Golfview, Florida
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| official_name = Golfview, Florida
| settlement_type = Ghost town
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| named_for = The golf course at the West Palm Beach Country Club
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| coordinates = {{coord|26|41.20|N|80|06.45|W|region:US-FL|display=inline}}
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Florida
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Florida}}
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = {{noflag|Palm Beach}}
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| established_title = Incorporated
| established_date = June 11, 1937
| established_title1 = Unincorporated
| established_date1 = September 1, 1998
| unit_pref = Imperial
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| area_total_sq_mi = 1.0
| area_land_sq_mi = 0.0
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.0
| timezone = Eastern (EST)
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = EDT
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Golfview was a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, in the United States. Golfview was chartered on June 11, 1937. The town, located near the southeast intersection of Belvedere Road and Military Trail and in very close proximity to the Palm Beach International Airport, remained small in both population and area. The highest recorded population of Golfview was 210 people, according to the 1980 census. By the mid-1980s, expansion of the airport and the surrounding area caused many residents to begin selling their homes. The town of Golfview officially dissolved on September 1, 1998.
History
Residents had settled in the area which would become Golfview at least since 1934, when they erected a {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}} archway for the town. In May 1937, a proposal was submitted to the Florida Legislature to chart a {{convert|125|acre|abbr=on}} community, situated near the intersection of Belvedere Road and Military Trail.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40306927/the_palm_beach_post/|title=New Town Planned As Charter Sought|date=May 2, 1937|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=1|access-date=December 9, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} On June 11, Florida governor Fred P. Cone signed House Bill 1852, which chartered the town of Golfview.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40306806/the_palm_beach_post/|date=June 12, 1937|title=Bills Signed|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=2|access-date=December 9, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} Although no golf courses existed in the town, Golfview derived its name from the nearby West Palm Beach Golf Course.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22049730/the_palm_beach_post/|title=What's in a name? Lots of history if it's a town|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=D7|access-date=December 9, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} Golfview initially had about one dozen residents, but the population increased to approximately 155 people by 1962 and expanded to about {{convert|1|sqmi|abbr=on}} in area.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35190514/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Golfview: No Taxes, Big Lots Among Pines|author=Bill Antill|page=13|date=August 5, 1962|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=December 9, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} That same year, the county's only federally financed fallout shelter was built at Mayor Ellis Altman's property.{{cite web|url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/golfview|title=Golfview|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|access-date=October 16, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404223302/http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/golfview|archivedate=April 4, 2023}}
Because it was located close to the Palm Beach International Airport, Golfview became too noisy and congested to continue to be a residential community.{{cite news|author=Rick Hampson|title =Residents of Golfview, Fla., Put Their Town Up for Sale to Escape Noise and Congestion|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40401876/the_los_angeles_times/| page =A34|newspaper=Los Angeles Times | location = Los Angeles, California | date =January 14, 1990|access-date=December 10, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} In 1987, because of the airport's noise and expansion, a majority of the town's property owners agreed to sell their homes for a combined value of $35 million,{{cite news|author=Stephanie Smith|url=https://sun-sentinel.newspapers.com/clip/40401324/south_florida_sun_sentinel/|title =Town With A Price For $35 Million, Golfview, Jet Noise Included, Could Be Anyone`s| page = 1B|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|location = Fort Lauderdale, Florida | date =November 7, 1989|access-date=December 10, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Free access}} and the town council agreed to zone the entire town as commercial property. After failing to attract developers for a potential new hotel or office park, the properties were sold to Palm Beach County for expansion of the airport for $15.9 million in 1998. In July of that year, the town's archway was transported to Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairgrounds. About a month later, the town clerk signed a document to revoke the charter of Golfview.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40401254/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Demise of Golfview 'like death,' former mayor says|date=September 2, 1998|page=4B|author=George Bennett|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=December 10, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} The document, filed at Palm Beach County Courthouse on September 1, 1998, officially dissolved Golfview, which became the first municipality in the state of Florida to disincorporate since 1987.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40357733/the_palm_beach_post/|title=Golfview first town in county to die|date=September 2, 1998|page=3B|author=George Bennett|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=December 10, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/golfview The Town of Golfview on Palm Beach County History Online]
{{Palm Beach County, Florida}}
{{South Florida metropolitan area}}
{{Florida}}
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Category:Towns in Palm Beach County, Florida
Category:1998 disestablishments in Florida
Category:Former municipalities in Florida