few buildings in the downtown area]] {{main|Historic Old Town Commercial District}} The Historic Old Town Commercial District, listed in the NRHP in 2001, encompasses much of downtown Lake Worth Beach. A total of 59 buildings are part of the roughly 16-acre (6.5 ha) area, which stretches westward to the [[Florida East Coast Railroad]] (adjacent to G Street), eastward to M Street, northward to Lucerne Avenue, and southward to 1st Avenue South.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|5}} It is distinguished by its two main streets, the east-to-west Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue, while Dixie Highway is a major north-south thoroughfare through the district.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|6}} Of the 59 structures listed as part of the historic commercial district, 46 are classified as contributing and the other 13 are considered non-contributing. The contributing buildings, constructed between 1912 and 1949, are generally of Masonry Vernacular-style architecture, although Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Moorish Revival styles are also present.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|5}} Lake Worth Beach's downtown area has a distinct character and is a popular destination for both tourists and residents of [[South Florida]]. Several of the city's notable buildings are located in this section, including the current City Hall,<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|5}} [[Old Lake Worth City Hall|former City Hall]] (NRHP-listed in 1989 and includes the [[Lake Worth Historical Museum]]), Lake Worth Beach Post Office,<ref name="100th jewels1"/> [[Lake Worth Playhouse]],<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|18}} Lake Worth Beach Public Library,<ref name="library history"/> and Park Theater,<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|5}} although not all of these structures are listed as part of the Historic Old Town Commercial District.<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|10–12}} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1920= 1106 |1930= 5940 |1940= 7408 |1950= 11777 |1960= 20758 |1970= 23714 |1980= 27048 |1990= 28564 |2000= 35133 |2010= 34910 |2020= 42219 |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=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref> }} In terms of population, Lake Worth Beach ranked as the ninth largest city in Palm Beach County, with 42,219 residents according to the 2020 census.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.citypopulation.de/en/usa/florida/12099__palm_beach/|title=Palm Beach - County in Florida|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=citypopulation.de|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> Lake Worth Beach is considered one of the most ethnically and racially diverse cities in Palm Beach County.<ref name="alisha">{{cite web|url=https://www.thepalmbeaches.com/blogs/touring-diverse-neighborhoods-palm-beaches|title=Touring Diverse Neighborhoods in the Palm Beaches|author=Alisha L.|date=28 April 2021|publisher=Discover The Palm Beaches|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref> [[Majority minority|Less than a majority]] of residents identify as [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|non-Hispanic white]], while [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic whites]] represented a plurality of the population in 2019. Additionally, as of 2021, approximately 38.7% of residents were born outside of the United States,<ref name="datausa">{{cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/lake-worth-fl#demographics|title=Lake Worth, FL Census Place|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref> many of whom immigrated from the [[Caribbean]] or [[Latin America]],<ref name="alisha"/> and just 44.9% of people in Lake Worth Beach only spoke [[English language|English]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/lake-worth-fl-population|title=Lake Worth, Florida Population 2021|publisher=World Population Review|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref> ===2010 and 2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" |+Lake Worth Beach 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) - Lake Worth city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Worth+city;+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) - Lake Worth city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Worth+Beach+city;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !% 2010 !% 2020 |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH) |13,291 |13,275 |38.07% |31.44% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH) |6,603 |7,786 |18.91% |18.44% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH) |322 |73 |0.92% |0.17% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH) |308 |408 |0.88% |0.97% |- |[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH) |22 |22 |0.06% |0.05% |- |[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH) |71 |251 |0.20% |0.59% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH) |459 |1,047 |1.31% |2.48% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |13,834 |19,357 |39.63% |45.85% |- |Total |34,910 |42,219 | | |- |} As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 42,219 people, 12,947 households, and 7,046 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Lake Worth Beach city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Worth+Beach+city,+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The population density was 7,164.26 inhabitants per square mile (2,766.10/km<sup>2</sup>). The 17,476 housing units averaged 2,564.90 inhabitants per square mile (990.31/km<sup>2</sup>). Approximately 76.5% of residents of the city were age 18 and over.<ref name="edr2020">{{cite web|url=http://edr.state.fl.us/Content/area-profiles/2020-census-county-city/2020PL94-171_099.pdf|title=2020 Census County and Cities Profiles (PL 94-171): Palm Beach County|pages=94–96|date=2021|publisher=Florida Office of Economic & Demographic Research|accessdate=November 16, 2021}}</ref> As of 2019, he median household income in Lake Worth Beach is $42,500.<ref name="datausa"/> This is significantly lower than the county and statewide medians from 2015–2019, which was $63,299 and $55,660, respectively.<ref name="quickfacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/palmbeachcountyflorida,FL/PST045221|title=QuickFacts - Palm Beach County, Florida; Florida|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> In 2019, an estimated 24.4% of residents were considered [[Poverty in the United States|impoverished]],<ref name="datausa"/> more than twice the countywide average of 12.0% and nearly double the Florida average of 12.4%.<ref name="quickfacts"/> As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 34,910 people, 12,466 households, and 6,744 families were residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Lake Worth city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Worth+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The population density was 5,945.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,979.26/km<sup>2</sup>). The 16,473 housing units averaged 2,418.94 inhabitants per square mile (933.95/km<sup>2</sup>). As of 2010, in the city, the age distribution was 5.2% at 65 or older, 22.2% was under 18, 17.0% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, and 24.5% from 45 to 64; the median age was 35. years. For every 117 males, there were 100 females. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121 males. Around 30.1% of the households in 2010 had children under the age of 18 living with them, 11.7% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 46.2% were not families. About 33.1% of all households were made up of one individual, and 22.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65, and the average family size was 3.37.<ref name="edr">{{cite web|url= http://edr.state.fl.us/Content/area-profiles/2010-census-city/2010DP_39075.pdf|title=Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010|publisher=Florida Office of Economic & Demographic Research|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref> ===2000 census=== As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 35,133 people, 13,828 households, and 7,688 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 6,225.5/mi² (2,405.1/km²). There were 15,861 housing units at an average density of 2,810.6/mi² (1,085.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 65.12% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (48.1% were [[Non-Hispanic White]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Lake_Worth.php |title=Demographics of Lake Worth, FL |publisher=MuniNetGuide.com |accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref> 18.86% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.78% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.75% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.11% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.57% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.82% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 29.71% of the population.<ref name="edr2000">{{cite web|url=http://tcrpc.org:80/publications/census/palm_beach/lakeworth2000census.pdf|title=Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000|publisher=Florida Office of Economic & Demographic Research|access-date=November 16, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113151451/http://tcrpc.org:80/publications/census/palm_beach/lakeworth2000census.pdf|archivedate=January 13, 2017}}</ref> In 2000, the age distribution of the population was spread out in 2000, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 108.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112 males. In 2000, 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 44.4% were non-families. Approximately 33.6% of all households were made up of one individual, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.19.<ref name="edr2000"/> In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $30,034, and the median income for a family was $35,374. Males had a median income of $24,862 versus $22,971 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,517. About 15.8% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 24.1% of those under age 18 and 12.7% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, the three most spoken [[first language]]s in Lake Worth Beach were [[English language|English]] at 56.61%, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] at 26.57%, and [[Haitian Creole|French Creole]], which was spoken by 9.17% of the population. Lake Worth Beach has a large Finnish [[expatriate]] population, and [[Finnish language|Finnish]] is spoken by 2.57% of the city's residents as their [[native language]]. Furthermore, people of [[Finnish people|Finnish]] ancestry were 3.4% of the population. With 1,026 people claiming Finn descent in 2000,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US1239075&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US12%7C16000US1239075&_street=&_county=Lake+Worth&_cityTown=Lake+Worth&_state=04000US12&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=532&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1160®=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1160%3A532&_keyword=&_industry= |title=Fact Sheet, Lake Worth city, Florida |publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 15, 2021|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921202841/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US1239075&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US12%7C16000US1239075&_street=&_county=Lake+Worth&_cityTown=Lake+Worth&_state=04000US12&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=532&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1160®=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1160%3A532&_keyword=&_industry= |archive-date=September 21, 2007 }}</ref> Lake Worth Beach had the largest [[Finntown|concentration]] of Finnish people in the world outside of Finland.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89011031/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Finnish cabinetmakers find U.S. foothold in Lake Worth|date=August 21, 2003|author=Alexandra Navarro Clifton|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 15, 2021}}</ref> Other languages spoken by residents of the city include [[French language|French]] at 1.96%, [[Mayan languages]] were spoken by 1.11% (primarily spoken by [[Guatemalans]] of [[Mayan people|Mayan descent]]), and [[German language|German]] as a [[mother tongue]] was spoken by 0.52% of the population.<ref name=lang>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=39075&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Lake Worth, Florida |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref> As of 2000, Lake Worth Beach had the twentieth highest percentage of [[Guatemalans|Guatemalan]] residents in the United States, with 4.87% of the populace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Guatemalan.html |title=Ancestry Map of Guatemalan Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107081136/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Guatemalan.html |archive-date=November 7, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It had the twenty-first highest percentage of [[Haitians|Haitian]] residents in the United States, at 8.10% of the city's population,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112011501/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |archive-date=November 12, 2019|url-status=dead }}</ref> and the eighty-third highest percentage of [[Cubans|Cuban]] residents in the United States, at 3.47% of its population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |title=Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=November 15, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112062243/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html|archivedate=November 12, 2019}}</ref> It also had the twenty-third most [[Hondurans]] in the United States, at 1.59% of all residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Honduran.html |title=Ancestry Map of Honduran Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017104259/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Honduran.html |archive-date=October 17, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Economy== [[File:Lake Worth FL Gulf Stream Hotel01.