Editing Pahokee, Florida (section)

==History==

Pahokee was incorporated in 1922.<ref name=PahInc/> The name "Pahokee" means "grassy waters" in the [[Creek language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usacitiesonline.com/flcountypahokee.htm|title=Pahokee Florida Profile and Resource Guide, City or community of Pahokee, Florida Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, Advertising|work=usacitiesonline.com|access-date=2007-12-27|archive-date=2008-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724060816/http://www.usacitiesonline.com/flcountypahokee.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Local residents refer to Pahokee as "The Muck", which signifies the mineral-rich dark soil in which [[sugar cane]], [[citrus]] fruits, and [[maize|corn]] are grown by agribusinesses. In the 1930s, it was known as the "Winter Vegetable Capital of the World".<ref name="football">{{cite news|last=DeGregory|first=Lane|date=December 4, 2014|title=In Pahokee, football serves as a way out|newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|url=https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/in-pahokee-football-serves-as-a-way-out/2209006/|access-date=February 10, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073356/http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/in-pahokee-football-serves-as-a-way-out/2209006|url-status=live}}</ref>

The city was severely affected, as were the other communities to the south of the lake, by the [[1928 Okeechobee hurricane]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Hal |last=Leyshon |title=Storm Victims Filthy Black From Muck Water; Cabins Floating Coffins |work=[[Danville Register & Bee|The Bee]] |location=Danville, Virginia |date=September 19, 1928 |page=3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17668004/storm_victims_filthy_black_from_muck/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165052/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17668004/storm_victims_filthy_black_from_muck/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida|Hurricane Wilma]], in 2005, destroyed a newly built marina.