Boynton Beach, Florida

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Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 60,389 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.25 square miles (42 km²), of which 15.88 square miles (41 km²) is land and .37 square miles (1 km²) is water (2.3%).

In 1894, two years before Henry Flagler built his railroad, former American Civil War major named Nathan S. Boynton first set eyes on the area that now bears his name. He was so impressed by the natural beauty of what he saw, the year-round sunshine and pristine beaches, that he built the famous Boynton Beach Hotel to serve as his family's summer residence. The first settlers soon realized that many fruits and vegetables thrived in the fertile climate. Cultivated pineapples, tomatoes, mangoes, and citrus fruit were packed in crates and shipped by the ton on the newly-built Florida East Coast Railroad.

The East Boynton Beach Little League Baseball team was the 2003 United States Southeast Region championship team, and was the runner-up in the 2003 Little League World Series to Japan.