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The Acreage, Florida
The Acreage is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population of the CDP had 41,654 residents in the 2020 US census.
It is located at 26°46′14″N 80°15′17″W / 26.770518°N 80.254626°W. The CDP is north of Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, and Loxahatchee Groves, and is approximately 18 miles (29 km) northwest of West Palm Beach. It straddles the western fringes of the highly developed eastern portion of Palm Beach County and the agricultural-rural western portions. Its large, spacious home site lots, dirt roads and many wooded areas give the area a rural character, although it is widely considered to be an exurban outgrowth of the South Florida Metropolitan Area. The Acreage is located solely within the Indian Trail Improvement District, responsible for maintaining the road and drainage systems within its boundaries. The Acreage's ZIP codes are 33411 (Royal Palm Beach), 33412 (West Palm Beach), and 33470 (Loxahatchee).
The Acreage was originally developed by Samuel Friedland and his development company, Royal Palm Beach Colony, Inc., with the name of Royal Palm Beach Colony, as a community to house workers that were employed by the nearby Callery Judge and Mecca Citrus Groves.[when?] Workers were given 1-acre (4,000 m2) lots and coupled with few land restrictions.
Isolated local flooding occurs yearly, leading sometimes to road closures, with Hurricane Irene being the most memorable to the area. The 2004 hurricane season, in which Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne struck the area in a three-week period, doing considerable damage to the older, wooden cottage style houses while the modern houses in the area received mostly cosmetic damage.
On October 9, 2024, the town was hit by an EF3 tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton, which caused significant damage in the community, as well as in neighboring Loxahatchee Groves, Palm Beach Gardens, and Wellington.
It is also surrounded by several nature preserves, and the area blurs the line between rural and suburban. Rapid development of the area has a recent push for incorporation and is now notably more built up than nearby semi-rural Loxahatchee Groves and suburban Westlake.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 41,654 people, 11,814 households, and 9,730 families residing in the CDP.
In 2020, The Acreage had a persons per household rate of 3.28. The population per square mile was 1,215.4.
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The Acreage, Florida
The Acreage is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population of the CDP had 41,654 residents in the 2020 US census.
It is located at 26°46′14″N 80°15′17″W / 26.770518°N 80.254626°W. The CDP is north of Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, and Loxahatchee Groves, and is approximately 18 miles (29 km) northwest of West Palm Beach. It straddles the western fringes of the highly developed eastern portion of Palm Beach County and the agricultural-rural western portions. Its large, spacious home site lots, dirt roads and many wooded areas give the area a rural character, although it is widely considered to be an exurban outgrowth of the South Florida Metropolitan Area. The Acreage is located solely within the Indian Trail Improvement District, responsible for maintaining the road and drainage systems within its boundaries. The Acreage's ZIP codes are 33411 (Royal Palm Beach), 33412 (West Palm Beach), and 33470 (Loxahatchee).
The Acreage was originally developed by Samuel Friedland and his development company, Royal Palm Beach Colony, Inc., with the name of Royal Palm Beach Colony, as a community to house workers that were employed by the nearby Callery Judge and Mecca Citrus Groves.[when?] Workers were given 1-acre (4,000 m2) lots and coupled with few land restrictions.
Isolated local flooding occurs yearly, leading sometimes to road closures, with Hurricane Irene being the most memorable to the area. The 2004 hurricane season, in which Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne struck the area in a three-week period, doing considerable damage to the older, wooden cottage style houses while the modern houses in the area received mostly cosmetic damage.
On October 9, 2024, the town was hit by an EF3 tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton, which caused significant damage in the community, as well as in neighboring Loxahatchee Groves, Palm Beach Gardens, and Wellington.
It is also surrounded by several nature preserves, and the area blurs the line between rural and suburban. Rapid development of the area has a recent push for incorporation and is now notably more built up than nearby semi-rural Loxahatchee Groves and suburban Westlake.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 41,654 people, 11,814 households, and 9,730 families residing in the CDP.
In 2020, The Acreage had a persons per household rate of 3.28. The population per square mile was 1,215.4.