Merritt Island, Florida

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Merritt Island, Florida
Census-designated place
Merritt Island 2.JPG
Brevard County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Merritt Island Highlighted.svg
Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida
Coordinates: 28°21′28″N80°41′5″W / 28.35778°N 80.68472°W / 28.35778; -80.68472
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Florida.svg Florida
County Brevard
Area
[1]
 • Total
46.16 sq mi (119.54 km2)
 • Land16.97 sq mi (43.96 km2)
 • Water29.18 sq mi (75.59 km2)
Elevation
3 ft (1 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
34,518
 • Density2,033.94/sq mi (785.30/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
32952–32954
Area code 321
FIPS code 12-44275 [2]
GNIS feature ID0294625 [3]

Merritt Island is a peninsula, commonly referred to as an island, [4] in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Florida coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the name of an unincorporated town in the central and southern parts of the island and a census-designated place (CDP).

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The population was 34,518 at the 2020 census, down from 34,743 at the 2010 census. [5] [6] It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center is located on Merritt Island to the north of the town, and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is located north of the space center.

The central part of Merritt Island, previously known as Merritt City, [7] is home to the majority of the population and includes the local high school, library, and shopping district. The southern area is heavily residential, with centralized light commercial and light industrial areas.

History

Etymology

Merritt Island owes its name to the King of Spain. The entire island was part of a land grant given by the King to a nobleman named Merritt. [8]

Prehistory

Paleontological excavations in the area have unearthed the remains of numerous megafauna and other extinct species, including many herbivorous ungulates, artiodactyls (camelids, peccaries), perissodactyls (equids, tapirs), proboscideans (mammoths, mastodons), rodents (beaver, capybara, porcupine), tortoises and xenarthrans (armadillos, glyptodonts). [4] [ better source needed ] These species, and many more, thrived in the region up to approx. 11,000 years ago, when a larger North-American extinction event caused the majority of native megafauna to die out; this was possibly due to climate change caused by the advancing and/or retreating of the glacial maximum, thus affecting natural resources and weather conditions. Later, more pressures on wildlife would have come from the arrival of the Clovis culture, who became prolific hunters with their distinct, fluted stone weaponry—including some of the earliest spears and arrowheads. [9] [10] Biochemical analyses have shown, for example, that Clovis tools were used in the hunting of camelids. [11] The Pleistocene, or Quaternary, megafaunal extinction also coincided, roughly, with the appearance of the Clovis culture. [11]

By between 800-900 BC, permanent Native American structures were erected in the area. Their mounds populated the lagoon margin. [12]

Post-Columbian

In 1605, Spanish explorer Álvaro Mexía visited the local tribes living in the Indian River area. He interacted with the local tribe of Ais people, part of the native province of Ulumay. [13] Merritt Island is the prominent island on a color map he drew of the area, a copy of which is in the archives at the Library of Congress and the archives in Seville, Spain. [14] Within a few years, all but a handful of these natives were dead from an epidemic that plagued the area after a British merchant ship ran aground. [13]

In the 1760s, the Elliott Plantation grew and processed sugar cane. Remains of the plantation can be found in the Wildlife Refuge. [4] In April 1788, French botanist André Michaux traveled to Merritt Island, near Cape Canaveral, and spent five days looking at the local plants. He wrote a letter on April 24, 1788, from St Augustine. He reported discovering the flag or bigflower paw-paw, Asimina obovata ( Annona grandifloraBartr.). [15]

In 1837, Fort Ann was constructed on the east coast of Merritt Island, near present-day Haulover Canal, [4] to protect the area against the local Seminoles. [16] Merritt Island's recent history dates back to the mid-19th century, and centers on the growth of citrus, with an emphasis on the cultivation of oranges as well as pineapples. The Indian River oranges and grapefruit come from this sandy area. Freezes temporarily destroyed the local pineapple industry in the late 1890s. [4] Freed slaves constructed small towns in the area after the Civil War, including Haulover, Clifton, and Shiloh. [4]

The island's population grew in the 1950s and 1960s as the Space Race began and nearby NASA expanded. Construction of a barge canal to the Intracoastal Waterway from the Atlantic Ocean (for power plant oil shipments) cut off the northern half of the island for many years. To this day, the northern portion of the island remains slightly less developed, with a few areas remaining as cattle pasture or citrus land. The small towns on the island vanished with the coming of the Space Age, and now only live on in the names of streets and historic churches.[ citation needed ] In 1988, citizens defeated a proposed incorporation into a city, 77% opposed to 23% in favor. [17]

Sea Ray Boats operated a factory on Merritt Island from 1978 to 2012. [18] At one time it employed 1200 people. [19] It closed the plant in 2013. [20]

Geography

South end of Merritt Island Merritt Island, Florida (southern tip).jpg
South end of Merritt Island

Merritt Island extends some 46 mi (74 km) from the Volusia County line to Dragon Point near Melbourne. It connects to the Florida mainland where SR 3 now intersects US 1 in Volusia County. [4] To the west it is separated from the mainland by the Indian River and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. To the east it is separated by the Mosquito Lagoon and the Banana River from the barrier island on which Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach stand. The east side of Merritt Island splits and is divided by Sykes Creek and Newfound Harbor.

