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							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