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unusual facts about Palm Beach County


Clyde Crabtree

Crabtree served as a high school sports coach in several of the high schools of Palm Beach County and Dade County, Florida, and later, as a school administrator.


Antone Smith

He was a Parade All-American, the Palm Beach County Player of the Year, the Old Spice National Player of the Year, and was voted as Mr. Football for the state of Florida.

Chih Ree Sun

After retired from physics field, he became author of Chinese poetry whose love for ballroom dancing took him across Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Paul Reinman

Reinman's sister Alice and her husband Alex Leopold moved to Boca Raton, Florida, in Palm Beach County, and Reinman, following the death of wife Dora in 1967 and his leaving comics in the mid-1970s, settled nearby with his second wife, Celia.

Ruth Springer Wedgeworth

Wedgeworth's grows sugarcane on approximately 10,000 acres in Palm Beach County and operates 10,000 acres of ranch lands in Osceola, Okeechobee and Indian River Counties.

The Love Doctors

Since 1994, the charity has raised over one million dollars for children and families in the listening area (Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee Counties).

William T. Dwyer High School

The school was named for William T. Dwyer, former vice president of Pratt & Whitney's Government Products Division and a community leader in Palm Beach County.

World Dressage Masters

At the beginning of 2011 the US-American WDM station changed from Wellington, Florida to the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center, also in the Palm Beach County.


see also

Atlantic Avenue

Florida State Road 806 in Palm Beach County, locally known as Atlantic Avenue

Belle Glade

Belle Glade, Florida, a small city next to Lake Okeechobee in Palm Beach County

Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board

Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd. v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. 2000); cert. granted, 531 U.S. 1004 (2000)

Carol Roberts

She is best known for her part in the 2000 Florida election recount, where she served on the Palm Beach County canvassing board.

Lake Avenue

Florida State Road 802 in Palm Beach County, locally known east as Lake Avenue

Rashaad Duncan

He was named All-Palm Beach County, All-Western Conference, and was selected to play in the Outback Steakhouse All-Star Game.