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Gulf Stream Hotel]]]] The city has an estimated labor force of 19,978 people as of 2019, though 10,357 people age 16 or older were not in the labor force.<ref name="selected"/> Lake Worth Beach had a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.2% in September 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://data.news-leader.com/unemployment/lake-worth-city-fl/CT1239075000000/2020-november/|title=Unemployment Rate - Lake Worth city, FL (November 2020)|newspaper=[[Springfield News-Leader]]|accessdate=December 13, 2021}}</ref> The largest companies in the city by number of employees include 1,148 employees at [[Palm Beach State College]], 307 employees with the city government, 269 employees at [[Lake Worth Community High School]], 213 employees at American Medical Assistance, 150 employees at Highland Elementary School, 148 employees at [[Publix]], 136 employees at Barton Elementary School, 122 employees at Supermercados El Bodegon, 94 employees at North Grade Elementary School, and 74 employees at Lake Worth Middle School.<ref>{{cite report|chapter-url=https://lwbdata.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/finance/City%20of%20Lake%20Worth%20Beach%20Florida_20%20FS_FINAL.pdf|title=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida – Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2020|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach Finance Department|chapter=Statistics Section (unaudited)|accessdate=December 27, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|145}} However, as of 2019, only 6.9% of jobs in Lake Worth Beach were held by city residents, with the most common other residencies being [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]] (12.4%), [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]] (5.3%), [[Palm Springs, Florida|Palm Springs]] (4.9%), [[Boynton Beach, Florida|Boynton Beach]] (4.8%), and [[Delray Beach, Florida|Delray Beach]] (3.7%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/|title=Home Destination Analysis|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> The most common professions among the city's labor force are professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (20.9%); construction (13.2%); educational services, health care, and social assistance (14.0%); arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services (12.5%); and retail (10.5%).<ref name="selected">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=DP03&g=1600000US1239075&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP03|title=Selected Economic Characteristics|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> The Lake Worth Beach CRA, established in 1989, seeks to redevelop private and public properties for the sake of community and economic growth. Since 2001, the CRA area has included the entirety of Dixie Highway and areas in the vicinity of 6th Avenue South and 10th Avenue North.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=185&Itemid=516|title=About the Lake Worth Beach CRA|publisher=Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency|accessdate=December 15, 2021}}</ref> The downtown area also saw a resurgence in the late 1990s,<ref name="downtown1998"/> with many art galleries, sidewalk cafés, and night clubs lining its streets.<ref name="DYK"/> LULA Lake Worth Arts lists many of these downtown businesses on its Dynamic Walker's Map.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lakewortharts.com/index.php?option=com_geofactory&view=map&id=1&Itemid=493|title=Dynamic Walker's Map|publisher=LULA Lake Worth Arts|accessdate=December 15, 2021}}</ref> The [[Gulf Stream Hotel]], which has been closed to the public since 2005, has been proposed for renovation in order to reopen it,<ref name="milian"/> which voters strongly approved by a margin of 81.82% – 18.18% in March 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2020/03/10/ballot-measure-seen-as-vital-to-lake-worth-beachs-future/112247244/|title=Ballot measure seen as vital to Lake Worth Beach's future|author=Jorge Millian|date=March 10, 2020|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://enr.electionsfl.org/PAL/2622/Summary/|title=2020 Presidential Preference Primary and Uniform Municipal Elections|date=March 28, 2020|publisher=Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}</ref> In June of the following year, the city commission approved a proposal to renovate the hotel and construct a new hotel nearby. Restoration St. Louis agreed to spend at least $100 million on both projects, while the city agreed to fund infrastructure improvements around the hotel, with expenditures ranging from $1 million to possibly up to $3.6 million.<ref name="milian">{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/lakeworth/2021/06/01/gulfstream-hotel-lake-worth-beach-take-step-toward-re-opening/5239403001/|title=Historic Gulfstream Hotel takes big step closer to re-opening in Lake Worth Beach|author=Jorge Milian|date=June 1, 2021|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=December 15, 2021}}</ref> ==Government== [[File:Lake Worth FL city hall02.jpg|thumb|right|Lake Worth Beach City Hall]] The city uses the [[council–manager government|commission–manager form of government]]. Lake Worth Beach has a five-member city commission. These members are elected to staggered, three-year terms, running on nonpartisan candidacies in different districts. The city commission acts in a legislative manner, approving motions, ordinances, and resolutions. The mayor, who presides over the city commission, also serves in three-year terms, but is elected by voters citywide.<ref name="government">{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/government/|title=Lake Worth Beach, City Commission & Departments|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=December 8, 2021}}</ref> As outlined by the city charter, these elections are to be held on the second Tuesday in March,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mccmeetingspublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lakewthfl-meet-6f32c7dc723f402387c89497171aef67/ITEM-Attachment-002-7e1d0a99c53a49fb98fbae031ff259be.pdf|title=Resolution No. 55-2020|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=December 8, 2021}}</ref> while runoffs are to be held two weeks later if a candidate fails to achieve a majority of the votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wptv.com/runoff-tuesday-in-lake-worth-beach-despite-concession|title=Runoff Tuesday in Lake Worth Beach despite concession|date=March 26, 2019|author=Andrew Lofholm|newspaper=WPTV-TV|accessdate=December 6, 2021}}</ref> Betty Resch has served as mayor since March 16, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meetings.municode.com/adaHtmlDocument/index?cc=LAKEWTHFL&me=14bfb622859744488bb8d86c81d6ee89&ip=false|title=Swearing In Ceremony|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=December 8, 2021}}</ref> The Lake Worth Beach city clerk is tasked with maintaining official city records. This office is currently held by Melissa Ann Coyne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/government/city-clerk/|title=City Clerk|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=December 9, 2021}}</ref> Another key Lake Worth Beach official is the city manager, who is responsible for the administrative functions of city government. Carmen Davis, who previously served as county administrator of [[Hinds County, Mississippi]], from 2010 to 2019 and a city planner for [[Detroit]] from 1993 to 2009, is the current city manager of Lake Worth Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/government/city-manager/|title=City Manager|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}</ref> Lake Worth Beach is part of [[Florida's 21st congressional district]], which has been represented by [[Lois Frankel]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]) since 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/FL/21|title=Florida's 21st Congressional District|publisher=GovTrack|access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref> Four different [[Florida House of Representatives]] districts cover portions of Lake Worth Beach – the 87th, 88th, 89th, and 90th districts,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/District/2013_Districts/large/H000H9049_district_88wmap.pdf|title=H000H9049 (2012 House), District 88|date=2013|publisher=Florida House of Representatives Redistricting Committee|access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref> which are represented by [[David Silvers]] (D), [[Jervonte Edmonds]] (D), [[Mike Caruso (politician)|Mike Caruso]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]), and [[Joseph Casello]] (D), respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/legislativeaffairs/Legislative_Delegation/Delegation-Roster.pdf|title=2020-2021 Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation|website=pbcgov.org|access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref> The entire city is located within the [[Florida Senate]]'s 24th district, which includes parts of east-central Palm Beach County and is currently represented by [[Bobby Powell (politician)|Bobby Powell]] (D).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/s24|title=2022-2024 – Senator Bobby Powell|publisher=Florida Senate|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref> Much of Lake Worth Beach is within the 3rd district for the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, while the municipal beach section and areas south of 6th Avenue South and east of [[Interstate 95]] are within the 7th district. The former is represented by [[Dave Kerner]] and the latter is represented by Mack Bernard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commission Districts|date=November 14, 2018|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/countycommissioners/DistrictMaps/map.pdf|work=GIS Service Bureau|access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref> Overall, the city has a [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]] partisan lean. Of the 17,738 registered voters as of December 2021, 8,552 were members of the Democratic Party, 5,290 had [[Independent voter|no party affiliation]], 3,471 were members of the Republican Party, and 425 were members of a [[minor party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbcelections.org/Portals/PalmBeach/Month-End%20Voter%20Registration%20Statistics/2021/DEC/December%20Totals%20by%20City%20and%20City-Wards.pdf?ver=fkhPRrMI5uHPo-LwwwRyfA%3d%3d|date=January 10, 2022|title=December Totals by City and City/Wards|publisher=Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections|accessdate=January 21, 2022}}</ref> Decades earlier, the city and Palm Beach County were both reliably [[Right-wing politics|right-leaning]], with the latter voting for the Republican Party nominee for [[president of the United States]] in each election from [[1948 United States presidential election in Florida|1948]] to [[1988 United States presidential election in Florida|1988]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1992-11-04-9202270574-story.html|title=County Supports First Democrat Since Roosevelt|author=John Grogan|date=November 4, 1992|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=January 21, 2022}}</ref> In [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], [[Joe Biden]] defeated [[Donald Trump]] in all of the city's [[Electoral precinct|precincts]] and in most by a margin of at least 20%,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html|author=Alice Park|author2=Charlie Smart|author3=Rumsey Taylor|author4=Miles Watkins|title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election|date=March 30, 2021|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=January 21, 2022}}</ref> while the county supported Biden by a margin of just under 12.8%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enr.electionsfl.org/PAL/2801/Summary/|title=2020 General Election|date=November 23, 2020|publisher=Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections|accessdate=January 22, 2022}}</ref> ''Lake Worth Herald'' president Mark Easton, a lifelong resident of the city, noted that he had observed the partisan lean of Lake Worth Beach shift rapidly from highly [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] to highly liberal. Easton remarked that due to diversity, "You would think that it would meld Lake Worth into a more middle-of-the-road atmosphere: Never happens. It always stays [[Political polarization|polarized]]".