Some early twentieth century maps of this area show both Pompano and a "West Pompano."

The reason for this is that the original Pompano post office was located in George Butler's home near Lettuce Lake (Lake Santa Barbara). After the arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway, and the beginning of commercial development near the tracks, another post office was located in M. Z. Cavender's general store at Flagler Avenue and NE First Street. To distinguish the two, the latter was named West Pompano.

In 1902 the two post offices were combined, and West Pompano was no more.