Titusville, Florida

Titusville, Florida
Titusville, Florida
City
	Historic Brevard County Courthouse in 2006
	Seal
	Nickname: "Miracle City"
	Motto: "Gateway To Nature And Space"
	Location in Brevard County and the U.S. state of Florida
	Coordinates: 28°35′28″N 80°49′12″W / 28.59111°N 80.82000°W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Brevard
Settled; (Sand Point)	1859-1873
Incorporated (city)	1887
Founded by	Henry T. Titus
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• Mayor	Daniel "Dan" E. Diesel
• Vice Mayor	Joe C. Robinson
• Council Members	Jo Lynn Nelson,; Dr. Sarah Stoeckel, and; Herman A. Cole, Jr.
• City Manager	Scott Larese
• City Clerk	Wanda Wells
Area
• Total	34.31 sq mi (88.87 km2)
• Land	29.22 sq mi (75.69 km2)
• Water	5.09 sq mi (13.18 km2)
Elevation	10 ft (3 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	48,789
• Density	1,669.48/sq mi (644.59/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	32780-32783, 32796
Area code	321
FIPS code	12-71900
GNIS feature ID	0292319
Website	titusville.com

Titusville is a city in and the county seat of Brevard County, Florida, United States.^[8] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 48,789, up from 43,761 at the 2010 census.^[5] Titusville is located along the Indian River, west of Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center, and south-southwest of the Canaveral National Seashore. It is a principal city of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Near Titusville is the Windover Archeological Site, a National Historic Landmark recognizing its important collection of human remains and artifacts of the early Archaic Period (6,000 to 5,000 BC.)

A secondary, de facto county seat was established beginning in 1989, at Viera, Florida, in the geographic center of the county, to better serve the more populous southern portion of the county.

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^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Profile of Titusville, Florida in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[1] Walters, Mark Jerome (1992). A Shadow and a Song. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Classics. p. xiv. ISBN 978-1-933392-56-1.

[SP-2] Cite error: The named reference SP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[TV-3] Cite error: The named reference TV was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[CenPopGazetteer2020-4] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

[Census-2020-Profile-5] "Profile of Titusville, Florida in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

[GR2-6] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[GR3-7] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[GR6-8] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

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