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Greenacres
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city in central Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach
- Incorporated town of greenacres city
- May 24, 1926
- Reincorporated city of greenacres city
- December 4, 1945
- Incorporated city of greenacres
- November 6, 1990
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Total
- 6.04 sq mi (15.64 km )
- Land
- 6.00 sq mi (15.54 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 16 ft (4.9 m)
- Density
- 7,331.9/sq mi (2,830.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 33413, 33415, 33454, 33463, 33467
- Area codes
- 561, 728
- Fips code
- 12-27322
- Website
- greenacresfl .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Greenacres Home Page - News & Announcements | Greenacres Florida
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Greenacres
- Population
- 43990
- Area
- 15.190637
- Elevation
- 1
- Official website
- greenacresfl.gov
- Households
- 14215
- Dialing code
- 561
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- Commons category
- Greenacres, Florida
- P8168
- Naevius
- inception
- 1926-05-24
- water as percent of area
- 1.2536
- per capita income
- 30412
- postal code
- 33454
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Greenacres is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area in South Florida. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 43,990 residents.
Frederick E. Bryant, Harold J. Bryant, and William Greenwood of the Palm Beach Farms Company began buying and selling thousands of acres of land in the area by 1909. However, difficulties with farming in wetland conditions left the land mostly unused until the 1920s land boom. Lawrence Carter "L. C." Swain then platted the original section of Greenacres beginning in 1923. The community was incorporated as Greenacres City on May 24, 1926, with the name being drawn out of a hat. The city was dis-incorporated under controversial circumstances in 1945, before being officially re-incorporated in 1947. The city's population remained small until rapid growth began in the 1970s. Residents voted to rename the community Greenacres in 1990.