<ref name="Easton">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90358027/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Big personality in a little place|page=S9|author=Elizabeth Clarke|date=June 27, 2013|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=January 22, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ==Culture== ===Arts=== The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, founded by [[Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr.]] as the Palm Beach County Council of the Arts in West Palm Beach in 1978, evolved into the official county government agency to support and promote local arts and culture. In 2012, the organization relocated from West Palm Beach to the Robert M. Montgomery Jr. Building in Lake Worth Beach and renovated the building with the assistance of the Lake Worth Beach CRA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/pbc-cultural-council|title=Palm Beach County Cultural Council|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|accessdate=October 16, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408081030/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/pbc-cultural-council|archivedate=April 8, 2023}}</ref> This building was formerly the 1,000 seat Lake Theatre, which opened at 601 Lake Avenue in 1940, constructed at a cost of $75,000.<ref name="100th jewels2"/> The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County hosts many cultural events at its headquarters and elsewhere in Palm Beach County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachculture.com/council-events/|title=Cultural Council Events|publisher=Cultural Council for Palm Beach County|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> Several art galleries are located in downtown Lake Worth Beach. These include the Art Link International, Artisans on the Ave, Benzaiten, Bruce Konder Galleries, Flamingo Gallery, HATCH 1121, No So So, and Palm Beach Gallery. The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County also lists art organizations and facilities such as the Armory Arts Center, Bamboo Room, Book Cellar, Downtown Dance, Lake Worth Art League, [[Lake Worth Playhouse]], Lake Worth Public Library, Social House, and Urban Arts Lofts.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.palmbeachculture.com/wp-content/uploads/Lake-Worth-Arts-Cultural-Master-Plan-2018.pdf|title=Arts & Cultural Master Plan for Downtown Lake Worth|publisher=Cultural Council for Palm Beach County|work=Lord Cultural Resources; Jon Stover Associates|date=2017|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|12}} The Lake Worth Playhouse was founded in 1953. The building it is housed in originally opened in 1929 as the Oakley Theatre, which had previously been virtually demolished by the [[1928 Okeechobee hurricane]]. However, the Oakley Theatre quickly went into bankruptcy due to the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]].<ref name="100th jewels2"/> Today, the Lake Worth Playhouse hosts a number of year-round events, including ballets, dramas, foreign and independent films, musicals, and operas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lakeworthplayhouse.org/playhouse_history/|title=Lake Worth Playhouse History|publisher=Lake Worth Playhouse|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> [[File:Lake Worth Beach Street Painting Festival.jpg|thumb|upright|Lake Worth Street Painting Festival]] ===Festivals=== Lake Worth Beach features several annual festivals. The Lake Worth Beach Street Painting Festival attracts about 100,000 people to the downtown area, where more than 600 artists create works on the asphalt along Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepalmbeaches.com/top-event/lake-worth-beach-street-painting-festival|title=Lake Worth Beach Street Painting Festival|publisher=Discover The Palm Beaches|accessdate=November 27, 2021}}</ref> Similarly, FOCUS Lake Worth features displays of multidisciplinary art at different mural locations in downtown in the month of November.<ref name="focus">{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365&Itemid=876|title=FOCUS Lake Worth|publisher=Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency|accessdate=November 7, 2021}}</ref> Midnight Sun Festival, originally called Finlandia Days, is an event celebrating Lake Worth Beach's [[Finnish people|Finnish]] population and has been held annually at Bryant Park since 1983. When combined with neighboring Lantana's Finnish community, it becomes one of the largest Finnish communities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.midnightsunfest.org/about|title=About the Midnight Sun Festival!|publisher=Midnight Sun Festival, Inc.|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> One of the largest Oktoberfest events in South Florida is held every October just outside the city at the American German Club of the Palm Beaches on Lantana Road,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/fall-guide/fl-et-oktoberfest-parties-fort-lauderdale-palm-beach-20210915-dnf4guqix5hdbmkhrmxbiuxyhq-list.html|author=Phillip Valys|title=Hoist your beer steins at these Oktoberfest 2021 celebrations|date=September 15, 2021|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> while Mathews Brewing Company in Lake Worth Beach also observes Oktoberfest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=20100&Itemid=672&year=2021&month=10&day=08&title=oktoberfest-celebration&uid=e81ab7a8dcd2dad7a1e856f67d45e7a7&filter_reset=1|publisher=Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency|title=Events this Week - Oktoberfest Celebration at Mathews Brewing Company|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> In late October, a [[Day of the Dead|Día de los Muertos]] event is also held in the downtown area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=327&Itemid=872|title=Dia de Los Muertos|publisher=Lake Worth BeachCommunity Redevelopment Agency|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> The annual Palm Beach Pride [[Pride parade|parade]] is held in Lake Worth Beach. According to Discover The Palm Beaches, over 30,000 people attend the event, which is one of the largest pride parades in Florida and the oldest active in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepalmbeaches.com/lgbt-travel/events|title=LGBTQ+ Celebrations|date=June 26, 2017|publisher=Discover The Palm Beaches|accessdate=May 15, 2021}}</ref> Lake Worth Beach also has the county's only LGBT community center, Compass, and the [[gay bar]] Mad Hatter Lounge.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Mike Halterman|title=Discover Gay Florida - Palm Beach County|magazine=HOTspots|date=August 19, 2015|url=https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2015/08/19/discover-gay-florida-palm-beach-county/|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> The City Tree Board organizes an annual "Lake Worth Festival of Trees",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=17135&Itemid=672&year=2020&month=03&day=14&title=festival-of-trees&uid=eb4f583ac6d7f37ab89c95469825701b|title=Events this Week - Festival of Trees at Cultural Plaza|publisher=Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> while a monthly celebration called "Lake Ave Block Party" takes place in the Cultural Plaza, next to the City Hall Annex.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=16032&Itemid=172&year=2019&month=09&day=06&title=lake-ave-block-party&uid=0c35782e5b588de2c609afc248bd4367|title=Lake Ave Block Party|publisher=Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> The city hosts bonfires at the Lake Worth Beach Casino and Beach Complex on the second and fourth Fridays from November to February.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/event/lake-worth-beach-bonfires/2022-01-28/|title=Lake Worth Beach Bonfires|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, the city government, in conjunction with several local businesses and organizations, holds ceremonies and parades for other commonly recognized holidays.<ref name="focus"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/4th-of-july-2021/|title=4th of July 2021|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|author=Ben Kerr|accessdate=December 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wflx.com/2021/12/12/crowds-enjoy-sea-santas-holiday-parade-lake-worth-beach/|title=Crowds enjoy 'Sea of Santas' holiday parade in Lake Worth Beach|date=December 12, 2021|newspaper=[[WFLX]]|accessdate=December 16, 2021}}</ref> ===Cinematography=== A substantial portion of the 1981 movie, ''[[Body Heat]]'', starring [[William Hurt]] and [[Kathleen Turner]], was filmed in downtown Lake Worth Beach. The city became the fictitious town of Miranda Beach. In the movie, the building at 813 Lucerne Avenue became Stella's Coffee Shop, Lake Worth City Hall became Miranda Beach City Hall, and the building at 811 Lake Avenue became Ned's office, while the film also showed the French restaurant L'Anjou (now Los Panchos Tacos & Tequila Bar). Former Congressman [[Mark Foley]] appeared as an [[Extra (acting)|extra]] in the film. Three years later, the 1984 movie ''[[Harry & Son]]'' was also filmed in Lake Worth Beach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wptv.com/entertainment/movies/body-heat-40-years-later-remembering-when-lake-worth-became-miranda-beach|title='Body Heat' 40 years later: Remembering when Lake Worth became Miranda Beach|date=August 27, 2021|author=Peter Burke|newspaper=WPTV-TV|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> [[File:LWHMCasinoPhotosDisplay.jpg|thumb|right|Historic Lake Worth Casino photos displayed in the [[Lake Worth Historical Museum|historical museum]]]] ===Historical preservation=== The [[Lake Worth Historical Museum]] is located on the second floor of the old Lake Worth City Hall, which functioned as the city's administrative center from the 1920s to 1973.<ref name="100th jewels1"/> Additionally, the Historical Society of Lake Worth is located at the public library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicalsocietyoflakeworth.org/?page_id=1998|title=Become a member|publisher=Historical Society of Lake Worth|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Substantial efforts by the city to preserve historic structures and districts dates back to an ordinance approved by the city commission in 1996.<ref name="historic preservation"/> In 2017, the Lake Worth Beach Department of Community Sustainability and Division of Planning, Zoning and Historic Preservation; the Historic Resources Preservation Board; and the Historical Society of Lake Worth designated seven homes constructed in 1912 as historical properties, identified as the oldest residences in the city without major alterations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boynton-beach/fl-bbf-preservation-0531-20170524-story.html|title=Historical Society of Lake Worth designates 7 historic homes|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|author=Jen Engoren|date=May 24, 2017|accessdate=November 27, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, between 1913 and 1949, many cottages were constructed.<ref name="100th jewels2"/> According to the 2016 book ''Cottages of Lake Worth Beach - Living Large in Small Spaces'', approximately 1,000 cottages remain, constituting the largest concentration of this type of dwelling in Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cottagesoflakeworth.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313071135/http://www.cottagesoflakeworth.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 13, 2014|title=Lake Worth Beach, Florida is home to over 1,000 historic cottages!|website=cottagesoflakeworth.com|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref> The Lake Worth Beach government considers six areas to be historic districts: [[College Park Historic District (Lake Worth, Florida)|College Park]], Northeast Lucerne, [[Old Lucerne Historic Residential District|Old Lucerne]], [[Historic Old Town Commercial District|Old Town]], Southeast Lucerne, and South Palm Park.<ref name="historic preservation">{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/community-sustainability/historic-preservation/|title=Historic Preservation|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Moreover, the federal NRHP [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Palm Beach County, Florida|lists]] three historic districts and three historic structures in Lake Worth Beach. The historic districts listed are College Park, Old Lucerne, and Old Town, while the structures listed are the [[Gulf Stream Hotel]], Old Lake Worth City Hall,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/palm+beach/state.html|title=Florida – Palm Beach County|publisher=American Dreams Inc.|page=1|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> and [[Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission|Osborne School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/palm+beach/state2.html|title=Florida – Palm Beach County|publisher=American Dreams Inc.|page=2|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, the Osborne School is also listed in [[Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission]].<ref name="Osborne School"/>{{rp|8}} ==Education== [[Public education|Public schools]] in Lake Worth Beach are part of the [[School District of Palm Beach County]]. Elementary school students are served by four public schools, all located within the boundaries of Lake Worth Beach – Barton Elementary, Highland Elementary, North Grade Elementary, and South Grade Elementary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20&%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/Elementary%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20ElementaryAttendanceBoundary.pdf|title=Elementary School Attendance Boundaries SY2020–21|publisher=[[School District of Palm Beach County]]|date=2020|access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> Middle school students north of 12th Avenue South attend Lake Worth Middle School, while those living south of 12th Avenue South attend Lantana Community Middle School in Lantana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20%26%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/Middle%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20MiddleAttendanceBoundary.pdf|title=Middle School Attendance Boundaries SY2020–21|publisher=School District of Palm Beach County|date=2020|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521220423/https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20%26%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/Middle%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20MiddleAttendanceBoundary.