Greenacres City (Florida)
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Greenacres City statistic
Coordinates | 26°37′41″N 80°8′7″W |
Country | United States of America |
State | Florida |
County | Palm Beach |
Incorporated | May 24, 1926 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
ZIP codes | 33400-33499 |
Area code(s) | 561 |
FIPS code | 12-27322 |
GNIS feature ID | 283408 |
Website | http://greenacresfl.gov/ |
Government (Type) | Council-Manager |
Government (Mayor) | Joel Flores |
Government (Deputy Mayor) | Judith Dugo |
Government (Councilmembers) | John Tharp, Peter A. Noble, Paula Bousquet and Jonathan G. Pearce |
Government (City Manager) | Andrea McCue |
Government (City Clerk) | Quintella Moorer |
Government (Total) | 43,990 |
Government (Land) | 6.00 sq mi (15.54 km2) |
Government (Water) | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
Government (Density) | 7,331.67/sq mi (2,830.85/km2) |
Area (Total) | 43,990 |
Area (Land) | 6.00 sq mi (15.54 km2) |
Area (Water) | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
Area (Density) | 7,331.67/sq mi (2,830.85/km2) |
Population (2020) (Total) | 43,990 |
Population (2020) (Density) | 7,331.67/sq mi (2,830.85/km2) |
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Greenacres is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Situated in the east-central portion of the county, Greenacres is located northwest of Atlantis, east of Wellington, and borders Palm Springs to its east. As of the 2010 United States census, the city had a population of 37,573 people, up from 27,569 at the 2000 census. The Census Bureau estimated that 41,117 people reside in Greenacres as of 2019. It is a city within the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people as of 2015. 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.