Wellington

Wellington is a village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. As of 2006, the village had a population of 55,584 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Wellington is part of the South Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wellington was originally the world's largest strawberry patch, the Flying Cow Ranch. C. Oliver Wellington bought 18,000 acres of swampland in the 1950s in central Palm Beach County that eventually would be called the Village of Wellington. Wellington began as a planned unit development approved by Palm Beach County in 1972. For many years it functioned as a bedroom... community with few shopping centers or restaurants until it was incorporated in December 1995. Wellington holds the largest and longest running horse show in the world from January to March . Wellington is located at 26°39′18″N 80°15′15″W / 26.655°N 80.25417°W / 26.655; -80.25417 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 31.4 square miles , of which 31.0 square miles is land and 0.3 square miles of it is water . As of 2010, there were 22,685 households, with 13.3% being vacant.
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