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Jupiter Island
A sanctuary for some of America's wealthiest families, 17- mile-long Jupiter Island is the southernmost of Florida's three Barrier Islands. Located off of Martin County's (the county north of Palm Beach) Treasure Coast, the Barrier Islands separate the mainland of Florida from the Atlantic Ocean. 
From presidents to sport's celebrities, Jupiter Island's exquisite
beauty and promise of privacy have proven irresistible to the rich and famous.
Most of the homes here are built on 1- and 2-acre parcels insuring the low
density that has contributed heavily to the island's high real estate values.
Jupiter Island is the southernmost of Florida's Treasure Coast's
three Barrier Islands. The
Spanish Plata Fleet wrecked directly off the coast in 1715 spewing tons of
silver and gold coins that still wash ashore to this very day. Jupiter Island's
first recorded history was as part of the Gomez Grant. This was a land grant
from the King of Spain to Eusebio Gomez in 1815, as a reward for faithful
service and includes not only Jupiter Island but almost all of what is now
mainland
Hobe Sound. The land was divided and redivided among the Gomez heirs and
others and much of it was sold in the early 1900s to a British land development
company
that went bankrupt in the late 1920s. The extensive land holdings of the
corporation were acquired by a group of friends who enjoyed staying at a small
Island hotel
with the idea of conserving the natural beauty of the Island and this has
been the aim of the original owners, their heirs and others who have purchased
land
and built homes here. In fact, much of the Island has been given to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Audubon Society and the Nature Conservancy for
wildlife refuges and preservation of the natural ecology.
Jupiter Island was incorporated as a town in 1953 and enacted
strict low-density zoning, which has preserved its natural beauty probably
better than any other populated barrier island in existence. One and two acre
zoning is the norm for single-family residential homes and no high rises or
multiple family dwellings are allowed. The town has its own government including
mayor, commissioners, a fire department and police force with probably the
highest ratio of police to residents in the United States. There are currently
four hundred and fifty homes on Jupiter Island.
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