Pearl City (Boca Raton) facts for kids

Residential street in Pearl City

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Pearl City is a neighborhood in Boca Raton, Florida, immediately north of downtown. The neighborhood was originally platted on May 30, 1915 for the blue-collar African Americans employed at the Boca Raton Resort and similar establishments, on area farms, in construction, and various other jobs.

There is little evidence on the origin of the name, but it is often theorized that Pearl City was named after the Hawaiian pearl pineapple, a major crop grown in the area at the time.

Revitalization

The neighborhood was designated a historic district by the decree of the Boca Raton City Council in 2002. [1] Streets had also been resurfaced with asphalt after decades of neglect and deterioration.