New Smyrna Beach

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New Smyrna Beach
Nickname : Florida's Secret Pearl
Volusia County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas New Smyrna Beach Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1768
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Volusia County
Coordinates : 29 ° 2 ′  N , 80 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 2 ′  N , 80 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 22,464 (as of 2010)
Population density : 313.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 79.7 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) of
which 71.7 km 2  (approx. 28 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 2 m
Postcodes : 32168-32170
Area code : +1 386
FIPS : 12-48625
GNIS ID : 0287692
Website : www.cityofnsb.com
Mayor : Adam Barringer

New Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County in the US state of Florida with 22,464 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

New Smyrna Beach is located on the east coast of Florida directly on the Atlantic Ocean and on the Halifax River , which forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway . The city is about 15 km south of Daytona Beach and 70 km northeast of Orlando .

history

New Smyrna Beach was founded in 1768, shortly after the British acquired East Florida in 1763, by the Scottish doctor and businessman Dr. Andrew Turnbull after he received the settlement area from the British Crown. At that time it was only called New Smyrna, named after the Greek birthplace of Smyrna of his wife Maria Gracia Turnbull. It is the oldest city in Volusia County and one of the oldest in all of Florida. Due to the fact that Spanish missionaries settled in the area as early as the 1560s, New Smyrna Beach is often referred to as the second oldest city in the United States . Founder Turnbull brought around 1255 settlers from Smyrna (today Izmir , Turkey ), the Greek Islands, Italy and Menorca to grow indigo, corn, rice, hemp and cotton. Although the colony produced relatively large quantities of processed indigo, it collapsed in 1770, weakened by disease, disagreement, and assaults by local Indigo. The remaining 600 settlers fled north to St. Augustine in 1770, where their descendants still live today. Turnbull left the settlement and retired in Charleston, South Carolina.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 22,464 inhabitants were distributed over 16,847 households. The population density was 313.3 inh / km². 90.8% of the population identified themselves as whites , 5.9% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 1.1% as Asian Americans . 0.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 2.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 16.7% of all households and persons aged 65 and over lived in 45.1% of all households. 57.1% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.01 people and the average family size was 2.54 people.

12.3% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 17.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 40.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 54 years. 47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female.

The median annual income was $ 49,625, with 13.0% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 95.24% of the population, 2.84% spoke Spanish and 1.92% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

traffic

New Smyrna Beach is crossed by Interstate 95 , US Highway 1 ( SR A1A , SR 5 ) and Florida State Road 44 . The Florida East Coast Railway's freight line also runs through the city. The nearest airport is Daytona Beach International Airport (around 20 km north).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 355 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There was one murder, three rapes, 22 robberies, 91 personal injuries, 290 break-ins, 821 thefts, 40 car thefts and three arson attacks.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities associated with the place

Web links

Commons : New Smyrna Beach  - 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 - Volusia County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed June 12, 2015 .
  4. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-New-Smyrna-Beach-Florida.html