Brevard County Fact Book 2018 - 2019
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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LIFE IN BREVARD<br />
Space Coast<br />
communities<br />
BAREFOOT BAY<br />
Population: 9,808<br />
Unincorporated<br />
Point of interest: Recreational<br />
amenities.<br />
Fast fact: Retirement, family community<br />
established 1969.<br />
772-664-3141; bbrd.org<br />
CAPE CANAVERAL<br />
Population: 10,352<br />
Incorporated: 1963<br />
Points of interest: Recreational<br />
amenities; Port Canaveral and Cape<br />
Canaveral Air Force Station are<br />
nearby.<br />
Fast fact: Ponce de Leon named<br />
Cape of Currents in 1513.<br />
321-868-1220;<br />
cityofcapecanaveral.org<br />
COCOA<br />
Population: 18,102<br />
Incorporated: 1895<br />
Points of interest: Cocoa Village,<br />
<strong>Brevard</strong> Museum of History and<br />
Natural Science, Cocoa Expo.<br />
Fast fact: Supposedly named after a<br />
box of Baker’s Cocoa delivered to<br />
Willard’s General Store.<br />
321-433-8800; cocoafl.org<br />
COCOA BEACH<br />
Population: 11,761<br />
Incorporated: 1925<br />
Points of interest: Cocoa Beach Pier,<br />
Surfside Playhouse, home of Ron Jon<br />
Surf Shop.<br />
Fast fact: First homesteaded by<br />
freed slaves after the Civil War.<br />
321-868-3200;<br />
cityofcocoabeach.com<br />
GRANT-VALKARIA<br />
Population: 3,850<br />
Incorporated: 2006<br />
Points of interest: The Grant<br />
Seafood Festival in February,<br />
Florida’s longest continuous seafood<br />
festival; Valkaria Airport.<br />
Fast fact: Was two separate communities,<br />
Grant and Valkaria, until 2006.<br />
Known for commercial fishing, crab<br />
and oyster houses along U.S. 1.<br />
321-951-1380; grantvalkaria.org<br />
INDIALANTIC<br />
Population: 2,890<br />
Incorporated: 1952<br />
Points of interest: Indialantic Beach<br />
Park, Fifth Avenue Boardwalk.<br />
Fast fact: Name was chosen by<br />
Ernest Kouwen-Hoven, a developer;<br />
Indialantic-by-the-Sea is the full<br />
name. 321-723-2242;<br />
indialantic.com<br />
INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH<br />
Population: 8,586<br />
Incorporated: 1955<br />
Points of interest: Bicentennial Park,<br />
Gleason Park and Millennium Park.<br />
Fast fact: First tsunami-ready city on<br />
the East Coast. 321-773-3181;<br />
indianharbourbeach.org<br />
MALABAR<br />
Population: 3,007<br />
Incorporated: 1962<br />
Points of interest: Malabar Scrub<br />
Sanctuary and the Jordan Scrub.<br />
Fast fact: The town formally was<br />
recognized Dec. 24, 1883, when the<br />
U.S. government established a post<br />
office; mail was delivered by sailboat.<br />
321-727-7764;<br />
townofmalabar.org<br />
MELBOURNE<br />
Population: 81,185<br />
Incorporated:<br />
1888; merged with<br />
Eau Gallie in 1969<br />
Points of interest:<br />
Florida Tech Botanical<br />
Gardens, King Center<br />
for the Performing Arts,<br />
Liberty Bell Memorial<br />
Museum, Rossetter House.<br />
Fast fact: City named in<br />
1880 when homesteader<br />
Richard W. Goode’s daughter<br />
drew its name on the longest<br />
of three broom straws.<br />
321-608-7000; melbourneflorida.org<br />
MELBOURNE BEACH<br />
Population: 3,276<br />
Incorporated: 1923<br />
Points of interest: Ryckman House,<br />
Sea Turtle Preservation Society,<br />
Flutie Athletic Complex.<br />
Fast fact: The county’s oldest beach<br />
community was founded in 1883.<br />
321-724-5860;<br />
melbournebeachfl.org<br />
MELBOURNE VILLAGE<br />
Population: 701<br />
Incorporated: 1957<br />
Points of interest: Hester Wagner<br />
Community Center and historical<br />
trail, 11 parks.<br />
Fast fact: <strong>Brevard</strong>’s least populous<br />
incorporated community.<br />
321-723-8300;<br />
melbourne-village.com<br />
MERRITT ISLAND<br />
Population: 34,743<br />
Unincorporated<br />
Points of interest: Kennedy Space<br />
Center and the Visitor Complex,<br />
Merritt Island National Wildlife<br />
Refuge, Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary.<br />
Fast facts: The island was part of a<br />
land grant given by the king of Spain<br />
to a nobleman named Merritt. Initial<br />
economy based on cattle, sugar,<br />
citrus. 321-454-6610<br />
MICCO<br />
Population: 9,052<br />
Unincorporated<br />
Points of interest: Barefoot Bay<br />
modular-home development,<br />
founded in 1970, occupies 1,100<br />
acres; home to Little Hollywood and<br />
Snug Harbor.<br />
Fast fact: The community’s shores<br />
are dotted with marinas, piers,<br />
seafood outlets and marine repair<br />
services.<br />
MIMS<br />
Population: 7,058<br />
Unincorporated<br />
Point of interest: Harry T. Moore<br />
Memorial Park and Cultural Center<br />
honors civil-rights leaders Harry T.<br />
and Harriette V. Moore.<br />
Fast fact: From early 1920s to about<br />
1927, Mims was a town with a mayor<br />
and a council.<br />
PALM BAY<br />
Population: 110,104<br />
Incorporated: 1960<br />
Points of interest: Turkey Creek<br />
Wildlife Sanctuary; Lagoon House is<br />
the starting point of the Indian River<br />
Lagoon Scenic Highway.<br />
Fast fact: <strong>Brevard</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s most<br />
populous community.<br />
321-952-3400; palmbayflorida.org<br />
Research: City, town<br />
and Air Force base<br />
officials; community<br />
organizations in<br />
unincorporated<br />
areas; Florida Office<br />
of Economic and<br />
Demographic Research<br />
(excluding jail<br />
inmates); U.S. Census<br />
Bureau. Figures<br />
for some unincorporated<br />
areas are for<br />
“census designated<br />
place” boundaries<br />
that might not include<br />
parts of the<br />
community.<br />
Continued on Page 8<br />
6 ❚ FACTBOOK <strong>2018</strong>-<strong>2019</strong>
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