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> All public high school students in the city are assigned to [[Lake Worth Community High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20&%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/High%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20HighAttendanceBoundary.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521220436/https://www.palmbeachschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20&%20Parents/Student%20Registration/Boundaries/High%20Schools%20Maps/SY2020-21%20HighAttendanceBoundary.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2021|title=High School Attendance Boundaries SY2020–21|publisher=School District of Palm Beach County|date=2020|access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> Established in 1922, it is the oldest continuously operating high school in Palm Beach County.<ref name="100th jewels2"/> Sacred Heart Catholic Church operates a separate [[Catholic school|private school]] (pre-K–8) in Lake Worth Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacredheartschoollakeworth.com/admissions/tuitionfees.cfm|title=Kindergarten through 8th Grade Tuition Rates and Fees 2021-2022|publisher=Sacred Heart School|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> There is also a charter school in the city, the Academy for Positive Learning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/florida/academy-for-positive-learning-231194|title=Academy for Positive Learning|publisher=U.S. News|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, within the city's boundaries is the former Osborne School, also known as Osborne Elementary School. Constructed in 1948, the school served black elementary students in the formerly [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregated]] Osborne neighborhood until 1971.<ref name="Osborne School">{{cite report|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/95a1feb4-1a8d-4694-a04f-63762bc35e23|title=Osborne School|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|date=2003|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|8}} Subsequently, [[Desegregation busing|busing policies]] implemented in the early 1970s left the Osborne School vacant.<ref name="Osborne School"/>{{rp|12}} Since 2003, the school building has been listed in both the NRHP and Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission.<ref name="Osborne School"/>{{rp|8}} The main campus of [[Palm Beach State College]] is located in unincorporated Lake Worth. It is the oldest [[community college]] in Florida, founded in 1933 as Palm Beach Junior College. It was at one time located on the campus of Palm Beach High School, at the present day [[Dreyfoos School of the Arts]] in downtown West Palm Beach. The school moved to its present location in 1956. The name was changed to Palm Beach Community College in 1988 and later renamed Palm Beach State College in 2010 to reflect that the school was offering four-year degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/history/default.aspx|title=History of Palm Beach State College|publisher=Palm Beach State College|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618121633/https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/history/default.aspx|archive-date=June 18, 2017}}</ref> ===Public libraries=== [[File:Lake Worth Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|The Lake Worth Beach Public Library]] The Lake Worth Beach Public Library, located in the historic downtown area at 15 North M Street, is a Mediterranean-style architectural building, completed in 1941 at a cost of $66,000, an amount raised by the Lake Worth Library Association. A dedicatory service was held on August 12, 1941. It is a part of the Library Cooperative of the Palm Beaches.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boynton-beach/fl-bbf-library-0921-20160920-story.html|title=Lake Worth's 'quirky' library celebrates 75 years|author=Jan Engoren|date=April 17, 2019|newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> Annually, the library circulates approximately 65,000 items, including 57,468 books.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/4322|title=Lake Worth Beach Public Library|publisher=Library Technology Guides|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> Efforts to organize a library date back to 1912, one year prior to the city's incorporation. Residents saw the need for a library and requested book donations via an advertisement in the ''Lucerne Herald'' newspaper in May 1912. R.D. Strong and John L. McKissock then established the Lake Worth Library Association on November 30. For several years, the library was housed inside a reading room located in City Hall. Although residents voted to officially establish the Lake Worth Public Library and allot $6,000 for the construction of a building in 1926, the funds remained insufficient.<ref name="library history"/> Congress approved a bill allotting $60,000 to construct a building bearing the name Major General William Jenkins Worth Memorial Library in 1939, nearly 100 years after the body of water was named in his honor. However, after President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] vetoed the bill, the residents of the community continued raising funds until the building was finally completed in 1941. James and William Strait also contributed $10,000 for an art museum wing, which is now the children's section.<ref name="library history">{{cite web|title=History of the Lake Worth Library|url=https://friendsoflwbl.org/history-of-the-library|publisher=Friends of the Lake Worth Library|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> The library also houses noted artist R. Sherman Winton's only known collection, which features historical Florida themes of the Spanish period, as well as wood carvings by Sam J. Schlappich, a local artist who was featured in the [[Century of Progress|Century of Progress Fair in 1933]] and the [[1939 New York World's Fair|World's Fair in 1939]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2012-11-09/pdf/CREC-2012-11-09-extensions.pdf|author=Hon. Alcee Hastings|title=Congressional Record–Extensions of Remarks|page=E1737|date=November 9, 2012|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> In addition to the Lake Worth Beach Public Library, the city has more than 100 [[Little Free Library]] book exchanges as of late 2020. The construction and maintenance of the Little Free Libraries began due to the efforts of resident Mary Lindsey and over 120 voluneeters. By December 2020, the Little Free Library system in Lake Worth Beach had distributed approximately 500,000 books.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wptv.com/news/inspiring-south-florida/little-free-libraries-program-distributes-500-000-books-in-lake-worth-beach|title='Little Free Libraries' program distributes 500,000 books in Lake Worth Beach|date=December 30, 2020|newspaper=WPTV-TV|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> ==Recreation== [[File:Lake Worth Florida Pier.jpg|thumb|right|The William O. Lockhart Municipal Pier in 2011]] The city's municipal beach is one of Southeast Florida's few remaining large areas of open, public space along the ocean.<ref name="LKCRA pier">{{cite web|url=https://www.lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:fishing-pier&catid=48&Itemid=366|title=Municipal Beach Fishing Pier|publisher=Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> In 2013, the Lake Worth Casino complex reopened following a two-year, $6 million renovation. The neoclassical building approximates the original 1920s casino building, which served as a gambling establishment until the 1930s and had stood overlooking the ocean until it was replaced by a more modern, boxy building after the [[1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane|1947 hurricane]].<ref name="100th jewels1">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88305985/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Lake Worth: Town Jewels|author=J.D. Vivian|date=June 27, 2013|page=S6|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> Near the casino is the William O. Lockhart Municipal Pier, a popular landmark in Lake Worth Beach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2007-11-04-0711010368-story.html|title=Lake Worth pier to be rebuilt|date=November 4, 2007|author=Mike Clary|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}</ref> Following Hurricane Frances in 2004, the pier was repaired and raised {{convert|5|ft|m}}. The structure of the pier and wave action result in the creation of sandbars, which, according to the Lake Worth CRA, causes the pier to "provide the most consistent surf in South Florida".<ref name="LKCRA pier"/> The Snook Islands Natural Area, located on the west shore of the Intracoastal Waterway just north of the bridge, is a 118-acre (48 hectarce) wetland restoration area that includes a boardwalk, floating dock, and kayak launch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/erm/NaturalAreas/Snook-Islands.aspx|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|title=Snook Islands|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> The nearby municipal golf course includes 18-holes with a view across the Intracoastal Waterway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lakeworthcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108:lake-worth-municipal-golf-course&catid=48&Itemid=369|publisher=Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency|title=Municipal Golf Course|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> Bryant Park, located in downtown Lake Worth Beach, has an [[Addison Mizner]]-designed 1930s bandshell, which is used for festivals and other events.<ref name="100th jewels2">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88308871/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Lake Worth: Town Jewels|author=J.D. Vivian|date=June 27, 2013|page=S7|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> Overall, Lake Worth Beach has more than 20 recreational facilities and municipal parks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/recreation/|title=Recreation|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> On the west side of the city, the county-owned [[John Prince Memorial Park]] follows the winding shores of [[Lake Osborne]] and offers several miles of bike and walking trails as well as hundreds of acres for picnicking, volleyball, and overnight camping.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/parks/Locations/John-Prince.aspx|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|title=John Prince Park|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}</ref> ==Media== The ''Lake Worth Herald and Coastal/Greenacres Observer'' is a weekly newspaper based in the city. In addition to publishing news about Lake Worth Beach, the paper also reports on local stories in [[Greenacres, Florida|Greenacres]], [[Hypoluxo, Florida|Hypoluxo]], [[Lake Clarke Shores, Florida|Lake Clarke Shores]], [[Lantana, Florida|Lantana]], [[Manalapan, Florida|Manalapan]], [[Palm Springs, Florida|Palm Springs]], and [[South Palm Beach, Florida|South Palm Beach]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/PDF/Publications/MediaHandbook.pdf|title=Media Handbook: A directory and guide to working with the media|publisher=Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners|date=May 2020|accessdate=May 27, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|11}} The ''Lake Worth Herald'' began publication in 1912 as the ''Lucerne Herald'' and is considered the city's oldest business,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90358027/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Big personality in a little place|author=Elizabeth Clarke|date=June 27, 2013|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=S9|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 10, 2021}}</ref> while the ''Coastal/Greenacres Observer'' is a sister publication founded in 1969.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90358292/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Karl Easton Jr., 74, published Lake Worth, Greenacres papers|date=August 16, 2001|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=6B|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 10, 2021}}</ref> Lake Worth Beach, as well as Palm Beach County and the [[Treasure Coast]], are also served daily by ''The Palm Beach Post'', founded in 1909 as the weekly ''Palm Beach County'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2018/02/15/post-time-county-s-first/7246618007/|title=POST TIME: County's first paper, the Gazetteer, founded 125 years ago|author=Eliot Kleinberg|date=February 15, 2018|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}</ref> which had the fifth largest circulation for a newspaper in Florida as of November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marketing-advertising.tampabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Market-Penetration-Map.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714003708/https://marketing-advertising.tampabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Market-Penetration-Map.