Titusville, Florida

Titusville, Florida
City
Historic Brevard County Courthouse in 2006
Historic Brevard County Courthouse in 2006
Official seal of Titusville, Florida
Seal
Nickname: 
"Miracle City"[1]
Motto: 
"Gateway To Nature And Space"
Location in Brevard County and the U.S. state of Florida
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 / 28.59111; -80.82000
CountryUnited States
State Florida
County Brevard
Settled
(Sand Point)		1859-1873[2][3]
Incorporated (city)1887; 137 years ago (1887)
Founded byHenry T. Titus
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
 • MayorDaniel "Dan" E. Diesel
 • Vice MayorJoe C. Robinson
 • Council MembersJo Lynn Nelson,
Dr. Sarah Stoeckel, and
Herman A. Cole, Jr.
 • City ManagerScott Larese
 • City ClerkWanda Wells
Area
[4]
 • Total
34.31 sq mi (88.87 km2)
 • Land29.22 sq mi (75.69 km2)
 • Water5.09 sq mi (13.18 km2)
Elevation
10 ft (3 m)
Population
 (2020)[5]
 • Total
48,789
 • Density1,669.48/sq mi (644.59/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
32780-32783, 32796
Area code321
FIPS code12-71900[6]
GNIS feature ID0292319[7]
Websitetitusville.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.

  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.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference SP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference TV was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Profile of Titusville, Florida in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  6. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  7. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  8. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.