1890 – Bocaratone settled. 1896 – Florida East Coast Railway begins operating. 1909 – Bocaratone becomes part of newly created Palm Beach County. 1912 – Intracoastal Waterway opens. 1915 Telephone installed. Board of Trade organized. 1918 – Ebenezer Baptist Church founded in Pearl City neighborhood. 1923 – Boca Raton Inlet bridge constructed. 1924 Town of "Boca Ratone" incorporated. Addison Mizner chosen as town planner. George Long becomes mayor. 1925 Town of "Boca Raton" incorporated. Mizner Development Corporation in business. 1926 Cloister resort built. Chamber of Commerce founded. 1927 – Town Hall built. 1928 – Water plant built. 1930 Railroad station built. Population: 447. 1936 – Airport established. 1939 – Camino Real Bridge opens. 1942 – U.S. military Boca Raton Army Air Field established. 1947 – October: 1947 Cape Sable hurricane occurs. 1950 Art Guild established. Population: 992. 1955 – Boca Raton News begins publication. 1960 – Population: 6,961. 1961 Florida Atlantic University founded. Boca Raton Public Library building constructed. 1962 Lynn University established. Saint Andrew's School opens. 1963 – Boca Inlet Bridge opens. 1964 – Boca Raton Theatre in business. 1970 – Population: 28,506. 1972 – Boca Raton Historical Society founded. 1979 – Jewish Floridian of South County newspaper begins publication. 1980 Pope John Paul II High School established. Town Center at Boca Raton opens. 1981 – August: "IBM (International Business Machines) introduces the IBM PC from its Boca Raton factory." 1986 – Boca Raton Museum of Art active. 1989 – Boca Raton station opens. 1990 Old Floresta designated a city historic district. Population: 61,492. 1991 – W.R. Grace & Co. headquarters relocated to Boca Raton from New York. 1998 – City website online (approximate date). 1999 – W.R. Grace & Co. headquarters moves away from Boca Raton. 2000 Muvico cinema in business. Population: 83,255 2001 – Anthrax attack; Robert Stevens dies. 2004 – September: Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne occur. 2005 – October: Hurricane Wilma occurs. 2009 – Boca Raton News ceases publication. 2010 – Population: 84,392. 2012 October 22: United States presidential debate held in Boca Raton. 2014 – Susan Haynie elected mayor. 2017 Ted Deutch becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district. September: Hurricane Irma occurs. Boca Raton as a city was the creation of architect Addison Mizner. Prior to him, Boca Raton was an unincorporated farming town with a population of 100 in 1920. In 1925, Mizner announced his plan for "the foremost resort city