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2019|title=Daily Times Circulation|date=November 2017|page=2|work=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref> Lake Worth Beach is part of the West Palm Beach–Fort Pierce television market, ranked as the 38th largest in the United States by [[Nielsen Media Research]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thevab.com/storage/app/media/Toolkit/DMA_Map_2019.pdf|title=Nielsen DMA–Designated Market Area Regions 2018-2019|access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref> The market is served by stations affiliated with major American networks including [[WPTV-TV]]/5 ([[NBC]]), [[WPEC]]/12 ([[CBS]]), [[WPBF]]/25 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WFLX]]/29 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]), [[WTVX]]/34 ([[The CW|CW]]), [[WXEL-TV]]/42 ([[PBS]]), [[WTCN-CD]]/43 ([[MyNetworkTV|MYTV]]),<ref name="directTV">{{cite web|title=Local DIRECTV Packages and Channels in West Palm Beach|url=https://www.directstartv.com/city/west-palm-beach-florida/|publisher=DIRECTV|access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref> [[WWHB-CD]]/48 ([[Azteca (TV network)|Azteca]]),<ref name="rabbitears">{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_market&mktid=46|title=Stations for West Palm Beach, Florida|publisher=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref> [[WHDT]]/59 ([[Court TV]]),<ref name="directTV"/> [[WFGC]]/61 ([[Christian Television Network|CTN]]),<ref name="rabbitears"/> [[WPXP-TV]]/67 ([[Ion Television|ION]]),<ref name="directTV"/> as well as local channel [[WBWP-LD]]/57 ([[Independent station (North America)|Ind.]]).<ref name="rabbitears"/> Many radio stations are located within range of the city. Radio station [[WWRF]], an [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[Regional Mexican]] station, is based in Lake Worth Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Lake+Worth&state=FL|title=City search (Lake Worth, Florida)|publisher=radio-locator.com|access-date=December 10, 2021}}</ref> ==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== [[File:Lake_Worth_Station_-_June_2018.jpg|thumb|Lake Worth Tri-Rail Station.]] [[Interstate 95]] runs north-to-south along the west side of the city, with two ramps in Lake Worth Beach, one at 10th Avenue North and the other at 6th Avenue South.<ref name="atlas p. 81">{{cite web|url= http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg81.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 81)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=November 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name="atlas p. 91">{{cite web|url= http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg91.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 91)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Several highways traverse the city. [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|U.S. Route 1]] ([[Dixie Highway (Broward–Palm Beach)|Dixie Highway]]) and state roads [[Florida State Road 5|5 (North Federal Highway)]] and [[Florida State Road A1A|A1A]] run north-to-south in Lake Worth Beach,<ref name="atlas p. 82">{{cite web|url= http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg82.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 82)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=November 9, 2021}}</ref> while [[Florida State Road 802|State Road 802]] (Lake Worth Road, Lake Avenue, and Lucerne Avenue) runs east-to-west.<ref name="atlas p. 81"/><ref name="atlas p. 82"/> The Robert A. Harris Bridge, constructed in 1973, links Lake Worth Beach to its municipal beach section, crossing the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] ([[Lake Worth Lagoon]]) at State Road 802.<ref name="timeline1940-2013"/> [[Palm Beach International Airport]] is the nearest commercial airport, located in neighboring West Palm Beach, while the public-use [[Palm Beach County Park Airport]] is situated just southwest of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fdot.gov/aviation/facilitymap.shtm#1640218031521|title=Florida's Public Airports|publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]]|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref> The [[Tri-Rail]] commuter rail system serves the city at the [[Lake Worth Beach station]], which opened in 1989. Tri-Rail connects Lake Worth Beach to other cities in eastern Palm Beach County and to Broward and Miami-Dade counties.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85415132/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Tri-Rail is 'refreshing alternative'|date=January 7, 1989|page=14A|author=Amy Driscoll|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> It is also served by [[PalmTran]] buses. This includes Route 1, which runs northward and southward along Dixie Highway;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tripplan.palmtran.org/img/pdf/1.pdf|title=Palm Beach Gardens to Boca Raton via U.S. 1 – Route 1|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|date=September 2021|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Route 61, which runs along 10th Avenue North to Dixie Highway to Lucerne Avenue and reaches [[Palm Beach State College]] before reversing its course (going eastward along Lake Avenue);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tripplan.palmtran.org/img/pdf/61.pdf|title=Greenacres to Lake Worth via Cresthaven/10th Ave N – Route 61|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|date=September 2021|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Route 62, which runs eastward along Lake Worth Road and Lake Avenue to the municipal beach and then reverses course along Lucerne Avenue;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tripplan.palmtran.org/img/pdf/62.pdf|title=Wellington to Lake Worth Beach via Lake Worth – Route 62|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|date=September 2021|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> and Route 64, which runs eastward along 6th Avenue South to Dixie Highway, then southward to 12th Avenue South, and finally southward along Barton Road and Andrew Redding Road before reversing course at the Lantana Lake Worth Health Center in Lantana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tripplan.palmtran.org/img/pdf/64.pdf|title=Greenacres to Lantana via Melaleuca/6th Ave S – Route 64|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|date=September 2021|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> ===Emergency services=== Lake Worth Beach previously operated its own fire department from 1913 until 2009, when firefighters voted to merge with [[Palm Beach County Fire Rescue]] (PBCFR). Among the supporting factors in the merger were cost-saving measures for the city and better career advancement opportunities for firefighters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2009/10/01/lake-worth-fire-department-merges/7199844007/|title=Lake Worth Fire Department merges with county|date=October 1, 2009|author=Willie Howard|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=December 13, 2021}}</ref> PBCFR has two stations within the city's boundaries, Station 91 at 1020 Lucerne Avenue (Battalion 3 headquarters) and Station 93 at 1229 Detroit Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/pbcfr/Lists/Station/All.aspx|title=Stations|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> In order to prepare for, mitigate, and recover from emergencies and disasters, Lake Worth Beach's Emergency Management Program has established the Emergency Management team. Parts of the city are located within Evacuation Zone C,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/emergency-management/|title=Emergency Management|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> which is ordered to evacuate when a Category 3 hurricane (or stronger) threatens the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbgfl.com/DocumentCenter/View/108/Map-A9Coastal-Evacuation-Zones-and-Routes-PDF|title=Map A.9. Coastal Evacuation Zones & Routes|date=September 21, 2016|publisher=City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> The nearest hospital is the [[JFK Medical Center (Atlantis, Florida)|JFK Medical Center]] in [[Atlantis, Florida|Atlantis]].<ref name="district 3">{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/countycommissioners/DistrictMaps/D3-Map.pdf|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|title=Palm Beach County District 3|accessdate=November 9, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104230529/https://discover.pbcgov.org/countycommissioners/DistrictMaps/D3-Map.pdf|archivedate=November 4, 2021}}</ref> Lake Worth Beach has a local reputation for high crime and has been counted as among the highest crime cities in the state.<ref name="PBPCrimeRank">{{cite news |author=Chelsea Todaro|title=Report: 2 Palm Beach County cities among most dangerous in the U.S. |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/new-city-pbc-other-florida-cities-among-most-dangerous-the/6VncCoyV9oIQ9VaXsOMocL/ |access-date=July 6, 2018 |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |date=February 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927101809/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/new-city-pbc-other-florida-cities-among-most-dangerous-the/6VncCoyV9oIQ9VaXsOMocL/|archivedate=September 27, 2018}}</ref> Partially due to this, city commissioners narrowly voted to disband the Lake Worth Police Department in 2008, with law enforcement duties being taken over by the [[Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office]] (PBSO). At the time, the municipal police department employed 91 sworn officers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wflx.com/story/8789889/lake-worth-approves-police-merger-with-sheriffs-office/|title=Lake Worth approves police merger with sheriff's office|date=August 5, 2008|author=Lindsay Cohen|newspaper=WFLX|accessdate=December 13, 2021}}</ref> Crime initially fell in the years following the merger, with murders down 73%, robberies down 47%, and burglaries down 23% from the period of 2007 to 2014.<ref name="PBPFourthDangerous">{{cite news |author=Kevin Thompson|title=Fourth most dangerous city in state? This local city takes exception |url=https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/fourth-most-dangerous-city-state-this-local-city-takes-exception/zLj81k91xOAcDT1PtcJDfO/ |access-date=November 9, 2021|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=August 14, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191250/https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/fourth-most-dangerous-city-state-this-local-city-takes-exception/zLj81k91xOAcDT1PtcJDfO/|archivedate=July 6, 2018}}</ref> Violent crime rates then dropped by double-digit percentages for three consecutive years, 2016–2018. However, in 2019, the violent crime rate increased by 5.2% from the previous year. Much of the rise was attributable to an increase in aggravated assaults, although the city reported a decrease in burglaries and rapes.<ref name="millian">{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2020/05/08/after-big-drops-crime-in-lake-worth-beach-surged-in-2019/41703937/|title=After big drops, crime in Lake Worth Beach surged in 2019|date=May 8, 2020|author=Jorge Millian|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Today, PBSO maintains a police substation at 120 North G Street as part of their 14th district, which encompasses the municipal boundaries of Lake Worth Beach and has 82 deputies and 12 civilian employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbso.org/our-communities/south-regional-bureau/d14/|author=Captain Todd Baer|title=District 14 – Lake Worth Beach|publisher=Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office|accessdate=December 13, 2021}}</ref> In addition to high crime rates, the city was part of the worsening [[opioid epidemic in the United States]]. From 2015 to 2016, the number of suspected drug overdose deaths rose by 56%. As of 2016, the estimated rate of overdose deaths was 20 out of every 10,000 people, higher than in neighboring towns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-recovery-industry-opioid-epidemic-20161224-story.html|date=December 24, 2016|title=Amid opioid crisis, a look at Palm Beach County's worst-affected cities|author=Ryan Van Velzer|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|access-date=November 9, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> Overdose rates began decreasing in the late 2010s. PBSO reported 301 overdoses in Lake Worth Beach between May 2019 and April 2020, down from 354 between May 2018 and April 2019.<ref name="millian"/> ===Utilities=== In contrast with many other localities in eastern Florida, who are usually served by [[Florida Power & Light]],<ref name="fpl">{{cite report|url=http://www.investor.nexteraenergy.com/~/media/Files/N/NEE-IR/investor-materials/shareholder-resources/2019%20NEE%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=NextEra Energy Annual Report 2019|date=December 31, 2019|publisher=NextEra Energy}}</ref>{{rp|5}} Lake Worth Beach operates its own electrical utility. Founded in 1914 as the "Lake Worth Water, Light, and Ice Company" to serve about 600 residents,<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|15}} Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility has approximately 27,000 customers as of 2019. This also includes about 7,200 customers in [[Palm Springs, Florida|Palm Springs]] and some adjacent unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190826/layoffs-loom-as-lake-worth-beach-struggles-with-electric-utility-issues|title=Layoffs loom as Lake Worth Beach struggles with electric utility issues|author=Bailey LeFever|date=August 26, 2019|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828065157/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190826/layoffs-loom-as-lake-worth-beach-struggles-with-electric-utility-issues|archivedate=August 28, 2019|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> In an effort to reduce [[greenhouse gas emissions]], the city purchased and began operating a solar farm in 2017, becoming the first municipality in Florida to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boynton-beach/fl-bbf-solar-0301-20170228-story.html|author=Jan Engoren|title=Lake Worth's solar energy project unveiled|date=February 28, 2017|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> By May 2021, more than 38% of power generated by Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility originated from solar energy. Citizen Owned Energy forecasts that greenhouse gas emissions generated by the Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility will decrease to less than half of its 2005 levels by 2024.