Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Delray Beach, FL

Delray Beach began in 1884 as the Linton Settlement, was renamed Delray in 1901 after the Spanish words "Del Ray," meaning "of the King," and after a beachside area incorporated separately in 1923, the two merged as the City of Delray Beach on May 11, 1927.

Delray Beach is nicknamed "Florida's Village by the Sea" and is the fourth-largest city in Palm Beach County, with about 3 miles of Atlantic beachfront roughly 52 miles north of Miami.

Delray Beach had a population of 66,846 at the 2020 Census, with about 29,933 households averaging 2.24 people each and a median household income of $82,041.

Delray Beach grew up around pineapple and tomato farming and canning from 1911 onward, and its downtown Pineapple Grove Arts District is named for the pineapple farms that once stood there.

Delray Beach has a distinctive Japanese heritage: the Yamato Colony was founded there in 1904 by Jo Sakai, and settler George Morikami later donated about 200 acres that became Morikami Park and the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, which opened in 1977.

Delray Beach's early settlers included Bahamian immigrants known as "Nassaws," and the city's Black heritage is preserved at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, which opened in 2001.

Atlantic Avenue, known locally as "The Ave," is Delray Beach's downtown spine with more than 100 restaurants and is often called Florida's longest main street.

Delray Beach's Old School Square arts center occupies the city's former 1913 elementary school and 1925 high school campus and is home to the Cornell Art Museum and the Crest Theatre.

The Delray Beach Tennis Center hosts the Delray Beach Open, an ATP 250 tournament played there every February since the event moved to the city in 1999.

The Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach is a 40-plus-acre man-made preserve built on land from the county's water reclamation facility, where a three-quarter-mile boardwalk passes more than 140 recorded bird species.