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Readers: Does Palm Beach County have ghost towns? Sure. Mostly they re municipalities that were swallowed by other cities. Let s revisit such places, as described in previous columns:
University Park: It incorporated June 18, 1959 just north of Boca Raton’s Town Center mall. The Arvida development firm had created the company town from scratch. It had fewer than 50 families, along with one service station, a commission, and a lone police officer. The legislation that created the town decreed that, by 1971, Arvida had to turn it over to residents for self-government. Residents voted to join Boca Raton.
Golfview started as a golf course and was chartered as a town June 11, 1937. It covered about 80 acres and boasted 63 homes and a population of about 150. The original West Palm Beach Country Club golf course was bulldozed after World War II for the Morrison Field military base, now part of Palm Beach International Airport. The county bought the town for $15.9 million. Its 20-foot