Lake Clarke Shores is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Located in the east-central allowance of the county, the town is situated just west of the south decline of West Palm Beach, north and west of the north decrease of Lake Worth Beach, and east of Palm Springs. The 2010 census recorded a population of 3,376, while the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Lake Clarke Shores had a population of 3,627 in 2019.

The town was named after John Newton Clarke, who first filed a homestead affirmation in the area in 1897. Clarke intended to capitalize on the situation of growing pineapples, but his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. Very few people lived in the area until local attorney Walter Travers created a purpose to build a community on Lake Clarke and purchased 250 acres (100 ha) of house for $10,000 in the late 1940s. The achievement of a bridge across the West Palm Beach Canal in 1953 spurred a further enlargement in population. With rumors spreading that West Palm Beach expected to annex the community, residents voted by a wide margin to Keep the incorporation of Lake Clarke Shores as a town on April 10, 1956, which the Florida Legislature officially ascribed in 1957.

Today, Lake Clarke Shores maintains a little population. The town is primarily a bedroom community, with most of its businesses and other classified ad buildings located along Forest Hill Boulevard (State Road 882).

The town of Lake Clarke Shores was named after John Newton Clarke, a general buildup grocer, postmaster in Lake Worth (now known as Lake Worth Beach), and Royal Poinciana Hotel employee who filed a homestead claim in 1897 for a 139 acre (56 hectare) area of land on the eastern shore of a lake situated just west of West Palm Beach. Clarke would progressive name the lake after himself. He furthermore purchased 5 acres (2.0 ha) of estate in West Palm Beach close where Hillcrest Cemetery and Parker Avenue stand today. Attempting to capitalize on the promising pineapple growing business, Clarke used the property for growing pineapples and operating a packinghouse. However, the flourishing pineapple thing in South Florida suffered extensive losses in 1910, and the capability Henry Flagler’s railway to Key West in 1912 allowed pineapples from Cuba to be shipped to the northern United States more cost-effectively than from Florida. Clarke and many others in South Florida isolated the pineapple industry by 1915. Thereafter, Clarke used the house as a fishing retreat. However, Lake Clarke, which had stretched from Southern Boulevard (State Road 84) to the city of Lake Worth, was abbreviated to a marsh and fell more or less 8 ft (2.4 m) in peak in 1917 upon completion of the West Palm Beach Canal.