Belle Glade

Belle Glade, city, Palm Beach county, south-central Florida, U.S., about 40 miles (65 km) west of West Palm Beach, near the southeastern shores of Lake Okeechobee. The area was originally inhabited by Calusa and later by Seminole Indians. A settlement was built there in 1925 and was originally known as Hillsboro. It was renamed Belle Glade based on an informal poll, where it was suggested that the city was “the belle of the Glades,” in...