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 Susannah now Fort Pierce served as the county seat for Brevard.
Brevard County made little to no contributions during the Civil War. In , the county seat was moved to Bassvile, which is now in Osceola County. Johns River and the Indian River Lagoon.
The county is larger in area than the nation of Samoa and nearly the same size, and population, as Cape Verde. It is one-third the size of the state of Rhode Island. Located halfway between Jacksonville and Miami , Brevard County extends 72 miles km from north to south, and averages Marshes in the western part of this county are the source of the St.
Emphasizing its position as halfway down Florida is the presence of two roads that are halfway down Florida's numbering system, State Road 50 and State Road It includes the Indian River. Johns River, and the Banana River. Dredging for the Intracoastal created 41 spoil islands in the Brevard portion of the Indian River. There is no major urban center. The county government has historically labeled the beach areas differently.
The North Reach includes 9. The Patrick Air Force Base beach is 4. The Mid Reach includes the 7. The South Reach includes the 3. The South Beaches include The American Indian Association of Florida submitted in October a proposal to name the island after the Ais people.
The Board of Geographic Names usually takes at least eight months to decide on a new name for a geographical feature. There are 16 municipalities. The largest by population is Palm Bay, the smallest Melbourne Village. This means a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers. There are distinct wet and dry seasons. The dry lasts from December through May, the wet from June through November. During the dry season, periods of drought often occur, and can lead to a persistent and high wild land fire threat.
In numerous instances these fires have caused property damage. In one case several fires in forced the evacuation of Bayside Highschool In the town of Palm Bay. In this particular event homes were damaged. January is the coldest month, with an average low of The driest month is April with 1.
Florida is a large subtropical state that experiences hurricanes. Although Brevard county is located along Florida's eastern peninsula, it is less frequently impacted by direct hurricane landfalls than portions of the Panhandle or South Florida.
There are two predominant reasons for this. First, westward moving tropical systems often reach an atmospheric ridge weakness in the Bermuda High by the time they approach Florida at a latitude as northerly as Brevard County.
Combined with frontal systems that exit the United States' East Coast , many of these tropical systems are steered northwest and eventually curve northward offshore along Florida's East Central Coast. A second reason is that hurricanes landfalling along the Florida peninsula Gulf Coast often weaken to a tropical storm by the time they move northeast to affect Brevard County with some exceptions, such as 's Charley.
No major hurricane, defined as category 3 or higher, has ever struck Brevard since , the beginning of recorded climate. Although Brevardians may refer to past storms as "hurricanes", by the time they strike there, some of them may have subsided to tropical storms or depressions. Because of the threat of storm surge , the beach community on the barrier island is often required to evacuate well in advance of the storm.
The possibility of storm surge is diminished when the storm comes across the state instead of from the Atlantic. Tornado -like eddies spinning off from even small storms can result in severe damage in small areas. Generally, summertime tornadoes are brief, are at the EF0 or EF1 level, and may not actually touch down. During the dry season , they can attain a force of EF2 and touch the ground for miles. While tornadoes in the Midwest are more severe, a higher rate of deaths are experienced in Florida, and Brevard County, specifically, due to higher population density and quantity of manufactured homes.
Five hurricanes have directly affected Brevard since David September 3, ; Erin August 2, — made landfall near Sebastian Inlet and caused mostly minor wind damage and more extensive flooding countywide; Charley August 13, — caused damage in Titusville and North Brevard; Frances September 3, — struck neighboring Vero Beach in Indian River County directly and caused widespread wind damage throughout Brevard; and Jeanne September 26, — struck Vero Beach directly, following very nearly the same path as Frances.
Slightly more than half of one percent 0. The following storms did not affect Brevard County with hurricane-force winds: Floyd September 15, , and Irene October 16, Tropical Storm Fay dropped a record rainfall of Brevard County works together with the federal and state government to control pollution and preserve wetlands and coastal areas through lands dedicated to conservation and wildlife protection.
There are square miles km 2 of federally protected wildlife refuges. There are 4, species of animals locally. Common mammals include North American river otters , bobcats , white-tailed deer , raccoons , marsh rabbits , and opossum. Feral pigs, introduced by Europeans, present an occasional traffic hazard. One of these counties, St.
Lucie, was formed from the split of the historic Mosquito County, which faded out of existence in Before long, St. Lucie County also known as St. Lucia County was renamed to Brevard County in , which is what we know it as today. In , the first official settlement was set up in the county; it could be found near Cape Canaveral.
Based on estimations from the Census, Brevard County currently has a population of about , people. Since , Titusville has served as the seat of this county. Bus and van pool park and ride services are offered here, and with it you can easily get around the county in no time at all.
You can also visit the Melbourne International Airport if you need to fly out of the state.
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