Melbourne Beach

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Melbourne Beach
Melbourne Beach Welcome Sign
Melbourne Beach Welcome Sign
County and state location
Brevard County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Melbourne Beach Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1883
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Brevard County
Coordinates : 28 ° 4 ′  N , 80 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 4 ′  N , 80 ° 34 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 3,101 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,148.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 2.7 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 3 m
Postal code : 32951
Area code : +1 321
FIPS : 12-44000
GNIS ID : 0286684
Website : www.melbournebeachfl.org
Mayor : Jim Simmons

Melbourne Beach is a city in Brevard County in the US state of Florida with 3101 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Melbourne Beach is located on a barrier island on the central Atlantic coast of Florida, about 50 km south of Cape Canaveral . The city stretches from the Atlantic coast of the spit, which is only about one kilometer wide at this point, to the shore on the Indian River (an inlet that is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway ).

Melbourne Beach has been connected to the city of Melbourne on the mainland since 1921 via the Melbourne Dam in the northern neighboring community of Indialantic . Other neighboring cities are Palm Bay and Melbourne .

history

Juan Ponce de León was probably the first European to see this area when he landed here in 1513. Melbourne Beach is Brevard County's oldest beach community; it was in 1883 by Cyrus E. Graves , a former officer of the Confederate founded.

At first the community tried to make a living from agriculture - especially pineapples and other tropical fruits - but gave up this attempt again in 1895 after severe frost damage.

From 1889 the construction of a bathing establishment, a pier and a small railway between the two coasts began to take care of tourism . At first, guests had to take a ferry - first a sailing boat, later a motor boat. With the construction of the dam in 1921, access to Melbourne Beach was made much easier.

In 1923 the municipality was officially recognized as a city.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 3,101 inhabitants were distributed among 1,574 households. The population density was 1148.5 inh / km². 96.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 0.5% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 1.1% as Asian Americans . 0.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.1% to several ethnic groups. 3.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 35.6% of all households lived in 24.7% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 64.8% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.31 people and the average family size was 2.85 people.

21.5% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 13.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 34.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 30.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 50 years. 51.1% of the population were male and 48.9% were female.

The median annual income was $ 75,313, with 5.9% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 95.79% of the population, 2.27% spoke Spanish and 1.94% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

The Community Chapel of Melbourne Beach and Melbourne Beach Pier are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

traffic

Florida State Road A1A runs through the city . The Melbourne International Airport is situated 10 km north-west.

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 70 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There were three assaults, two break-ins, 34 thefts and one car theft.

Personalities

  • Jorja Fox (* 1968), actress, grew up in Melbourne Beach

Web links

Commons : Melbourne Beach, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Florida - Brevard County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 26, 2015 .
  4. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Melbourne-Beach-Florida.html