Editing Tequesta, Florida

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Tequesta, Florida
| official_name            = Village of Tequesta
| settlement_type          = [[Village (Florida)|Village]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
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| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = Tequesta, FL Seal.png
| image_map                = Map of Florida highlighting Tequesta.svg
| mapsize                  = 250x200px
| map_caption              = Location of Tequesta in Palm Beach County, Florida
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| map_caption1             = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Florida}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Florida|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[File:Flag_of_Palm_Beach_County,_Florida.png|24px]] [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]]
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor (United States)|Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Molly Young
| leader_title1            = [[Vice Mayor]]
| leader_name1             = Laurie Brandon
| leader_title2            = [[City Council|Council Members]]
| leader_name2             = Frank D'Ambra,<br/> Patrick Painter, and<br/> Rick Sartory
| leader_title3            = [[City Manager|Village Manager]]
| leader_name3             = Jeremy Allen
| leader_title4            = [[City Clerk|Village Clerk]]
| leader_name4             = Lori McWilliams
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = 1957<ref name="history">{{cite web | url=https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/village-of-equesta | title=Tequesta | publisher=Palm Beach County Historical Society via the [[Wayback Machine]]| access-date=July 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405001858/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/village-of-equesta | archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref><ref name="ToM">{{cite web | url=https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/municipalities---timeline | title=Timeline of Municipalities | publisher=Palm Beach County Historical Society via the [[Wayback Machine]]| access-date=July 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409002525/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/municipalities---timeline | archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref>
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_12.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 2, 2021}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 5.84
| area_land_km2            = 4.74
| area_water_km2           = 1.10
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.26
| area_land_sq_mi          = 1.83
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.42

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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 6158
| population_density_km2   = 1298.05
| population_density_sq_mi = 3361.35
| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 3
| elevation_ft             = 10
| coordinates              = {{coord|26|57|39|N|80|5|48|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 33469
| area_code                = [[Area code 561|561]], [[Area codes 561 and 728|728]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 12-71525<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0302676<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.tequesta.org/}}
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}}
'''Tequesta''' is an incorporated [[village]] in [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]], [[Florida]], United States. It is the northernmost municipality in the [[Miami metropolitan area]], which according to the [[2020 United States census]], had a total population of 6,158 [[South Florida]] residents.

==History==

Tequesta was founded in the 1950s as a planned community centered on the Tequesta Country Club.<ref name="history" /> Tequesta was named after the [[Tequesta people]] that originally inhabited the area.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35912566/the-palm-beach-post/|title=A Town by Any Other Name|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=1D|access-date=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> The village was incorporated in 1957.<ref name="history" /><ref name=ToM/>

==Geography==

The Village of Tequesta is located at {{Coord|26|57|39|N|80|5|48|W|type:city}} (26.960867, –80.096620).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which  1.8 square miles (4.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (20.81%) is water.

Most of the village is located on the mainland but parts of the village are on [[Jupiter Island]] in Martin County, with small sections both north and south of the unincorporated, county-owned [[Coral Cove Park]].

Going to and from Tequesta from the South or East requires going over a bridge. Starting March 13, 2023, the Jupiter Federal Bridge will be closed for roughly 20 months to construct two 11-foot travel lanes, 7-foot bicycle lanes and 8-foot sidewalks in each direction. The new bridge will have up to 42 feet of vertical clearance, and the navigable-channel width will be increased to 125 feet also.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jupiter Federal Bridge {{!}} Tequesta, FL - Official Website |url=https://www.tequesta.org/1477/Jupiter-Federal-Bridge |access-date=March 28, 2023 |website=www.tequesta.org}}</ref>

==Demographics==

{{US Census population|align=left
|1960= 199
|1970= 2642
|1980= 3685
|1990= 4499
|2000= 5273
|2010= 5629
|2020= 6158
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Tequesta racial composition'''<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1271525&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=February 11, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|5,326
|86.49%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|43
|0.70%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|7
|0.11%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|72
|1.17%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|1
|0.02%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|15
|0.24%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH)
|194
|3.15%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|500
|8.12%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,158'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 6,158 people, 2,786 households, and 1,803 families residing in the village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Tequesta village, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Tequesta+village;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2010 census===

{| class="wikitable" style="float: left; margin-right: 2em; width: 35%; font-size: 75%;" 
!colspan=4|'''Tequesta Demographics'''
|-
|'''[[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]]'''||'''Tequesta'''||'''Palm Beach County'''||'''Florida'''
|-
|Total population||5,629||1,320,134||18,801,310
|-
|Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010||+6.8%||+16.7%||+17.6%
|-
|Population density||3,092.9/sq&nbsp;mi||670.2/sq&nbsp;mi||350.6/sq&nbsp;mi
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White or Caucasian]] (including [[White Hispanic]])||95.8%||73.5%||75.0%
|-
|([[Non-Hispanic Whites|Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian]])||91.1%||60.1%||57.9%
|-
|[[Black (U.S. Census)|Black or African-American]]||0.5%||17.3%||16.0%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic or Latino (of any race)]]||6.1%||19.0%||22.5%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]||1.3%||2.4%||2.4%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Native Alaskan]]||0.1%||0.5%||0.4%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]]||0.0%||0.1%||0.1%
|-
|[[Multiracial American|Two or more races (Multiracial)]]||0.7%||2.3%||2.5%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some Other Race]]||0.2%||3.9%||3.6%
|}
As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 5,629 people, 2,490 households, and 1,567 families residing in the village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Tequesta village, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Tequesta+village;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2000 census===

As of the 2000 [[census]], there were 5,273 people, 2,344 households, and 1,521 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|3,013.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,834 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,619.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.97% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (95.8% were [[Non-Hispanic White]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Tequesta.php |title=Demographics of Tequesta, FL |publisher=MuniNetGuide.com |accessdate=November 12, 2007}}</ref> 0.47% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.70% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.13% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.61% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.43% of the population.

