2016 - 2017 Fact Book
Your guide to BREVARD COUNTY. Everything you need to know about life on the Space Coast.
Your guide to BREVARD COUNTY. Everything you need to know about life on the Space Coast.
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Community Profiles<br />
Life in Brevard<br />
BAREFOOT BAY<br />
Population: 5,979 Unincorporated.<br />
Point of interest: Recreational<br />
amenities. Fast fact:<br />
Retirement, family community<br />
established 1969. 772-664-3141;<br />
bbrd.org<br />
CAPE CANAVERAL<br />
Population: 10,049 Incorporated:<br />
1963 Points of interest:<br />
Recreational amenities; Port<br />
Canaveral and Cape Canaveral Air<br />
Force Station are nearby. Fast<br />
fact: Ponce de Leon named Cape<br />
of Currents in 1513. 321-868-1220;<br />
cityofcapecanaveral.org<br />
COCOA<br />
Population: 17,419 Incorporated:<br />
1895 Points of interest:<br />
Cocoa Village, Brevard Museum<br />
of History and Natural Science,<br />
Cocoa Expo. Fast fact: Supposedly<br />
named after a box of Baker’s<br />
Cocoa delivered to Willard’s<br />
General Store. 321-433-8800;<br />
cocoafl.org<br />
COCOA BEACH<br />
Population: 11,400 Incorporated:<br />
1925 Points of interest:<br />
Cocoa Beach Pier, Surfside<br />
Playhouse, home of Ron Jon Surf<br />
Shop. Fast fact: First homesteaded<br />
by freed slaves after the<br />
Civil War. 321-868-3200;<br />
cityofcocoabeach.com<br />
GRANT-VALKARIA<br />
Population: 3,968 Incorporated:<br />
2006 Points of interest: The<br />
Grant Seafood Festival in February,<br />
Florida’s longest continuous<br />
seafood festival; Valkaria Airport.<br />
Fast fact: Was two separate<br />
communities, Grant and Valkaria,<br />
until 2006. Known for commercial<br />
fishing, crab and oyster houses<br />
along U.S. 1. 321-951-1380;<br />
grantvalkaria.org<br />
INDIALANTIC<br />
Population: 2,785 Incorporated:<br />
1952 Points of interest:<br />
Indialantic Beach Park, Fifth<br />
Avenue Boardwalk. Fast fact:<br />
Name was chosen by Ernest Kouwen-Hoven,<br />
a developer; Indialantic-by-the-Sea<br />
is the full<br />
name. 321-723-2242;<br />
indialantic.com<br />
INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH<br />
Population: 8,334 Incorporated:<br />
1955 Points of interest:<br />
Bicentennial Park, Gleason Park<br />
and Millennium Park. Fast fact:<br />
First tsunami-ready city on<br />
the East Coast. 321-773-<br />
3181;<br />
indianharbourbeach.org<br />
MALABAR<br />
Population: 2,864<br />
Incorporated: 1962<br />
Points of interest:<br />
Malabar Scrub Sanctuary<br />
and the Jordan Scrub.<br />
Fast fact: The town<br />
formally was recognized<br />
Dec. 24, 1883, when the U.S.<br />
government established a post<br />
office; mail was delivered by<br />
sailboat. 321-727-7764;<br />
townofmalabar.org<br />
MELBOURNE<br />
Population: 78,490 Incorporated:<br />
1888; merged with Eau Gallie<br />
in 1969 Points of interest:<br />
Florida Tech Botanical Gardens,<br />
King Center for the Performing<br />
Arts, Liberty Bell Memorial Museum,<br />
Rossetter House. Fast<br />
fact: City named in 1880 when<br />
homesteader Richard W. Goode’s<br />
daughter drew its name on the<br />
longest of three broom straws.<br />
321-608-7000;<br />
melbourneflorida.org<br />
MELBOURNE BEACH<br />
Population: 3,163 Incorporated:<br />
1923 Points of interest:<br />
Ryckman House, Sea Turtle Preservation<br />
Society, Flutie Athletic<br />
Complex. Fast fact: The county’s<br />
oldest beach community was<br />
founded in 1883. 321-724-5860;<br />
melbournebeachfl.org<br />
MELBOURNE VILLAGE<br />
Population: 678 Incorporated:<br />
1957 Points of interest: Hester<br />
Wagner Community Center and<br />
historical trail, 11 parks. Fast<br />
fact: Brevard’s least populous<br />
incorporated community. 321-<br />
723-8300; melbourne-village.org<br />
MERRITT ISLAND<br />
Population: 34,743 Unincorporated.<br />
Points of interest:<br />
Kennedy Space Center and the<br />
Visitor Complex, Merritt Island<br />
National Wildlife Refuge, Ulumay<br />
Wildlife Sanctuary. Fast<br />
facts: The island was part of a<br />
land grant given by the king of<br />
Spain to a nobleman named<br />
Merritt. Initial economy based on<br />
cattle, sugar, citrus. 321-454-6610<br />
MICCO<br />
Population: 9,052 Unincorporated.<br />
Points of interest: Barefoot<br />
Bay modular-home development,<br />
founded in 1970, occupies<br />
1,100 acres; home to Little<br />
Hollywood and Snug Harbor. Fast<br />
fact: The community’s shores are<br />
dotted with marinas, piers, seafood<br />
outlets and marine repair<br />
services.<br />
MIMS<br />
Population: 7,058 Unincorporated.<br />
Point of interest: Harry<br />
T. Moore Memorial Park and<br />
Cultural Center honors civil-rights<br />
leaders Harry T. and Harriette V.<br />
Moore. Fast fact: From early<br />
1920s to about 1927, Mims was a<br />
town with a mayor and a council.<br />
PALM BAY<br />
Population: 105,838 Incorporated:<br />
1960 Points of interest:<br />
Turkey Creek Wildlife Sanctuary;<br />
Lagoon House is the starting<br />
point of the Indian River Lagoon<br />
Scenic Highway. Fast fact: Brevard<br />
County’s most populous<br />
community. 321-952-3400;<br />
palmbayflorida.org<br />
See COMMUNITIES, Page 12<br />
10 <strong>Fact</strong> <strong>Book</strong> <strong>2016</strong>-17 Floridatoday.com
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