Eau Gallie, Florida

Eau Gallie, Florida
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Coordinates: 28°07′45″N 80°37′48″W / 28.12917°N 80.63000°W / 28.12917; -80.63000
Country United States of America
State Florida
County Brevard
City Melbourne
Settled1859
First settlerJohn Caroll Houston, IV
Incorporated1860
Consolidated with Melbourne1969
Founded byWilliam Henry Gleason
Time zoneUTC-5:00 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4:00 (Eastern)
Eau Gallie Boulevard, December 2019

Eau Gallie (/ˌˈɡæli/)[1] is a neighborhood in the city of Melbourne, Florida, located on the city's northern side. It was an independent city in Brevard County from 1860 until 1969.

That year residents of Eau Gallie and Melbourne voted to merge their governments.[2] A subsequent vote resulted in the combined jurisdiction being named Melbourne.[2] The name and identity of Eau Gallie persists in a number of local entities and was used by the Eau Gallie Arts District Main Street, a fully accredited Florida Main Street program since 2010.

  1. ^ "EAU Gallie Florida Home Page". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  2. ^ a b Thomas, Frank J. (2017). "One or ten? The 1967 Battle over unification/consolidation in South Brevard". The Journal of the Brevard County Historical Commission. XVI (2): 25–31.