Timeline Stories

The first known appearance of “Boca Raton” on a map in association with its present location. The name was mistakenly given to Lake Boca, which remained closed until the latter part of the 19th century. 

“Boca de Ratones” is shown on the Bernard Romans map located on Biscayne Bay in what is now Miami Beach. The name is an archaic nautical term for a rocky inlet meaning “mouth of jagged rocks.”