Cape Canaveral, Florida This article is about the town/city of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Cape Canaveral, Florida City of Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral City Hall Cape Canaveral City Hall Official seal of Cape Canaveral, Florida Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Cape Canaveral, Florida is positioned in the US Cape Canaveral, Florida - Cape Canaveral, Florida City Manager David L.
Cape Canaveral is a town/city in Brevard County, Florida.
Post offices and small improve stores with postal facilities were established at Canaveral, Canaveral Harbor and Artesia.
In the early 1920s, a group of Orlando journalists invested more than $150,000 in the beach acreage that now encompasses the region of presidentially-named streets in Cape Canaveral.
At that time, fishermen, retirees, and descendants of Captain Mills Burnham the initial official keeper of the Cape Canaveral Light resided in the northern part of the present city. At that time, state statute allowed an adjoining town/city to annex an unincorporated region without a vote of the residents.
Landowners felt that Cocoa Beach had more town/city debt and higher territory taxes than they wished to support. The City of Cape Canaveral started in 1961 when a committee was formed to incorporate. Due to paperwork delays the town/city charter was made into bill 167 and allowed by the Florida State Legislature in Tallahassee on May 16, 1963. An annual celebration was started on October 9, 1990, The Patriot's Day Parade with respect to the last naval battle of the American Revolution that was fought off the Cape Canaveral coast in 1783. In 2012, the town/city started celebrating its 50th year since incorporation.
On the official 50th anniversary date of May 16, 2013 a 50-year time capsule was sealed and a pictorial postmark of the city's anniversary was stamped.
The town/city of Cape Canaveral is positioned on a barrier island on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
It is due south of the geographical feature Cape Canaveral.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2).
Cape Canaveral has a humid subtropical climate, with hot and wet summers, and mild and dry winters.
Climate data for Cape Canaveral, Florida As of the census of 2000, there were 8,829 citizens , 5,066 homeholds, and 2,097 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.68% White, 1.43% African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.70% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other competitions, and 1.40% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 11.3% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,858, and the median income for a family was $43,109.
Cape Canaveral has a cross section of both single family and multifamily residences.
In 2007, the average size of Cape Canaveral's workforce force was 5,824.
The biggest hotel in Brevard County is positioned in the city.
Cape Canaveral is run by a council manager government.
The City Council consists of five members, including the mayor.
All seats on the City Council are filled by nonpartisan election as outlined in the City Charter. The City Manager is an appointed position that acts as the city's administrative prestige and carries out the council's acts and directives. City Manager (appointed) - David Greene Federally, Cape Canaveral is part of Florida's 15th congressional district, represented by Republican Bill Posey, propel in 2008.
Florida A1 - A.svg SR A1 - A is the primary road, running north-south inside the city.
Florida 528.svg To the north of Cape Canaveral, SR 528 heads west, connecting the town/city to Merritt Island, the mainland, and Orlando.
Florida 520.svg To the south of Cape Canaveral, SR 520 provides a similar westward route, but while 528 is a freeway, 520 has many stoplights and intersections.
The #9 Beach Trolley bus line circles through Cape Canaveral and runs down to Cocoa Beach and joins with other SCAT bus lines serving Brevard County. Allison Anders, raised in the city, filmed Things Behind the Sun in Brevard County in 2001.
Moved here in 1853 and was keeper of the Cape Canaveral Light for 30 years. Cape Canaveral has five sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: Beach in Cape Canaveral, Florida Beach in Cape Canaveral, Florida a b c d e f g "City Council of Cape Canaveral" (PDF).
City of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The Treasure of Cape Canaveral presented in Indian River Journal by Brevard Historical Commission "Spaceline: History of Cape Canaveral B.C.-1948".
"Monthly Averages for Cape Canaveral, FL".
Cape Canaveral Community Data Sheet Economic Development Council of Florida's Space Coast.
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Elected Officials City of Cape Canaveral official website.
City Manager City of Cape Canaveral - Official Site.
"City Clerk's Office".
City of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
"Notice of Public Disclosure of the full cost of solid waste management services inside the service region of the town/city of Cape Canaveral, Florida for the 2009-10 Fiscal Year".
"Longtime Cape Canaveral Mayor Retires".
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Beaches of Brevard County, Florida - Cities in Brevard County, Florida - Populated places established in 1963 - Cities in Florida - Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean - Port metros/cities in Florida - Beaches of Florida - 1963 establishments in Florida
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