Cocoa, Florida Cocoa, Florida City of Cocoa Cocoa Welcomes You.JPG Cocoa City Hall front.JPG Top row: Cocoa Welcome sign; Bottom row: Cocoa City Hall Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Cocoa is a town/city in Brevard County, Florida.
Several stories circulate among Cocoa old timers as to how the town got its name.
One story says that the mail used to come by river boat and was placed in an empty tin box labeled Baker's Cocoa.
Additionally, an early hotel in the area, positioned on the Indian River lagoon, was titled Cocoa House. Cocoa's company precinct was finished by fire in 1890, but soon, momentous evolution began to occur with the extension of the Jacksonville, St.
The town/city was chartered in 1895. In the winter of 1894-1895, Cocoa experienced a second economic setback when the "Great Freeze" finished the citrus crop and forced many citrus workers to seek new occupations.
According to one source, by 1903, the populace of Cocoa had dropped to 382.
During the second decade of the 20th century, populace growth and economic evolution in Cocoa accelerated.
Cocoa and the encircling area also became integrated with the tourist trade for the first time as thousands visited the region to witness the launches from Cape Canaveral.
In 1964, the Cocoa Expo Sports Center (Cocoa Stadium) was assembled for the Colt 45s spring baseball training and Grapefruit League games.
Students were moved to Cocoa High School, which was converted to a junior and senior high school. Humphrey Bridge spans the Indian River Lagoon, linking Cocoa with Merritt Island.
Cocoa is positioned at 28 22 10 N 80 44 38 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.4 square miles (39.9 km2).
The Cocoa Bird Count has annually counted species of birds in or near Cocoa since 1950.
Cocoa first allowed the Council-Manager form of government in 1959, and subsequent shifts to the state statutes mirrored the City of Cocoa's Council-Manager Plan.
The City Council for the City of Cocoa is made up of five members; the Mayor is propel at large and the four council members are propel by each of their districts.
Downtown, now called "Cocoa Village", has been revitalized by funding for enhance transit framework through the Cocoa Redevelopment Agency, City and private investment.
Cocoa has its own fire department with three stations.
Cocoa Riverfront Park; Emory Bennett Statue In 2008, Kel-Tec CNC Industries, positioned in Cocoa, was the third-largest manufacturer of pistols in the United States. Cocoa has 1,198 registered businesses that include light manufacturing and industrial, retail and office businesses. There is high traffic from the cruise passenger tourists coming from Port Canaveral on excursions or day trips. There are historic features as well as small-town attractions such as the Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science, the Eastern Florida State College Planetarium and Observatory, Historic Cocoa Village, the Florida Historical Society, Indian River Queen (excursion boat), Indian River Drive scenic by-pass, the Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse, Historic Porcher House, and Riverfront Park.
Historic Cocoa Village has shopping and 2 Golden Spoon award-winning restaurants, and boutiques.
Cocoa High School Eastern Florida State College - Cocoa Campus University of Central Florida, Cocoa Campus The Florida East Coast Railway runs through Cocoa.
The proposed All Aboard Florida's Brightline higher speed rail is designed to connect Orlando to Miami making a turn in Cocoa (designated the "Cocoa Curve").
Space Coast Area Transit operates a enhance bus service in Cocoa and vicinity. Since 1957, Cocoa has supplied the communities of central Brevard County with high character water at a reasonable cost.
Cocoa has accomplished this by making primary investments in the waterworks and treatment facilities needed to produce a sophisticated, well-developed sub-regional water system.
Today Cocoa provides water to over 80,000 customers (200,000+ citizens ) in Cocoa, Rockledge, Port St.
John, Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Suntree/Viera, Patrick Air Force Base, Kennedy Space Center and Port Canaveral.
Cocoa's water fitness includes the wellfield and raw water compilation system, Wewahootee Water Treatment Plant, transmission mains, and the Dyal Water Treatment Plant (WTP).
Cocoa's drinking water sources include the Floridian Aquifer, Intermediate Aquifer, Taylor Creek Reservoir, and Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) wells.
He wanted to decorate the fortress in time for the United States Bicentennial celebration in 1976. In 2014, the City re-furbished and re-painted the fortress with the iconic American Flags.
WUCF-TV 68, a PBS member station directed by a consortium of the University of Central Florida and Eastern Florida State College.
Historic Cocoa Village Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse Eastern Florida State College Planetarium and Observatory Aladdin Theater (also known as Cocoa Playhouse) Porcher House in Cocoa Village The Houston Astros held spring training in Cocoa from 1964 through 1984, and the Florida Marlins trained in Cocoa in 1993.
Cocoa Stadium was also the long-time home of the Florida State League Cocoa Astros.
In 2009, the Space Coast Surge, a member of the Florida Winter Baseball League, had Cocoa Stadium as its home stadium. The league suspended operations in November 2009. Cocoa High School has various state champion athletic teams.
In 2015, the Cocoa High School football team was ranked 1st in the State of Florida and 13th in the Country and was on a 35-game winning streak against other Brevard County schools.
On October 7, 2007, the town/city became a sister town/city with Beit Shemesh. Eastern Florida State College announced that it would participate by exchanging students.
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"Cocoa pays manager $115,000".
Cocoa High School Eastern Florida State College Cocoa Campus "Libraries and Collections | Florida Journalism History Project".
"Communities problematic ties: Cocoa, Israeli town turn into sister metros/cities with ceremony", Florida Today, September 28, 2007.
7, the town/city of Cocoa and the town/city of Beit Shemesh, Israel will turn into sisters." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cocoa, Florida.
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