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Melbourne
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city in Brevard County, Florida, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Brevard
- Settled
- c. 1867
- Incorporated village
- December 22, 1888
- Consolidated with eau gallie
- July 15, 1969
- Founded by
- Cornthwaite John Hector
- Named after
- Melbourne , Australia
- Type
- Council–manager
- Total
- 49.97 sq mi (129.43 km )
- Land
- 44.15 sq mi (114.36 km )
- Water
- 5.82 sq mi (15.07 km ) 14.4%
- Elevation
- 26 ft (7.9 m)
- Density
- 1,917.8/sq mi (740.47/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip code
- 32901, 32934, 32935, 32940, 32902, 32912, 32936, 32941, 32904
- Fips code
- 12-43975
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Melbourne
- Official name
- Melbourne
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Brevard County
- Population
- 84678
- Area
- 102.485648
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.melbourneflorida.org
- Image
- Historic Downtown Melbourne.jpg
- Households
- 32874
- Dialing code
- 321
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- postal code
- 32940
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Melbourne, Florida
- Commons category
- Melbourne, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Melbourne, Florida
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Melbourne, Florida
- external data available at URL
- maps.mlbfl.org/services/rest/services
- inception
- 1867-00-00
- P8168
- ARI
- water as percent of area
- 14.4244
- official map URL
- mgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html
- per capita income
- 29527
- social media followers
- 11923
- P12749
- Epistle to the Romans
- twinned administrative body
- Ramallah
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
Melbourne (MEL-burn) is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is located 72 miles (116 km) southeast of Orlando along Florida's Space Coast, so named because of the region's proximity to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. The city had an estimated population of 87,561 as of July 1, 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville metropolitan statistical area. Downtown Melbourne and most of the city lie inland of the Indian River Lagoon, with a small part extending over to the barrier island.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melbourne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.