Wellington is a village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. As of 2006, the village had a population of 55,584 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Wellington is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a July 2006 estimated population of 5,463,857.Wellington was originally the world's largest strawberry patch, the Flying Cow Ranch. C. Oliver Wellington bought 18,000 acres (73 km²) of swampland in the 1950s in central Palm Beach County that eventually would be called the Village of Wellington. Wellington began as a planned unit development approved by Palm Beach County in 1972. For many years it functioned as a bedroom community with few shopping centers or restaurants until it was incorporated in December 1995. Wellington holds the largest horse show in the world from the last week in January to the middle of March.
Wellington is world-famous for equestrian and polo events, and the Village of Wellington has a large, recently renovated public library, a recreation center, a number of public parks and ball fields, and hosts seasonal events such as the annual Top Gun model aircraft show and holiday parades. There are a number of entertainment and cultural venues - such as the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and the Norton Museum of Art - in nearby West Palm Beach. Episode 17 of Season 3 of CSI Miami featured scenes filmed in Wellington. (Info about filming in Wellington, FL is not correct. The shows title is "Nothing To Lose" air date 2/25/2005 It was not filmed in Wellington.