When was brevard county established

Despite these new settlers, the area was slow to develop any permanent European settles due to mosquito infestation and attacks from Native American tribes. The Spanish abandoned the area, but European diseases still managed to obliterate the native population. In , the Spanish relocated the last remaining natives to Cuba. Creeks migrated from Georgia and the Carolinas to replace the native population, and soon formed the new Seminole tribe.

In , St. Lucie County split from Mosquito County. The first permanent settlement was established near Cape Canaveral in In the s, a new settlement developed at Sand Point and later became known as Titusville. In , the county was renamed in honor of Theodore Washington Brevard, Florida's Comptroller from to Pizza House - Cocoa Beach. Cocoa Beach. Alfredo's Paradiso. Merritt Island. Anaya Coffee. Arbetter's Hotdogs. There are an estimated 3, gopher tortoises in the county. They are on the endangered list.

North Atlantic right whales give birth near the coast of Brevard, among other places, from November 15 to April They are rare, a protected species. Turkey vultures , a migrating species, are protected by federal law. They migrate north in the summer and return in September. The county's most common winter bird is the lesser scaup , a diving duck. In , half a million were counted.

In , 15, were estimated. Local bird counts indicate that there are at least species of birds in the county. Other birds include the red-shouldered hawk , the loggerhead shrike, the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker , Cooper's hawks , pileated woodpeckers , Savannah sparrows, rails which also includes coots , Florida scrub jays an endangered species , wood storks , grackles , great horned owls , northern mockingbirds , brown thrashers , catbirds, green-winged teals, greater yellowlegs , western sandpipers , least sandpipers , dowitchers, and American white pelicans.

Peak migration in the fall is from the last week in September through the first week in October. Fall migration tends to be stronger than spring because birds typically take different flyways. Live oak trees, various grasses, and juniper plants were sufficiently common to generate pollen noticeable by some people in February, Native trees include cabbage palm the state tree of Florida , fringetree, coral bean , sweet acacia , geiger tree , firebush , beautyberry, coral honeysuckle , and blanket flower.

Native plants include sea grape , red mulberry , purslane , dandelion , Spanish bayonet , blackberry , Jerusalem artichoke , dogwood , and gallberry. On the east coast of the state, mangroves have normally dominated the coast from Cocoa Beach southward. Northward these may compete with salt marshes moving in from the north, depending on the annual weather conditions.

According to the census, the county had about 80, veterans. This had dropped to 74, in An actual count by a local agency in indicated that of veterans were homeless. In , a local census by volunteers counted 1, homeless residents. In the s, the county population was just under 24, In , it was just over , In , at the height of the space program, it was , In , 8.

There were , households out of which The average household size was 2. The population was distributed by age with The median age was For every females there were For every females age 18 and over, there were In , the oldest person in the county was a year-old Titusville man. About 7. Of foreign-born residents, In , This is almost twice the national average. In , the Urban Institute ranked the Brevard metro fourth in the country for racial equality.

Criteria were integration of neighborhoods, income, and the quality of schools minorities attend. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Photographed by User:Smallbones own work , , [cc0-by Brevard County, originally named St.

In , the county annexed the southern portion of Volusia County which included Titusville making it one of the longest counties in Florida, stretching some 75 miles along the Atlantic Coast and the Indian River. The establishment of Titusville as the seat of government for Brevard County exemplifies the maturing character of the community.