Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Municipality
Location overview
Lake Worth is a community in Palm Beach County, Florida, set within Florida’s low coastal plain, subtropical waterways and fast-growing metropolitan regions. Its colorful downtown, public beach and Lake Worth Lagoon give it a strong coastal identity. Much of its historic form emerged as Indigenous history, rail expansion, agriculture and twentieth-century migration shaped the peninsula, with later suburban and commercial growth adding new layers. Tourism, health care, trade, construction, agriculture and services anchor the economy. Visible layers of landscape and history continue to shape the community’s identity.