Town file
Wellington, Florida
Wellington, Florida (Palm Beach County, Florida) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 468, "The Killer Clown Mystery" (17 February 2024). Wellington, in Palm Beach County, Florida, sits inland from West Palm Beach.
- Town
- Wellington
- County
- Palm Beach County
- State
- Florida
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 468
- Approximate location
- 26.649, -80.267
Episode 468 / 17 February 2024 / 72 min / express
The Killer Clown Mystery
"We are making our way down to Wellington, Florida, inland from West Palm Beach in Palm Beach County." about 0:03:00
The case: Murder of Marlene Warren (May 26, 1990). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 61,000
- Median household income
- $98,163
- Median home value
- $642,500
History, in brief
- Charles Oliver Wellington, an accountant from Massachusetts and an aviator, bought 18,000 acres of swampland in the 1950s. about 0:06:16
- He named the property the Flying Cow Ranch, after his initials C.O.W. and his other occupation as an aviator. about 0:06:38
- Because the land flooded all the time, the US Army Corps of Engineers built a levee south of the property in 1953. about 0:06:50
- His son Roger inherited the property; Charles Oliver Wellington died in 1959. about 0:07:26
- The family sold off acreage at a thousand dollars an acre and at one point grew strawberries, claiming the largest strawberry patch in the world. about 0:07:32
- The first census with any real population was in 1980, when there were 4,600 people. about 0:07:43
- Until the mid-1990s it was an out-of-the-way place with very few shops or restaurants. about 0:07:50
The reviews read out
4 stars
"Not much to do, gets bored quickly and has to travel for fun, but the schools are good and there is a cheap little movie theatre."about 0:08:10
3 stars
"Some events, a lot of animals and people live here."about 0:08:32
2 stars
"Just don't live here, it's that simple, good day."about 0:08:44
2 stars
"There is nothing, nothing at all."about 0:08:59
1 star
"Beautiful city during the daytime, but at night the streets are very dark with no lights, disappointing."about 0:09:29
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Tequesta, Florida24 miles
- Davie, Florida39 miles
- Fort Pierce, Florida54 miles
- Naples, Florida101 miles
- Indialantic, Florida101 miles
- Alturas, Florida120 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.