Palm Bay, Florida |
Palm Bay is Florida's sixth largest city
The city estimated its population at 107,538 on 28 July 2007; it is the most populous city in the county. Palm Bay is a part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 534,359. On the activity side of Palm Bay life, Money magazine ranks the area on its Best Places to Retire and one of the Best Places To Live in 2007. Palm Bay can be described as a great place to live or to retire. The city can be described as a great place to grow because of it's economic diversity. Many quality of life choices including employment opportunities from entrepreneurial family owned enterprises through a growing base of mid and large size technology and manufacturing companies. Education opportunities include 23 public and private K-12 schools. Brevard Community College has a Palm Bay campus that has course offerings the University of Central Florida, Webster University and Barry University. Whatever your water sport passion, Palm Bay can make it happen. Sailing, water skiing, jet skiing and parasailing are everyday pastimes along the Indian River Lagoon. With beautiful year round weather, residents are tempted to cross the causeway to Brevard County’s 72 miles of pristine beach. Relax on a quiet patch of beach or dive right into the action with surfing, windsurfing, kayaking, snorkeling, swimming or serving up a game of volleyball. The family will enjoy a day of sand-free fun at the Aquatic Center Water Park that features a huge water slide, activities for children, swim lanes, and indoor facilities. Early history The Timucuan Indians, attracted to the mouth of Turkey Creek at the Indian River by fresh water springs, fish, oysters, and wildlife, may have been the first inhabitants in the Palm Bay area. Palm Bay's recent history began in the 1850s when the first European settlers built homes along Turkey Creek. Originally referred to as Tillman, the settlement was described as a "small strip of hammock ... on each side of Turkey Creek ... mostly pine and palmetto, miserable sandy barren oak scrub, some ponds and interspersed with sawgrass and gallberry." By the mid-19th century, there was a lumbering operation, packing house, and orange groves, but growth was slow until the arrival of the railroad in 1894. Between 1910 and 1914, Tillman became the center for the Indian River Catholic Colony, a land company. Settlers attempting to grow two crops a season. Farmers quickly depleted the soil, and the colony failed. Those remaining built St. Joseph's Church on Miller Street, the oldest building still standing. During the 1920s the city was renamed Palm Bay, after the body of water, bordered with palm trees, at the mouth of Turkey Creek. In 1959, General Development Corporation purchased land for a residential project now known as the Port Malabar subdivision.
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Palm Bay, Brevard County's largest city, is located near Florida's Space Coast, a 72-mile stretch of beaches, space age attractions and protected wildlife refuges.
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