Loxahatchee Groves is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 3,180. Loxahatchee Groves was incorporated November 1, 2006, as the 38th municipality in Palm Beach County. The first election for town council members was held on March 13, 2007. Although Loxahatchee Groves did not become a municipality until 2006, the area had been settled since 1917. Billing itself as “Florida’s Last Frontier”, Loxahatchee Groves was primarily incorporated to better protect the area from encroaching urbanization as nearby cities continued to develop and to preserve the area’s rural character.

The town derives its name from the Loxahatchee River; “Loxahatchee” is from the Seminole words lowchow (turtle) and hatchee (river), thus translating to “river of turtles”.[3] Loxahatchee Groves is bounded on the east by Royal Palm Beach, on the south by Wellington, and on the west and north by The Acreage and Loxahatchee. It has an area of approximately 12.5 square miles (32.4 km2).