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Brevard County, Florida County in Florida, United States

Brevard County is located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 543,376, making it the 10th most populated county in Florida. The official county seat has been located in Titusville since 1894. Brevard County comprises the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along the east Florida coast and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.

Transylvania County, North Carolina U.S. county in North Carolina

Transylvania County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its 2018 U.S. Census population estimate is 34,215. Its county seat is Brevard.

Melbourne, Florida City in Florida, United States

Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is seventy-two miles southeast from Orlando. As of the 2010 census, there was a population of 76,068. The municipality is the second-largest in the county by both size and population. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1969 the city was expanded by merging with nearby Eau Gallie.

Merritt Island, Florida Census-designated place in Florida, United States

Merritt Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Floridian coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. The population was 34,743 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name "Merritt Island" also refers to the extent of the peninsula, misnamed an "island."

Brevard, North Carolina City in North Carolina, United States

Brevard is a city in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 7,609 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Transylvania County.

The Brevard County Manatees were a minor league baseball team of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League from 1994 to 2016. They were based in Viera, Florida, and played their home games at Space Coast Stadium; built in 1994, the park held 5,346 people and was also the spring training home of Major League Baseball's Florida Marlins, Montreal Expos, and Washington Nationals. The team left Brevard County after the 2016 season for Kissimmee, Florida, where it began play in 2017 as the Florida Fire Frogs.

Merritt Island Airport

Merritt Island Airport is a general aviation public airport under the administration of the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority. It located in Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, USA, northwest of Patrick Air Force Base.

<i>Florida Today</i> Newspaper in Melbourne, Florida

Florida Today is the major daily newspaper serving Brevard County, Florida. The Gannett corporation started the paper in 1966.

Viera, Florida Planned community in Florida, United States

Viera is an affluent master planned community located in the central coastal region of Brevard County, Florida. It is part of an unincorporated section adjacent to the Melbourne, Florida area. For census purposes, it is divided between the Census Designated Places of Viera East and Viera West. At the 2010 census, Viera East had a population of 10,757, while Viera West had a population of 6,641.

Brevard Public Schools is a school district serving Brevard County, Florida, and based in Viera, Florida.

Brevard College

Brevard College is a small, experiential liberal arts college in Brevard, North Carolina, United States. The college grants the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.

Mosquito County, Florida (former county) Former county in Florida, United States

Mosquito County is the historic name of an early county that once comprised most of the eastern part of Florida. Its land included all of present-day Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Seminole, Osceola, Orange, Lake, Polk and Palm Beach counties.

USS <i>Brevard</i> (AK-164)

USS Brevard (AK-164) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Brevard County, Florida

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Brevard County, Florida.

Thad Altman Republican politician

Thad Altman is a Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing parts of the Melbourne area in central Brevard County since 2016. Previously, he represented a similar area in the House from 2003 to 2008, and served in the Florida Senate from 2008 to 2016.

Brevard Memorial Stadium is a 7,000-seat football stadium located in Brevard, North Carolina. The stadium is the home field of the Brevard High School Blue Devils and the Brevard College Tornados. The Tornados compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II South Atlantic Conference (SAC). The school installed an artificial turf field in 2014.

Arthur Dunn Airpark is a public-use airport located 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the central business district of the city of Titusville in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned and is administered under the cognizance of the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority. The airport has one paved runway that is 2,961 feet in length and a turf runway that is 1,805 feet in length.

Old Brevard County Courthouse

The Old Brevard County Courthouse, renamed in 2006 as the Vassar B. Carlton Historic Titusville Courthouse, is an historic courthouse building located at 506 South Palm Avenue in Titusville, Florida. Designed in the Classical Revival style, it was built in 1912 by Lightman, McDonald and Company to serve as Brevard County's first courthouse building erected in Titusville.

Harriette Moore

Harriette Vyda Simms Moore was an American educator and civil rights worker. She was the wife of Harry T. Moore, who founded the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida. Her and her husband's murder was the first assassination to happen during the civil rights movement, and the only time a husband and wife were both killed for their activism.