 West Palm Beach would be incorporated as a town on November 5, 1894, before becoming a city in 1903.Upon the establishment of Palm Beach County in 1909, West Palm Beach received the designation of county seat.The city developed much more rapidly during the 1920s land boom, which saw a nearly four-fold increase in population between 1920 and 1927 and the construction of many of the city's historical buildings and neighborhoods.