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://citizenownedenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NEWSLETTER_1_MAY_2021_Fact_sheet_COE.pdf|date=May 2021|title=Fact Sheet|publisher=Citizen Owned Energy, Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> The Lake Worth Beach Water Utilities Department is responsible for providing residents with drinking water and the collection of wastewater and stormwater. Drinking water originates at a water treatment plant and is distributed via about {{convert|168|mi|km|abbr=on}} of pipelines across the city. Lake Worth Beach owns and operates 33 pump stations, along with roughly {{convert|125|mi|km|abbr=on}} of gravity and pressure pipes. Additionally, the city owns and maintains a master pump station, which also collects wastewater from Atlantis, [[Lake Clarke Shores, Florida|Lake Clarke Shores]], [[Manalapan, Florida|Manalapan]], [[Palm Beach State College]], [[South Palm Beach, Florida|South Palm Beach]], and Palm Spring. This wastewater is then sent to the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility for treatment. Stormwater is collected via 46 [[outfall]]s, which drain into the Lake Worth Lagoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/utilities/|title=Utilities|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> ==Notable people== <!-- ♦♦♦ NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here as notable people. This establishes notability. The biographical article should say how they are associated with Lake Worth. 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END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *END OF NOTICE ♦♦♦--> * [[Arthur Altman]], songwriter<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90845049/the-palm-beach-post/|date=January 23, 1994|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=6B|title=Area Deaths|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref> * [[Trey Amburgey]], [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player for the [[New York Yankees]] and in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB) for the [[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trey Amburgey #5|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/trey-amburgey-664011|website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Trey Amburgey|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=amburg000tre|website=baseball-reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TREY AMBURGEY STATS|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=amburtr01|website=baseball-almanac.com}}</ref> * [[Martin Amis]], author<ref>Reuters, 20 May 2023. ''[https://www.reuters.com/world/us/martin-amis-british-writer-dark-comedic-novels-dies-73-nyt-2023-05-20/ Martin Amis, British writer of dark comedic novels, dies at 73]''</ref> * [[Toni Arden]], singer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90845209/the-palm-beach-post/|date=June 3, 2012|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=4B|title=Area Deaths|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref> * [[Joe Arnold]], former college and professional [[baseball coach]]<ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b_4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gs8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3120,6507517&dq=joe-arnold+baseball+coach&hl=en UF's Arnold Seeks Help for Alcohol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927125720/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b_4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gs8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3120,6507517&dq=joe-arnold+baseball+coach&hl=en |date=2020-09-27 }}," ''The Palm Beach Post'' (April 18, 1986). Retrieved July 20, 2011.</ref> * [[LaVon Brazill]], former [[National Football League]] (NFL) [[wide receiver]] for the [[Indianapolis Colts]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=LAVON BRAZILL - Wide Receiver|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15033|website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> * [[Nathaniel Brazill]], former Lake Worth resident, who at age 13, fatally shot his Lake Worth Middle School teacher<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Tim Roche|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,169246,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010801174332/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,169246,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 1, 2001 | magazine=Time | title=Nate Brazill, Sentenced to Grow Up in Prison | date=July 27, 2001}}</ref><ref>Dana Canedy, [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/17/us/boy-who-killed-teacher-is-found-guilty-of-murder.html Boy Who Killed Teacher Is Found Guilty of Murder], ''New York Times'' (May 17, 2001).</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Brazill Guilty of Second-Degree Murder|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93260&page=1|work=ABC News|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816130314/https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93260&page=1|archive-date=16 August 2017}}</ref> * [[Mark Brownson]], former MLB [[professional baseball]] right-handed [[pitcher]], who played for the [[Colorado Rockies]] (1998–1999) and [[Philadelphia Phillies]] (2000)<ref>{{Cite web|title=MARK BROWNSON - Relief Pitcher|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/bio/_/id/3894/mark-brownson|website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Brownson|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/mark-brownson-136301|website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Brownson|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownma04.shtml|website=baseball-reference.com}}</ref> * [[Irving Campbell]], former [[college football]] [[wide receiver]] for [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]], [[Michigan State Spartans|Michigan State]], and former [[Arena Football League]] (AFL) player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campbell Becoming A Top-notch Receiver|url=https://www.timesleader.com/archive/1231301/campbell-becoming-a-top-notch-receiver|website=timesleader.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=19 - Irving Campbell|url=https://msuspartans.com/sports/football/roster/irving-campbell/2794|website=msuspartans.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sports: 2003 Football Recruiting Class|url=https://alumni.msu.edu/stay-informed/alumni-stories/sports-2003-football-recruiting-class|website=[[Michigan State University|MSU]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CAMPBELL IS BIG CHIEF|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2002/11/14/campbell-is-big-chief/|website=[[Sun Sentinel]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SANTALUCES USES USUAL STANDOUTS, TOPS LAKE WORTH|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2002/10/12/santaluces-uses-usual-standouts-tops-lake-worth/|website=[[Sun Sentinel]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Irving Campbell NCAA|url=https://247sports.com/player/irving-campbell-48221/|website=247sports.com}}</ref> * [[Daniel Cane]], cofounder of [[Blackboard Inc.]], [[CourseInfo LLC]], and [[CEO]] and co-founder of [[Modernizing Medicine]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Daniel Cane on his first job and beyond|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/print-edition/2014/06/13/daniel-cane-on-his-first-job-and-beyond.html|website=bizjournals.com}}</ref> * [[Maurice Cardin]], American politician who served in the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] from [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] City's 5th district (1951-1966)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maurice Cardin - Lawyer who served in House of Delegates|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013200/013238/html/sun4apr2009.html|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) - Maurice Cardin (1909-2009)|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013200/013238/html/13238bio.html|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref> * [[Matt Cetlinski]], former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder<ref>{{Cite web|title=LAKE WORTH'S CETLINSKI IS A SHOE-IN FOR TOP HONORS|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1986/07/21/lake-worths-cetlinski-is-a-shoe-in-for-top-honors/|website=[[Sun Sentinel]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=OLYMPIAN LIFEGUARD THE SOCIAL LIFE DIDN'T DRAW MEDALIST TO PALM BEACH; FRIENDS A PAYCHECK DID.|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1989/02/02/olympian-lifeguard-the-social-life-didnt-draw-medalist-to-palm-beach-friends-a-paycheck-did/|website=[[Sun Sentinel]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WITH GOLD IN HAND, CETLINSKI READY FOR DIFFERENT STROKES|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1988/09/23/with-gold-in-hand-cetlinski-ready-for-different-strokes/|website=[[Orlando Sentinel]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cetlinski and Biondi Shatter American Records in NCAA Swim Meet|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1988/09/23/with-gold-in-hand-cetlinski-ready-for-different-strokes/|website=[[Orlando Sentinel]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. SWIM TEAM FINDS RIGHT MIX|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/08/14/us-swim-team-finds-right-mix/|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> * [[James Currie (birding expert)|James Currie]], birdwatching expert and television show host<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90845396/the-palm-beach-post/|title=The bird brainiac|author=Elizabeth Clarke|page=1E|date=January 16, 2012|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref> * [[Mary Dees]], actress<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170528151456/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sflodees-photo.html ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel'' article with photo, August 10, 2004]</ref> * [[Craig Eaton]], former MLB pitcher for the [[Kansas City Royals]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90845655/the-palm-beach-post/|date=April 3, 1980|title=Lake Worth's Eaton Goes to California|agency=Associated Press|page=D4|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref> * [[Violet Englefield]], actress and singer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180612/00001121&pg_seq=5&search_doc=|title=Obituary|date=March 28, 1946|page=5|newspaper=Lake Worth Herald|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Kevin Fagan (American football)|Kevin Fagan]], former NFL defensive end for the [[San Francisco 49ers]], two-time Super Bowl champion ([[Super Bowl XXIII|XXIII]] and [[Super Bowl XXIV|XXIV]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FagaKe20.htm|title=Kevin Fagan|publisher=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[George Fallon (baseball)|George Fallon]], former MLB player with the [[History of the Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]] (1937) and [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1943–1945), [[1944 World Series]] champion<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90641721/the-palm-beach-post/|page=4B|title=George Fallon|date=October 26, 1994|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref> * [[Guy Fieri]], celebrity chef<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2022/02/24/guy-fieri-florida-home-food-network-flavortown-restaurant/6924863001/|title=5 reasons why celebrity chef Guy Fieri is familiar with Palm Beach County|author=Kimberly Miller|date=February 24, 2022|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref> * [[Mark Foley]], former [[United States House of Representatives]] member and a former elected city official<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/F/FOLEY,-Mark-A--(F000238)/#biography|title=Foley, Mark A.|publisher=Office of Art and Archives & [[Office of the Historian]]|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Charles Frederick (American football)|Charles Frederick]], former [[American football]] [[wide receiver]] for the [[University of Washington]], [[Spokane Shock]] (2006 and 2012), 2007 co-[[Arena Football League Rookie of the Year Award|AFL Rookie of the Year]] with the [[Kansas City Brigade]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Catch a rising star|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/catch-a-rising-star-1122640.php|website=seattlepi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Frederick|url=https://www.tcdb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/26424/Charles-Frederick|website=tcdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Washington - Charles Frederick #10|url=https://cougarstats.com/players.php?id=29078|website=cougarstats.com}}</ref> * [[Jonathan Garvin]], [[American football]] [[United Football League (2024)|United Football League]] (UFL) [[linebacker]] for the [[Birmingham Stallions (2022)|Birmingham Stallions]], former [[college football]] player at the [[Miami Hurricanes football|University of Miami]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=97 - Jonathan Garvin|url=https://miamihurricanes.com/roster/jonathan-garvin/|website=miamihurricanes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Lake Worth star Jonathan Garvin happy to head to the 'Frozen Tundra' of Green Bay|url=https://cbs12.com/sports/content/former-lake-worth-star-jonathan-garvin-happy-to-head-to-the-frozen-tundra-of-green-bay|website=cbs12.