Cocoa Real Estate | Cocoa Homes & Condos
Cocoa Florida area and school information.
Cocoa is also home to Brevard Community College, University of
Central Florida's Brevard Campus, Florida Solar Energy Center, and
BCC Planetarium and Observatory...a true circle of learning! More
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than 15 franchised stores along SR 524 and the new Grissom Ridge
Industrial Park make this one of the most exciting retail and industry
areas in Central Brevard.
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The city was founded by fishermen very early in Florida's history. An authentic, historical
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account states that the first families arrived in Cocoa around 1860. A post office was established
at Magnolia Point two miles north and the first commercial building in Cocoa was erected in
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1881 or 1882. First plats of the new settlement were made in 1882 under the name "India River
City" on land owned by Captain R. A. Hardee. The name Indian River City was unacceptable to
the U.S. Postal authorities who claimed it was too long for use on a postmark.
In 1925, the Cocoa Tribune published several accounts, supplied by readers, of the town's
naming. A Mrs. Ruby Myers credited Captain R.C. May with the choosing of the name Cocoa at
a town meeting in 1884. Those attending the meeting focused on a local product or characteristic
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feature of the area; e.g., citrus plants and Cedar Ke
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Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools
Challenger 7 Elementary Space Coast Jr. High Cocoa High
Atlantis Elementary Ronald McNair Jr. High Space Coast High
Fairglen Elementary Clearlake Jr. High
Enterprise Elementary
Saturn Elementary
Cambridge Elementary
Endeavor Elementary
Einstein Montessori School
Cape Canaveral Real Estate | Cape Canaveral Homes & Condos
Cape Canaveral Florida area and school information.
Cocoa Beach is a great residential community and a hugely popular
tourist destination. Home to Port Canaveral, the city has many ocean
front condominiums and single family homes. As early as the 1920s,
a group of vacationing retired Orlando journalist was apappraising the
area that is now the city of Cape Canaveral. They invested more
than $150,000 in the beach acreage that now encompasses the area
of presidential named streets. The group of investors decided to call
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their development Journalista in honor of their trade. Journalista is now officially titled Avon-by-
Sea.
the-Sea. A seasonal retreat for inland residents was anticipated to become a resort area much as
Cocoa Beach had developed to the south, because of the wooden bridge that connected Merritt
Island to the beaches.
By 1958 the beach area had grown in population as the Space Program flourished. At that time,
the Cocoa Beach city limits were somewhat farther south and an adjacent city could annex an
unincorporated area without a vote of the residents. Therefore, property owners were discussion
the feasibility of forming a new city or a possible annexation by the City of Cocoa Beach,
northward to the Port. Letters were sent to landowners, as far south as the SR 520 Causeway,
asking their opinion on this matter. It was felt that there were advantages in becoming a city or
town but, because of substantial city debts and land taxes being collected in Cocoa Beach, most
Cape Canaveral residents preferred not to become part of the City of Cocoa Beach. Homeowners
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and business people in the Cape Canaveral area were becoming concerned about their investment
in the community and decided the time was right to pursue incorporation to create a city or town
of their own.
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Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools
Capeview Elementary Cocoa Beach Jr. High Cocoa Beach High