The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗During the 1940s, the town's first permanent residents began building their homes when it was still a rural, South Florida flatwood pineland interspersed within the wetlands of the Everglades. By 1949, approximately 50 families living in the area began an effort to incorporate it into a town. The town was named after Haverhill, Massachusetts (which took its name from the English market town in Haverhill, Suffolk), because many of the first settlers were originally from that same town in Massachusetts. A vote on the motion to incorporate occurred on May 11, 1950. A total 59 out of 65 registered voters in Haverhill attended, who voted 42–17 in favor of incorporation. Ray Cox became the first mayor; other officers included Mrs. Fred Raulerson as town clerk, Tom Steele as town marshal, and Don Boyd, Henry Franklin, Paul Huffman, Myron V. Kelly, and A. J. Ward as town council members. The fi…
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Nothing in Haverhill is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Haverhill has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Vedado Historic District in West Palm Beach, 3.6 miles away.
Haverhill and the nearest listed places
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Flamingo Park Historic Residential DistrictWest Palm Beach · District3.8miWest Palm Beach National Guard Armory, OldWest Palm Beach · Building3.8miClifton Rice HouseWest Palm Beach · Building3.9mi
Alfred J. Comeau HouseWest Palm Beach · Built 19243.9miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.