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Football recruiting: Lake Worth's Jonathan Garvin commits to Miami Hurricanes|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/high-school/2016/08/08/football-recruiting-lake-worth-s/7254298007/|website=[[The Palm Beach Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet: Jonathan Garvin|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2017/01/31/meet-jonathan-garvin/|website=[[Sun Sentinel]]}}</ref> * [[Ghostemane]], hip-hop recording artist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gazettereview.com/2018/05/ghostemane-net-worth/|title=Ghostemane Net Worth 2018|date=May 16, 2018|author=Brooke Carter|newspaper=Gazette Review|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[George Haas Jr.]], [[polo player]], businessman<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.polomuseum.com/news/2007_news/2007_passings.htm |title=Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame: George Haas Remembered |access-date=2012-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019135607/http://www.polomuseum.com/news/2007_news/2007_passings.htm |archive-date=2013-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Andrea Hall]], actress, [[soap opera|soap opera star]], and sister of [[identical twin]], Deidre Hall<ref name=D&A/> * [[Deidre Hall]], actress, soap opera star, and sister of identical twin, Andrea Hall<ref name=D&A>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89559696/detroit-free-press/|title=Deidre Hall works day and night|author=Bettelou Peterson|date=September 23, 1986|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|page=11B|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Andy Hansen]], MLB pitcher with the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] (1944–1950) and [[Philadelphia Phillies]] (1951–1953)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hansean01.shtml|title=Andy Hansen Statistics|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Omari Hardy]], politician, former member of the [[Florida House of Representatives]] (88th district) and former Lake Worth Beach [[County commission|commissioner]]<ref name=Omari/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Burch|first=Audra D. S.|date=March 23, 2020|title=Shouting, Finger-Pointing and Threats in a Florida City on Edge|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/coronavirus-lake-worth-beach-video.html|access-date=April 28, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * [[Scott Henderson]], [[jazz fusion]] and [[blues]] guitarist, band member of [[Tribal Tech]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Palm native Henderson found guitar glory far from home|url=http://palmbeachartspaper.com/west-palm-native-henderson-found-guitar-glory-far-from-home/|website=palmbeachartspaper.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 76|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/134584096/|website=newspapers.com}}</ref> * [[Sam Hughes (American football)|Sam Hughes]], former [[American football]] [[quarterback]] who played a season with the [[Miami Hooters]] of the AFL, former college football player at [[Louisiana Tech University]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sam Hughes - QB|url=https://www.arenafan.com/players/Sam_Hughes-766/|website=arenafan.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sam Hughes|url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-hughesam001|website=statscrew.com}}</ref> * [[Nicki Hunter]], pornographic film director, producer, and former pornographic actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=nikkihunter/gender=female|title=Nicki Hunter|publisher=[[Internet Adult Film Database]]|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Philip L. B. Iglehart]], [[Chilean American]] polo player, co-founder of the [[Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame]]<ref>[http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/iglehart_philip.htm Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202032542/http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/iglehart_philip.htm |date=2011-12-02 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-02-12-1993043070-story.html Obituaries: Philip L. B. Iglehart - Investor, polo player] ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', February 12, 1993</ref> * [[Teresa James]], [[Aircraft pilot|aviator]], one of the first [[Women Airforce Service Pilots]] (WASP) pilots, was part of the [[Women Airforce Service Pilots|Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]] (WAFS)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27863886/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Teresa James, Pioneering Female Military Pilot|last=Hayes|first=Ron|date=2008-08-01|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|access-date=2019-01-31|pages=B007|via=Newspapaer.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27853421/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Women of the Wind|last=Haggerty|first=Gillian|date=1991-11-11|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|access-date=2019-01-31|pages=1|via=Newspapers.com}} and {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27770025/the_palm_beach_post/|title=WWII Fliers Didn't Have Glamour Job|date=1991-11-11|work=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=2019-01-31|pages=10|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27864918/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Pilot Soars With Stars|last=Williams|first=Ernestine|date=1993-05-13|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|access-date=2019-01-31|pages=1D|via=Newspapers.com}} and {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27864733/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Space Would be Pilot's Final Frontier|date=1993-05-13|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|access-date=2019-01-31|pages=4D|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * [[Ken Jenne]], former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Florida legislature|Florida State Senate]], former [[sheriff]] of [[Broward County]] ([[Broward County Sheriff's Office]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Your Move, Ken|url=https://www.floridatrend.com/article/13248/your-move-ken|website=floridatrend.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-Broward sheriff jailed year and a day|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2007/11/17/ex-broward-sheriff-jailed-year-and-a-day/|website=[[Sun Sentinel]]}}</ref> * [[Killing of Corey Jones|Corey Jones]], was shot to death by police officer Nouman K. Raja, while waiting for a tow truck by his disabled car<ref>{{cite news|last1=Robles|first1=Frances|last2=Hauser|first2=Christine|title=Lawyers Provide Details in Police Shooting of Corey Jones in Florida|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/us/florida-corey-jones-police-shooting.html|accessdate=November 16, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> * [[Ricot Joseph]], former [[American football]] [[Safety (American football position)|safety]] in the NFL for the [[Washington Redskins]] and [[Cincinnati Bengals]], former [[college football]] at the [[UCF Knights|University of Central Florida]]<ref name="UCF">{{cite web|url=http://www.ucfknights.com/genrel/joseph_ricot00.html|title=Ricot Joseph|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122050052/http://www.ucfknights.com/genrel/joseph_ricot00.html|archivedate=January 22, 2016|publisher=University of Central Florida|accessdate=September 22, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Dave Kerner]], director of the [[Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles]], former Palm Bach County mayor and a county commissioner, former Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives<ref>[http://apps.mypalmbeachpost.com/kycg2016/candidate/dave-kerner.html Know your candidates Dave Kerner]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://davekerner.com/about-dave/ |title=About Dave |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022185530/http://davekerner.com/about-dave/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Craig Kobel]], former AFL and NFL player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arenafan.com/players/?page=players&player=5222&pageview=career|title=Craig Kobel|publisher=ArenaFan|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref> * [[Brooks Koepka]], professional [[golfer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2016/10/1/13129420/2016-ryder-cup-team-usa-brooks-koepka|author=Chris Solomon|title=Brooks Koepka is the Ryder Cup rookie that every USA fan should know and love|date=October 1, 2016|work=[[SB Nation]]|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> won the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[2017 U.S. Open (golf)|2017]] and [[2018 U.S. Open (golf)|2018]] and the [[PGA Championship]] in [[2018 PGA Championship|2018]] and [[2019 PGA Championship|2019]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.golfstats.com/search/?player=Brooks+Koepka&career=&chart=&box=&tour=&tournament=&yr=&submitted=go|title=Career Stats for Brooks Koepka|publisher=GOLFstats Inc.|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref> * [[Raven (wrestler)|Scott "Raven" Levy]], professional wrestler<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theraveneffect.com/info/interviews/interview41.html |title=Raven Interview|work=The Miami Herald|date=2004 |access-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[James Looney]], former NFL [[tight end]] for the [[Green Bay Packers]], brother of former NFL player, Joe Looney<ref>Dan Collins, [http://www.journalnow.com/sports/wfu/football/article_c9afbf10-249a-11e2-8e7f-001a4bcf6878.html "Wake Forest football lands another Looney"], ''[[Winston-Salem Journal]]'', November 2, 2012.</ref> * [[Joe Looney (offensive lineman)|Joe Looney]], former NFL offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, [[Tennessee Titans]], and [[Dallas Cowboys]], and brother of former NFL player, James Looney<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LoonJo01.htm|title=Joe Looney|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com.|access-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref> <!-- * [[Julie Mayberry]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] since 2015; journalist; former Lake Worth Beach resident --> * [[K.C. McDermott]], [[American football]] [[offensive guard]] previously for the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], former college football player for the [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami Hurricanes]], brother of NFL player, Shane McDermott<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018 NFL Draft: Miami Hurricanes OL Kc McDermott fighting to get picked|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2018/03/23/2018-nfl-draft-miami-hurricanes/7787066007/|website=[[The Palm Beach Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Close-knit, competitive family helps Palm Beach Central's Kc McDermott become one of the top football recruits in the country|url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/high-school/close-knit-competitive-family-helps-palm-beach-central-mcdermott-become-one-the-top-football-recruits-the-country/6ZJZpf6XE45HyzAs3H0FEO/|website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref> * [[Shane McDermott]], [[American football]] [[Center (American football)|center]] for the [[Carolina Panthers]], [[New York Giants]] and Dallas Cowboys, former [[college football]] player at the [[Miami Hurricanes football|University of Miami]], brother of NFL player, K.C. McDermott.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shane McDermott|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/69162/shane-mcdermott|website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Miami Player Profile: Shane McDermott|url=https://www.stateoftheu.com/2014/6/18/5814906/miami-player-profile-shane-mcdermott|website=stateoftheu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Behind the Facemask: Shane McDermott|url=https://miamihurricanes.com/news/2011/06/27/205547934-2/|website=miamihurricanes.com}}</ref> * [[Jean Sullivan McKeigue]], former member of the [[Boston School Committee]] (1980-1984) and former president of that committee (1983)<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news |last1=Marquard |first1=Bryan |title=Jean Sullivan McKeigue, former Boston School Committee president, dies at 75 |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 13, 2022}}</ref> * [[Norma Metrolis]], [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] catcher<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/norma-metrolis-trolley/160|title=Norma Metrolis|publisher=[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref> * [[Bill Meredith]], musician, journalist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill Meredith (homepage)|url=https://www.williammeredith.net/index.htm|website=williammeredith.net}}</ref> * [[Frank S. Messersmith]], former politician and member of Florida House of Representatives for the (85th district: 1980-1990)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Public%20Guide/Uploads/Documents/house_counties_final.pdf |title=Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County, 1845-2012 |author=Ward, Robert L. / Florida House of Representatives |year=2011 |publisher=(page 28) |accessdate=December 11, 2011}}</ref> * [[Vahid Mirzadeh]], [[tennis]] player<ref>{{Cite web|title=SHORT MIRZADEH IS LONG ON TALENT|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2000/07/20/short-mirzadeh-is-long-on-talent/|website=[[Sun Sentinel]]}}</ref> * [[Jacob Montes]], [[midfielder]] soccer player for the Brazilian [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]] club [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] and [[cap (football)|caps]] for the [[Nicaragua national football team|Nicaragua national team]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Georgetown's Jacob Montes signs with Crystal Palace in Premier League|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/25/jacob-montes-signs-with-crystal-palace/|website=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Montes Named Senior CLASS Award Candidate|url=https://guhoyas.com/news/2021/3/24/mens-soccer-montes-named-senior-class-award-candidate.aspx|website=guhoyas.