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


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

Vero Beach has a population of 17163. 45.6% of Vero Beach’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.4 are female. 47.6% of Vero Beach is married and 67.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $266,903, and the average rent is $906. Household median income in Vero Beach is $51,036, and the individual median income is $31,435. Vero Beach’s Ethnic is the following: White(84.8%), Hispanic(7.4%), Black(6%), Multiple(4.7%), Asian(1.9%), Other(1.7%), Native(0.8%), Pacific(0.1%).


In 1715, a Spanish treasure fleet wrecked off the coast of Vero. Eleven out of twelve Spanish ships carrying tonnes of silver foundered in a hurricane. The remains of the silver attracted pirates. A group of 300 unemployed English privateers led by Henry Jennings stole about £87,500 in gold and silver in their first acts of piracy.


The coins still wash to the shore to this day. In 1872 Captain Allen W. Estes officially established the first land patent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River Lagoon, after settling in the area in 1870. In 1893 Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway began operation through the area.The town of Vero was chartered on June 13, 1919.Vero was officially renamed "Vero Beach" and was switched from being part of St.


Lucie County to become the county seat of Indian River County when it was formed in June, 1925. There are many theories on possible origin of the city name, but there's no consensus. Early residential construction in the area often utilized Florida cracker architecture style.During the war year of 1942 the U.S.


Navy selected 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) surrounding the Vero Beach Municipal Airport as the site of Fort Pierce Naval Amphibious Training Base, a Naval Air Station. Due to the bombing practices conducted during the WWII, there are many buried explosives and the Army Corps officials have conducted ongoing search & clearing exercises for the potentially dangerous items since 2014.In 1951 Barber Bridge was built from mainland to barrier islands.


It was later demolished and replaced in 1995 with the Merrill P. Barber Bridge. It is named after Merrill P. Barber who was the mayor of Vero beach in 1947.In 1957 Piper Aircraft began research and development in Vero Beach. In 1961 Piper Aircraft moved administrative and manufacturing operations to Vero after completing building additions.In 1965 the A1A bridge over the Sebastian Inlet connected the two barrier islands.


In 1979, the 17th Street Bridge was completed, allowing a second point of access from Vero Beach mainland to the barrier islands.


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