Jupiter, Florida

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Jupiter is a town located in Palm Beach County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,328. As of 2006, the city had a population of 50,028 according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Jupiter is a well known for its beauty and beaches. It is often referred to as a "beach town" and has become a popular vacation spot. Many celebrities also own a home in Jupiter, Florida.

The area where the town now sits was originally named for the Hobe Indian tribe which lived at the mouth of the Loxahatchee River, and whose name is also preserved in the name of nearby Hobe Sound. A mapmaker misunderstood the Spanish spelling 'Jobe' of the Indian name 'Hobe' and recorded it as 'Jove'. Subsequent mapmakers further misunderstood this to be the Latin translation of the god Jupiter, and they anglicized the name from Jove to 'Jupiter.'