Lake Worth's name was almost changed this summer to Lake Worth Beach. Luckily, clearer heads prevailed. Now, little Fort Walton Beach, a nice community in Florida's panhandle, is wishing it had resisted adding "Beach" to its name back in 1953:
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/opinion/worth-51502-lake-officials.html
According to this, as a result of Fort Walton's name change, the first word in the town's name is often abbreviated as Ft., which doesn't look so nice. Also, many people, including top political leaders, don't use the word "Beach" when talking about the town, referring to it just as "Fort Walton." So it didn't really work out that well.
Welcome to the bloggers sphere. Thanks for including the Ft. Walton Beach (sans beach) story. So they do not have a beach but Lake Worth does.
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