Lantana’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Lantana. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first settlers came to the area after Congress passed the Armed Occupation Act of 1842, at the end of the Seminole Wars, during the administration of President John Tyler. The M.B. Lyman family is credited with founding the town. Lyman arrived with his family in 1888 and, within a year, started several enterprises, including a general store, an Indian trading post, and a post office. As postmaster, Lyman named the post office – Lantana Point – for the wild lantana plants that grew in abundance in the area. The word Point was later dropped.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lantana’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lantana’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1928 Okeechobee Aftermath 13, 1928: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lantana, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Lantana is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lantana has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Osborne School in Lake Worth Beach, 0.8 miles away.
Lantana and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1928 Okeechobee Aftermath 13 (1928) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.