Palm Beach, Florida Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Name=== The January 1878 wreck of the ''Providencia'' is credited with giving Palm Beach its name. The ''Providencia'' was traveling from [[Havana, Cuba|Havana]] to [[Cádiz, Spain]], with a cargo of coconuts harvested in the [[Crown Colony of Trinidad and Tobago]] in the [[British West Indies]], when the ship wrecked near Palm Beach. Many of the coconuts naturalized or were planted along the Palm Beach coast.<ref name=PBName/><ref>{{cite journal |first=Harvey |last=Oyer III |title=The Wreck of the Providencia in 1878 and the Naming of Palm Beach County |journal=South Florida History |volume=29 |date=November 4, 2001}}</ref> A lush grove of palm trees soon grew on what was later named Palm Beach.<ref name=VF500/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page