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Brevard County

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Local places
31
Population
663,982
Planning millage
13.7669 mills
Note paths
26
10 Cities 6 Towns 15 Census-designated places
Data notes

Census GEOID: 12009. Population and place types come from the Florida Census place dataset used by this site. The planning millage is a Florida Revenue county-summary row, not a parcel rate, estimate, or bill. Open the property-tax guide for the limits and calculator.

Official county paths

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These links go to the county office or district listed by a statewide official directory. Use the exact address when a parcel, precinct, school assignment, or evacuation instruction is involved.

County-office snapshot checked 2026-07-13. Office names, hours, contacts, and service details can change on the linked site.

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Places in Brevard County

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Census-designated places (15)

These are named Census places, not incorporated city governments. County and special-district offices often own the practical record.

Direct local notes

Notes about Brevard County and its places

These entries have been reviewed as directly about the county or one of the local places listed here.

Home and property

A Rockledge utility bill can involve two cities

Cocoa supplies Rockledge drinking water and handles billing, while Rockledge operates the local wastewater system.

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Outdoors

Titusville launch viewing starts with the shoreline

Titusville looks across the Indian River Lagoon toward the launch pads. Space View Park is an easy public choice, but the mission still needs a live check.

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Home and property

West Melbourne buys water from Melbourne but runs the local account

West Melbourne purchases treated water from Melbourne, then sells and delivers it through city-owned lines and meters alongside its local sewer service.

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Home and property

Melbourne permit history has a legacy search

Melbourne keeps current and legacy permit records in different search lanes. An older roof, addition, or repair may need both.

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History and culture

Bumper 8 started Cape Canaveral's launch story

The first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in 1950, long before Space Coast launch days became part of local life.

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History and culture

Kennedy Space Center makes Brevard feel different

Kennedy Space Center gives Brevard County a spaceport rhythm, while NASA, the Visitor Complex, and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station remain distinct destinations.

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Outdoors

Turkey Creek Sanctuary gives Palm Bay a boardwalk by the creek

Turkey Creek Sanctuary gives Palm Bay a creekside boardwalk, native habitats, wildlife viewing, trails, and a nature center in one local stop.

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History and culture

Moore Memorial Park keeps Mims' civil rights story visible

Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park in Mims keeps a hard Florida civil rights story tied to a museum, replica home, and quiet grounds.

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Rules and licenses

Cocoa Beach dunes and turtles shape the day

Cocoa Beach has distinct checks for dunes, dogs, turtle-sensitive lighting, fires, shade structures, and surf fishing.

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Money and taxes

Port Canaveral keeps cargo, cruise, and Space Coast money together

Port Canaveral ties Brevard County's fishing, cargo, cruise, petroleum, and space-support work into one busy coastal place.

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Home and property

Palm Bay's Compound keeps an unfinished development story on the map

Palm Bay's Compound is an old General Development Corporation land story, with platted roads, stalled growth, and current city planning wrapped together.

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Cars and driving

Black Point Wildlife Drive turns Merritt Island into a slow loop

Black Point Wildlife Drive is a scenic auto route at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, where a short drive can turn into a birding and water-level day.

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Useful county context

Notes with examples, nearby ties, or broader rules

These notes create useful paths from Brevard County, but they may describe a statewide rule, regional subject, neighboring place, or one county example rather than a rule unique to this county.

Money and taxes

Florida veteran and disability tax breaks start at the property appraiser

Florida has several veteran, disability, surviving-spouse, widow, widower, and blindness property-tax benefits, but the county property appraiser decides the file.

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Outdoors

Canaveral National Seashore feels bigger than the beach

Canaveral National Seashore has Atlantic beach, lagoon edges, historic places, launch-country views, and access points that need a quick NPS check.

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Rules and licenses

Florida's moonstone state gem points back to the Space Coast

Florida's official state gem is moonstone, a space-age choice that points more toward Kennedy Space Center than a normal rock shop.

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Outdoors

Merritt Island Refuge shares land with the Space Center

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge spans Kennedy Space Center lands in Brevard and Volusia counties, with access shaped by refuge, seashore, and launch operations.

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Outdoors

Sebastian Inlet is a Treasure Coast condition check

Sebastian Inlet State Park is a major surf, fishing, beach, and inlet stop where conditions shape the day.

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Rules and licenses

Book Florida sea-turtle walks through a permitted program

Florida turtle walks, hatchling releases, and public hatch-success evaluations are different activities run through FWC-permitted programs.

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Cars and driving

The Beachline is Orlando's airport-to-coast road

SR 528 links Orlando International Airport with Cape Canaveral, east coast beaches, toll choices, and airport-to-coast traffic.

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Cars and driving

Indian River Lagoon byway puts water, space, and wildlife in one drive

The Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway follows a long coastal-water story where refuge land, beaches, rockets, bridges, and small stops sit close together.

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Cars and driving

Port Canaveral cruise days start with the terminal map

Port Canaveral cruise planning starts with the exact terminal, parking, pickup rules, and the drive from Orlando or the Space Coast.

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Home and property

Florida tree work near power lines starts with the utility

A Florida yard tree near overhead lines may involve the electric utility before a regular trimming crew belongs in the conversation.

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Outdoors

St. Sebastian River Preserve keeps two counties close to pine flatwoods

St. Sebastian River Preserve gives Indian River and Brevard counties a big pine-flatwoods, river, trail, and wildlife-viewing landscape.

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Money and taxes

Florida tax deed talk means the file is far down the road

Florida tax deed language usually means unpaid property taxes have moved beyond the first tax-certificate clue, so owners and buyers should check the official file.

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Money and taxes

Space Florida turns launch country into a business story

Florida's space economy is not only launch viewing. Space Florida ties facilities, finance, workforce, and commercial space work into the state business map.

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Rules and licenses

Florida Main Street is a downtown program, not just a banner

Florida Main Street gives historic downtowns a state program for preservation, business support, local pride, and steady downtown work.

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Sources used for this page

Use the county directory as a starting map.

Last checked July 13, 2026. The place list comes from the Florida Census place data used by this site. Direct note relationships stay separate from broader contextual paths. County office links come from the statewide directories named on the linked sites, and county tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. Before relying on a rule, fee, deadline, public record, service, school assignment, storm instruction, or permit path, use the official source for the exact address.

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