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=JACOB CHEGA AO BOTAFOGO|url=https://www.botafogo.com.br/ler-noticia.php?cod=7116|website=[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]}}</ref> * [[Cindy Morgan]], actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2024/01/07/actress-cindy-morgan-found-dead-at-lake-worth-beach-home/72141000007 |title=Actress Cindy Morgan, of 'Caddyshack' and 'Tron' fame, dies at her LWB home |publisher=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |date=January 7, 2024}}</ref> * [[Robin Morgan]], poet, writer, activist, journalist, lecturer, former [[child actor]], [[radical feminist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/morgan-robin|title=Robin Morgan|publisher=The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women|date=June 23, 2021|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Jacob P. Nathanson]], former American lawyer and politician for the [[New York State Assembly]]<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/1930-1939.html "Nathanson, Jacob P."] at the [[Political Graveyard]]</ref> * [[Pat O'Donnell]], NFL [[Punter (football)|punter]] who played for [[Chicago Bears]], Green Bay Packers, and [[Atlanta Falcons]], and former [[college football]] at [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]] and [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=5 things to know about new Packers P Pat O'Donnell|url=https://www.packers.com/news/5-things-to-know-about-new-packers-p-pat-o-donnell|website=packers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pat O'Donnell|url=https://miamihurricanes.com/roster/pat-odonnell/|website=miamihurricanes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=D'Angelo: Bears punter Pat O'Donnell greets campers from safe distance while holding kicking camp virtually|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2020/07/18/drsquoangelo-bears-punter-pat-orsquodonnell-greets-campers-from-safe-distance-while-holding-kicking-/41742325/|website=[[The Palm Beach Post]]}}</ref> * [[Joe Pags]], conservative talk radio and television show host<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91021109/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Weddings/Anniversaries|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=July 10, 1988|page=15F|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref> * [[Alexa Pano]], professional golfer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lake Worth Beach's Alexa Pano turning pro at age 17|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/women/2022/04/12/alexa-pano-turns-pro-after-top-12-augusta-national-womans-amateur/7287399001/|website=[[The Palm Beach Post]]}}</ref> * [[James Patterson]], author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamespatterson.com/biography|title=James Patterson – Biography|work=JamesPatterson.com|access-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202639/http://www.jamespatterson.com/biography|archive-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> * [[A. T. Perry]], NFL [[wide receiver]] for the [[New Orleans Saints]], former [[college football]] player at [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Belle Glade's Mike Morris, Lake Worth's A.T. Perry picked on final day of NFL Draft|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2023/04/29/belle-glades-morris-lake-worths-perry-picked-in-nfl-draft/70166660007/|website=[[The Palm Beach Post]]}}</ref> * [[Theodore Pratt]], journalist, [[novelist]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hard-working writer Pratt put Briny on Big Apple map|url=https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hardworking-writer-pratt-put|website=thecoastalstar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pratt returning to Florida in 1938|url=https://lohud.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-pratt-returning-to-fl/129110392/|website=lohud.newspapers.com}}</ref> * [[John and Greg Rice]], held the distinction of "World's Shortest Living Twins", according to the [[Guinness World Records]], until John died in 2005<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2005-11-07-0511060361-story.html|author=Diane C. Lade|title=John Rice Led Others to Think Big|date=November 7, 2005|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref> * [[Betty Robbins]], one of the first female [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[cantor]]s ([[hazzan]])<ref>{{cite web|last=Robbins|first=Sandra|title=Betty Robbins|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/robbins-betty|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|accessdate=2012-08-26}}</ref> * [[Herb Score]], MLB player with the [[Cleveland Indians]] (1955–1959) and [[Chicago White Sox]] (1960–1962)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|title=Pitcher's career cut short after line drive injury|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89560113/the-palm-beach-post/|page=1A|author=Brian Biggane|date=November 12, 2008|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Stanley Shakespeare]], former NFL player<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/shak00200.html | title=Stanley Shakespeare | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=November 23, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052025/http://www.profootballarchives.com/shak00200.html | archive-date=November 29, 2014 }}</ref> * [[Mayo Smith]], MLB player, manager, and scout, [[1968 World Series]] champion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mayo-smith/|title=Mayo Smith|author=David Raglin|date=2008|publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Snot (rapper)|Snot]], [[SoundCloud]] rapper, [[singer-songwriter]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 19, 2019|title=With Billie Eilish and 'Euphoria' co-signs, rapper $not is a Gen Z star in making|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-08-19/snot-rapper-soundcloud-euphoria|access-date=October 30, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://1015krock.com/rapper-not-fires-back-at-snots-mikey-doling-old-man-mad-about-my-name/|title = Rapper $NOT Fires Back at SNOT's MIKEY DOLING: 'Old Man Mad About My Name' - 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock|date = March 21, 2022|access-date = March 22, 2022|archive-date = December 20, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221220185705/https://1015krock.com/rapper-not-fires-back-at-snots-mikey-doling-old-man-mad-about-my-name/|url-status = dead}}</ref> * [[Susan Stanton]], former [[city manager]] in [[Largo, Florida|Largo]] who was fired after [[coming out]] as [[transgender]], then was Lake Worth Beach's city manager (2006-2011)<ref>{{cite news | first=Lorri | last=Helfand | title=Susan Stanton hired to be Lake Worth city manager | date=2009-04-08 | publisher=[[St. Petersburg Times]] | url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/article990520.ece | access-date=2009-04-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411032636/http://www.tampabay.com/news/article990520.ece | archive-date=2009-04-11 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/opinion/lake-worths-firing-of-stanton-is-a-bad-thing-done-/nL2HN/ |title=Lake Worth's firing of Stanton is a bad thing, done badly | www.palmbeachpost.com |access-date=2016-02-20 |archive-date=2016-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603153944/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/opinion/lake-worths-firing-of-stanton-is-a-bad-thing-done-/nL2HN/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Michael Stern (journalist)|Michael Stern]], reporter, author, philanthropist<ref name="autogenerated1">Grimes, William. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/nyregion/12stern.html "Michael Stern, Adventurer, Journalist and Philanthropist, Dies at 98 "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 11, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2009.</ref> * [[Otis Thorpe]], former [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) player, [[1994 NBA Finals]] champion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thorpot01.html|title=Otis Thorpe|publisher=Basketball-Reference.com|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Trea Turner]], active MLB player, currently with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[2019 World Series]] champion<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cbs12.com/sports/content/former-park-vista-star-trea-turner-happy-for-spring-training-at-home-with-new-baby-boy|title=Former Park Vista star Trea Turner happy for spring training at home with new baby boy|date=February 23, 2021|author=John Evenson|newspaper=WPEC|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[Viola Turpeinen]], acclaimed accordion player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/european/FinnsAmer/finchro.html|title=The Finns in America|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|date=April 14, 2016|author=Taru Spiegel|work=European Reading Room|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref> * [[Edward Wallowitch]], art photographer, youngest person to have their photographs featured at [[New York City]]'s [[Museum of Modern Art]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90640046/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Edward Wallowitch|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=March 28, 1981|page=D9|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref> * [[Carroll Widdoes]], former American college football coach and athletics administrator at [[Ohio State University]] (1944–1945) and [[Ohio University]] (1949–1957)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Carroll Widdoes, former Tiger, OSU coach, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92426745/the-evening-independent/ |newspaper=[[The Independent (Massillon)|The Evening Independent]] |location=[[Massillon, Ohio]] |date=September 23, 1971 |page=1 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Widdoes . . (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92426780/the-evening-independent/ |newspaper=[[The Independent (Massillon)|The Evening Independent]] |location=[[Massillon, Ohio]] |date=September 23, 1971 |page=12 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> * [[Charles Whitman]], mass murderer and perpetrator of the [[University of Texas tower shooting]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/demons-and-doom-the-whitmans-lake-worth/Tusw43X7mPm4qI4xree3lK/|author=Paul Lomartire|date=July 28, 2016|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|title=Demons and doom: The Whitmans of Lake Worth|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131212109/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/demons-and-doom-the-whitmans-lake-worth/Tusw43X7mPm4qI4xree3lK/|archivedate=January 31, 2018}}</ref> ==Sister cities== *[[Lappeenranta]] ({{Flag|Finland}})<ref name="sistercities">{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2012/08/30/lake-worth-sister-city-board/7726308007/|title=Lake Worth Sister City Board gets new members|author=Willie Howard|date=August 30, 2012|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=November 27, 2021}}</ref> *[[Saint-Marc]] ({{Flag|Haiti}})<ref name="sistercities"/> *[[Southend-on-Sea]] ({{Flag|England}})<ref name="sistercities"/> *[[Sopot]] ({{Flag|Poland}})<ref name="sistercities"/> ==See also== *[[Lake Worth Corridor, Florida|Lake Worth Corridor]], an [[unincorporated area]] outside the city limits of Lake Worth ==References== {{reflist|32em}} ==External links== {{Commons}} *[https://www.lakeworthbeachfl.gov/ Lake Worth Beach official city website] *[http://www.boyntonhistory.org/browse-historic-newspapers/ Boynton Beach Historical Society archive of newspapers, includes the ''Lake Worth Herald'' (1912-1970)] *[https://1985.newstogo.us/editionviewer/default.aspx?view=archives&Edition=2f00deb9-4cd6-436d-9cdb-3c7943f9b231 ''Lake Worth Herald'' archive (2010–present)] {{Geographic location | Centre =Lake Worth Beach | North = [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]] | Northeast = [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach]] | East = Atlantic Ocean | Southeast =[[South Palm Beach, Florida|South Palm Beach]] | South =[[Lantana, Florida|Lantana]] | Southwest =[[Atlantis, Florida|Atlantis]] | West=[[Palm Springs, Florida|Palm Springs]] | Northwest =[[Lake Clarke Shores, Florida|Lake Clarke Shores]] }} {{Palm Beach County, Florida}} {{Miami metropolitan area}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in Palm Beach County, Florida]] [[Category:Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean]] [[Category:Lake Worth Beach, Florida| ]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1885]] [[Category:1913 establishments in Florida]] [[Category:Cities in Florida]] [[Category:Beaches of Palm Beach County, Florida]] [[Category:Beaches of Florida]]
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