Palm Beach County is a county located in
the state of Florida. Palm Beach County is one of three
counties that comprise the South Florida metropolitan area.Palm
Beach County was created in 1909. It was named for its first
settled community, Palm Beach, in turn named for the palm
trees and beaches in the area. The County was carved out
of what was then the northern half of Dade County. The southern
half of Palm Beach County was subsequently carved out to
create the northern portion of Broward County in 1915. Henry
Flagler was instrumental in the county's development in
the early 1900s with the extension of the Florida East Coast
Railway through the county from Jacksonville to Key West.
