Pahokee was incorporated in 1922. The name “Pahokee” means “grassy waters” in the Creek language. Local residents refer to Pahokee as “The Muck”, which signifies the mineral-rich dark soil in which sugar cane, citrus fruits, and corn are grown by agribusinesses. In the 1930s, it was known as the “Winter Vegetable Capital of the World”.
The city was severely affected, as were the other communities to the south of the lake, by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. Hurricane Wilma, in 2005, destroyed a newly built marina.
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