Boynton Beach dates to 1895, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 30% of U.S. towns · #162 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Boynton Beach was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Its Register listings are the Boynton Woman's Club and the Boynton School. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1945 on, and the census since 1930.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1896.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Boynton Beach’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Boynton Beach is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #162 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Boynton Beach’s overall grade.
Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Boynton Beach’s 0.2 sits above most of its state (68% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±0.4 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1895.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Boynton Beach’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Archaeological evidence indicates Native American inhabitation of the region dating back thousands of years, with Ais, Calusa, Jaega, Mayaimi, and Tequesta peoples settling in or near modern-day Palm Beach County. A complex of mounds west of present-day Boynton Beach and near the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge includes shards of pottery possibly from 150 BCE. An excavation of the site also yielded beads and glass from as recently as the 16th century, which are believed to have been influenced by the Spanish.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Boynton Beach. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1945Lake Worth sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Boynton Beach.
Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewOcean Avenue in Boynton Beach in 1915, 1915
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Boynton Beach’s page.
In 1895, according to Wikidata. Boynton Beach’s post office opened in 1896, and the census of 1930 counted 1,053 people here.
How does Boynton Beach rank for history?
Boynton Beach is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #162 of 638 in Florida. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Boynton Beach?
Two places: the Boynton Woman's Club (listed 1979) and the Boynton School (1994).
How old are the homes in Boynton Beach?
0.7% of Boynton Beach’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1984.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (12), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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