1910: A new post office opens on Ocean Avenue, expanding the town’s infrastructure.
1910: Pineapple crops suffer a poor season due to blight and competition from cheap Cuban pineapples.
1910: Leading citizen Cullen Pence tragically dies in an accident involving a handgun. In his honor, Pence Park is established.
1910: Ten-year-old Lyman Boomer creates a bird’s-eye map of the town. He later becomes an illustrator and author.
1911: Major Nathan S. Boynton passes away on May 27, 1911, in Port Huron, Michigan.
1911: Horace Bentley Murray completes the construction of a wooden swing bridge across the Florida Coast Line Canal (today’s Intracoastal Waterway).
1911: H.B. Murray builds a new home in Boynton, which still stands today.
1911: Emory Hodges becomes the first Boynton resident to own an automobile.
1912: A. Romyn Pierson purchases the inland area of Manalapan as a gift for his wife, Leila.
1913: Boynton Elementary School, designed by Baltimore architect William Maughlin, opens on Ocean Avenue.
1914: World War I begins. Boynton Beach women assist the war effort by volunteering with the American Red Cross.
1919: A flu epidemic claims the lives of nearly a dozen Boynton-area pioneers.
Heads of Households in 1915 (Polk City Directory)
A–G
A
- Angevine, G. A.
- Andrews, John
- Austin, F. W.
- Austin, Chas.
- Anthony, C. A.
- Anderson, Rasmus
- Anthony, Charles G.
B
- Benson, Harry
- Benson, Robt.
- Baker, D. W.
- Brown, John
- Bell, Floyd E.
- Beatty, Jos. O.
- Bowen, Jas. P.
C
- Collins, G. T.
- Campbell, E. H.
- Charter, Chas. A.
- Cade, S. B.
- Crews, H.
- Crafts, B. R.
- Caldwell, G. W.
- Crowningshield, W. H.
D
- Daugharty, Jesse
- Darner, G. E.
- Dozier, W. C.
E
- Evans, Ben F.
F
- Funk, Frank N.
- Forrey, W. L.
- Freedlund, J. E.
- Funk, W. H.
- Frierson, Thos. E.
- Farnsworth, J. J.
- Fischer, Michael
- Futrell, Seth
- Flora, Emmett
- Fuller, Abraham L.
G
- Garnett, A. W.
- Garnett, J. L.
- Griffin, W. D.
- Gilbert, Earl W.
H–N
H
- Harper, F. G.
- Harper, C. T.
- Hilliard, B. J.
- Harper, J. R.
- Higgins, R. C.
- Hazelwood, J.
- Harris, Chas.
- Horne, W. D.
- Hodges, B. G.
- Hodges, E. G.
- Hutchings, Guy J.
- Hall, James B.
- Hall, Wm. W.
- Hall, Lewis H.
J
- Jensen, Carl M.
- Jury, Howard J.
- Jones, John F.
- Jones, S. J.
K
- Kapp, B. L.
- Knight, J. H.
- Keyser, O. Mitchell
L
- Larsen, N. C.
- Lee, D. D.
- Larsen, C. A.
- Lungren, Charlie
- Lesher, C. S.
M
- Murray, H. B.
- Moore, W. H.
- Mast, Chas. C.
- Malphurs, A. L.
- Martin, M. S.
- Martin, W. J.
- Magnussen, Oscar
- Mallard, H. C.
- Mullihan, Leroy S.
- Marie, Ben
- McCarley, Dan
- McKay, James
- McQuay, Charles
- McDaniel, Arthur
N
- Newman, D. A.
- Nathan, S. B.
P–W
P
- Palmer, Arnold
- Porter, J. W.
- Pierce, Chas. W.
- Petrie, Chas. W.
- Parker, A. E.
- Palmer, F. W.
- Pierson, A. E.
- Petrie, Harry C.
R
- Rousseau, R. H.
- Rousseau, A. A.
- Raycher, Jno. A.
- Ramsey, John
S
- Smith, W. H.
- Smith, J. M.
- Strickland, J. L.
- Shepard, A. C.
- Smith, Charles N.
T
- Teasdale, W. N.
- Tasker, A. T.
U
- Upton, C.
V
- Voss, Fred C.
W
- Wilkinson, H. H.
- Weeks, J. C.
- Williams, J. J.
- Webber, S. H.
- Ward, Terry A.
- Weaver, Marcus A.
- Weaver, G. V.