History The area where the town now sits was originally named for the Hobe Indian tribe which lived at the mouth of the Loxahatchee River and whose name is also preserved in the name of nearby Hobe Sound. A mapmaker misunderstood the Spanish spelling Jobe of the native people name Hobe and recorded it as Jove. Subsequent mapmakers further misunderstood this to be the name of the Roman god Jupiter, because the declension of the word Jupiter in Latin includes the root Jov- in all cases but the nominative case and vocative case. They, therefore, adopted the more familiar name of Jupiter. The god Jupiter (or Zeus in the Greek mythology) is the chief Roman god, and the god of light, of the sky and weather, and of the state and its welfare and laws. Jupiter's consort was Juno, inspiring a neighboring town to name itself Juno Beach.
history the area where the town now sits was originally named for the hobe indian tribe which lived at the mouth of the loxahatchee river and whose name is also preserved in the name of nearby hobe sound a mapmaker misunderstood the spanish spelling jobe of the native people name hobe and recorded it as jove subsequent mapmakers further misunderstood this to be the name of the roman god jupiter because the declension of the word jupiter in latin includes the root jov- in all cases but the nominative case and vocative case they therefore adopted the more familiar name of jupiter the god jupiter (or zeus in the greek mythology) is the chief roman god and the god of light of the sky and weather and of the state and its welfare and laws jupiter's consort was juno inspiring a neighboring town to name itself juno beach