FLORIDA PLACES AND DESTINATIONS - LANTANA

Lantana, Florida

Lantana, part of the West Palm Beach - Boca Raton metro area, is a coastal community which still retains the charm of its origins as an old Florida fishing village. 

It is one of the smaller and oldest communities of Palm Beach County, The first settlers came at the end of the Seminole Wars.  One of the pioneer settlers,  M. B. Lyman, brought his family to Lantana in 1888 and started several enterprises – a store, an Indian Trading Post, and post office in 1889.  As postmaster, Mr. Lyman named the post office as Lantana Point for the wild Lantana plant, which grew in abundance in the area. The “Point” was later dropped.




Lantana is 4 miles North of Boynton Beach and 56 miles North of Miami.






 

 

 

 



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