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Jupiter Inlet LighthouseJupiter Inlet Lighthouse · Photo: Clinton & Charles Robertson from Del Rio, Texas & College Station, TX, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History · Jupiter Inlet Colony

1 of Jupiter Inlet Colony’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. Most of Jupiter Inlet Colony was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1948 on, and the census since 1960.

1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Jupiter Inlet Colony’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Jupiter Inlet Colony’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jupiter Inlet Colony’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Jupiter Inlet Colony, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jupiter Inlet Colony yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Jupiter Inlet Colony is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony was platted in 1958 and officially incorporated as a municipality in 1959, and is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 405 at the 2020 US census. It is situated towards the north bank of the Jupiter Inlet.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 400 in 2010, 405 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Jupiter Inlet Colony, 1860 to 1948

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860BuiltJupiter Inlet Lighthouse is built
  3. 1891In the archiveFlorida. Lighthouse - Jupiter Inlet
  4. 20th century
  5. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Jupiter Inlet Colony, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
Florida. Lighthouse - Jupiter Inlet1891Florida. Lighthouse - Jupiter Inlet
1900s–1990snothing yet
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.
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On the map

Jupiter Inlet Colony on the map, 1948 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jupiter Inlet Colony. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Jupiter Inlet Colony on the 1948 USGS mapJupiter Inlet Colony on the 1950 USGS mapJupiter Inlet Colony on the 1968 USGS mapJupiter Inlet Colony on the 1983 USGS map1948Jupiter 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 Jupiter Inlet Colony.

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.

Florida. Lighthouse - Jupiter Inlet
Retake this viewFlorida. Lighthouse - Jupiter Inlet, 1891

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Jupiter Inlet Colony’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Jupiter Inlet Colony

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, built 1860
Structures
Jupiter Inlet LighthouseBuilt 1860

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Jupiter Inlet Colony, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 405

Between 242 and 405 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Jupiter Inlet Colony’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Jupiter Inlet Colony

Nobody well known was born in Jupiter Inlet Colony itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Tiffany TrumpAmerican socialite, research assistant and real… · b. 1993
Henry Paulson74th United States Secretary of the Treasury · b. 1946
A. J. McLeanAmerican pop singer · b. 1978
Nicole BeharieAmerican actress · b. 1985
Dickey BettsAmerican guitarist · b. 1943
Matthew MercerAmerican actor · b. 1982
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Jupiter Inlet Beach Colony

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Jupiter1 historic placeCTequestaIts storyD−

Questions about Jupiter Inlet Colony’s history

What is on the National Register in Jupiter Inlet Colony?

One place: the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse (listed 1973).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.