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We would like to provide the residents of  Melbourne Beach  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Melbourne Beach Home page. The Melbourne Beach Home page provides as much information as possible on Melbourne Beach. Knowing Melbourne Beach’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Melbourne Beach’s Home page, you will also find Melbourne Beach’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Melbourne Beach has a population of 3270. 50.6% of Melbourne Beach’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.4 are female. 64.5% of Melbourne Beach is married and 82% own their own home. The Average Home price is $382,068, and the average rent is $1,356. Household median income in Melbourne Beach is $63,750, and the individual median income is $41,199. Melbourne Beach’s Ethnic is the following: White(97.4%), Hispanic(9.5%), Multiple(1.5%), Asian(1.1%).


The Ais Indians resided in the area in pre-Columbian times. In 2010, a midden near Aquarina included a burial ground for a chief and two handmaidens.It has been suggested that Juan Ponce de León landed near Melbourne Beach in 1513, where he then became the first European to set foot in Florida. A determination of this was made by a historian in the 1990s, who believed that the spot was "within five to eight nautical miles" on the barrier island with a proposed name of Ponce de León Island.


However, this suggestion has not been met with wide acceptance from historians who state that de Leon's landing place cannot be known within a leeway of less than a hundred miles or so. A statue of Ponce de León was erected at "Juan Ponce de León Landing" in Melbourne Beach to commemorate his discovery.Melbourne Beach is Brevard County's oldest beach community. In 1879, a hotel, the Oak Lodge, was built for researchers and naturalists on a 164-acre (66 ha) location near Aquarina.In 1921, the Melbourne Causeway was built, connecting Melbourne Beach to the mainland via the town of Indialantic.


In 1923 it was incorporated as a town. In 1928, Harry J. Brooks, attempting to set a long distance record, crashed a Ford Flivver off the coast of Melbourne Beach, resulting in his death.The town's population oscillated until World War II, when it began growing steadily. Currently, it is largely residential, with an elementary school, some businesses, and many condominiums in the unincorporated areas to the north and south. In 2007, it was voted one of ten best bargain retirement spots in America.In 2016, a Publix located four miles south of Melbourne Beach sold one of the winning tickets in the $1.3 billion Powerball.


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