In the north, the Haulover Canal, first dug in the 19th century, separates the island from the mainland. To the west, the island is connected by causeways to mainland Brevard County near Titusville and Cocoa on its northern end, and in Melbourne on its southern end. To the east the island is connected to Cape Canaveral by the Crawlerway, and by causeways to Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 122.2 km2 (47.2 sq mi), of which 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) is land and 76.8 km2 (29.7 sq mi), or 62.88%, is water. [21]

Fauna

To the north, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, along with a narrow barrier island that make up Canaveral National Seashore, offer an unpopulated protected buffer area for rocket launches at Kennedy Space Center. There are about 356 species of birds on the peninsula, one of the most diverse in the country. [4] Migratory birds join the more resident wildlife, including alligators, manatees, dolphins, sea turtles, bald eagles, ospreys, bobcats, and the elusive Florida panther. A number of bald eagle nests are monitored atop power line poles along SR 3 within Kennedy Space Center.

There are about 12,000 feral pigs in North Merritt Island. Licensed trappers catch about 2,000 annually, which keeps the population even. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service would like to reduce the population. [22]

Places on Merritt Island

Merritt Island has or had 23 named communities, [4] all unincorporated, including:

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1990 32,886—
2000 36,0909.7%
2010 34,743−3.7%
2020 34,518−0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [23]

2010 and 2020 census

Merritt Island racial composition
(Hispanics excluded from racial categories)
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
RacePop 2010 [24] Pop 2020 [25] % 2010% 2020
White (NH)29,24127,77084.16%80.45%
Black or African American (NH)16258464.68%2.45%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)1371150.39%0.33%
Asian (NH)7721,0292.22%2.98%
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)37720.11%0.21%
Some other race (NH)631260.18%0.37%
Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)7391,7722.13%5.13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)2,1292,7886.13%8.08%
Total34,74334,518100.00%100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 34,518 people, 13,790 households, and 8,600 families residing in the CDP. [26]

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 34,743 people, 14,247 households, and 9,385 families residing in the CDP. [27]

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, [2] there were 36,090 people, 14,955 households, and 10,049 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,044.6 inhabitants per square mile (789.4/km2). There were 15,813 housing units at an average density of 895.9 per square mile (345.9/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.22% White, 5.31% African American, 0.41% Native American, 1.65% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.68% from other races, and 1.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.83% of the population.

In 2000, there were 14,955 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18, 52.9% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband, and 32.8% were non-families. Of households, 26.8% were solely individuals and 11.4% had a lone resident of 65 or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.86.

In 2000, in the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% of 65 or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.

Government

Merritt Island is under the administrative care of the local county government, with water being handled by the neighboring city of Cocoa. The county maintains operations for the sheriff's office, fire department, emergency medical services, and sewage systems.

Economy

Personal income

According to the 2000 Census:

Industry

There are light industrial fabrication centers on the Merritt Island Airport, and NASA-related industrial activities to support the Space Shuttle, which was retired in summer of 2011, and other rocket launches on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Air Liquide operates a plant there. [28] [29] Arnott Air Suspension Products, develops and sells aftermarket automotive air suspension products, is also headquartered in Merritt Island. [30]

Redevelopment

Merritt Island has a redevelopment agency funded by the county. [31]

Education

Merritt Island has several schools.

Public schools are operated by Brevard Public Schools:

Private schools:

Library district

The Merritt Island Public Library, though a part of the Brevard County Library System, is a state-designated special library district. Since Merritt Island is an unincorporated area of Brevard County, [33] in 1965 the area applied for, and was designated, a special library district under Chapter 65-1289 by the Florida Legislature. [34] In 2005, the Florida House of Representatives codified all special acts and amendments, in regards to the Merritt Island Public Library District, under HB 1079. [34]

Infrastructure

Roads

The residential areas of Merritt Island, East and West Merritt Island, are only accessible by causeway or drawbridge at all points. The island is linked by causeways, Florida 520.svg SR 520 (Merritt Island Causeway), Florida 404.svg , State Road 404 (Pineda Causeway), Florida 405.svg , State Road 405, Florida 406.svg , State Road 406, and Florida 528.svg SR 528, to the barrier island to its east and the mainland to the west. Mathers Bridge connects the southernmost area to the barrier island.

Florida 3.svg SR 3, a four-lane highway, connects the Kennedy Space Center for workers from the more densely populated central and southern sections of the island.

Sewage

The lift station near the Pineda Causeway was built to handle 9,000,000 US gal (34,000,000 L) per day. It became overloaded after Hurricane Irma in 2017. Trucks were used to dispose of the excess which rose to 12,000,000 US gal (45,000,000 L) daily. [35]

Airports

Merritt Island Airport is a public general aviation airport located on South Merritt Island and run by the Titusville-Cocoa (TICO) Airport Authority.

Landmarks

Notable people

See also

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