In 2000, there were 2,344 households out of which 22.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.75.

In 2000, the village the population was spread out with 19.1% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 26.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males.

As of 2000, the median income for a household in the village was $58,825, and the median income for a family was $72,683. Males had a median income of $51,563 versus $31,855 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $34,974. About 1.6% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, [[English language|English]] spoken as a [[first language]] made up 95.24% of all residents, while [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as a [[mother tongue]] accounted for 4.76% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apps.mla.org/map_data_results?state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=71525&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results of Tequesta, FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] via the [[Wayback Machine]] |accessdate=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602192104/https://apps.mla.org/map_data_results?state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=71525&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |archive-date=2016-06-02}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Ryan Berube]], Olympic swimming gold medalist, 1996 4 × 200 m freestyle
* [[Fletcher C. Booker Jr.]], US Army major general<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web |date=11 October 2012 |title=Obituary, Fletcher C. Booker Jr. |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/jupiter-fl/fletcher-booker-5267141 |website=Dignity Memorial |location=Houston, Texas |publisher=SCI Shared Resources, LLC. |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>
* [[Mark Calcavecchia]], [[PGA Tour]] golfer
* [[Keith Hernandez]], Major League Baseball player, 1979 National League co-MVP
* [[Steve Marino]], PGA Tour golfer
* [[Joe Namath]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] [[quarterback]]
* [[Jo Ann Pflug]], film and TV actress
* [[Burt Reynolds]], actor
* [[Tom Rooney (Florida politician)|Tom Rooney]], Representative from [[Florida's 17th congressional district]]
* [[Scott Sharp]], auto racer, [[2001 Indianapolis 500]] pole winner, 14-time [[Indianapolis 500]] starter, 1996 [[Indy Racing League]] champion and Rolex [[24 Hours at Daytona]] 2-time champion
* [[Bob Shaw (baseball)|Bob Shaw]], Major League Baseball player, pitched in [[1959 World Series]] for the [[Chicago White Sox]]

==Churches==

*Family Church Tequesta
*Mary, Mother of the Light Maronite Catholic Church
*St Jude Catholic Church
*First Presbyterian Church of Tequesta-Jupiter
*The Church of the Good Shepherd
*Jupiter-Tequesta Church of Christ, Martin County

==Education==

The Village of Tequesta has one private Christian elementary school: Good Shepherd Episcopal School (PreK–6); and two Christian preschools: Christ the King Lutheran Preschool, and First Presbyterian Preschool. Residents living in the Village of Tequesta who wish to attend public school in Palm Beach County are zoned for schools in the town of [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], including Limestone Creek Elementary, Jupiter Elementary, Jupiter Middle School, and [[Jupiter Community High School]]. Those who live in Martin County are zoned for Hobe Sound Elementary, Murray Middle School, and [[South Fork High School]].

==Emergency Services==

===Fire Rescue===

The Tequesta Fire Rescue department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the citizens of the village. They operate from Station 85, located in the village's Public Safety Facility (Engine 85, Engine 285, Truck 85, Rescue 85, Rescue 285).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tequesta.org/68/Fire-Department |title=Fire Department |website=The Village of Tequesta}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.capecodfd.com/PAGES%20Special/ON_THE_ROAD_2017_1_FLA_Palm-Beach-County.htm#1-TFD-85%20Tequesta |title=ON THE ROAD AGAIN! 1 - FLORIDA - PALM BEACH COUNTY NORTH  |website=CapeCodFD.com}}</ref>

===Law Enforcement===

The Tequesta Police Department consists of approximately 20 sworn officers, and is headquartered in the village's Public Safety Facility.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police Department|url=https://www.tequesta.org/69/Police-Department|access-date=April 12, 2022|website=The Village of Tequesta}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://policescorecard.org/fl/police-department/tequesta|title=Tequesta Police Department |access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref>

==Media==

Tequesta is the [[city of license]] for West Palm Beach's [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate, [[WPBF]]. While WPBF and the rest of West Palm Beach's television stations serve Tequesta, WPBF has no physical presence in the village.

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Station_85.jpg|Tequesta Fire Rescue Station
File:Blowing Rocks Preserve, FL (154470969).jpg|Blowing Rocks Preserve
File:Tequesta Florida Countyline Road.JPG|Road at sunset in Tequesta, 2012
</gallery>

==References==

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==External links==

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*[http://www.tequesta.org/ Village of Tequesta] official website
*[http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/locations/coralcove.htm Coral Cove Park] website
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