Stuart, Florida Stuart, Florida Downtown Stuart Downtown Stuart Location in Martin County and the state of Florida Location in Martin County and the state of Florida State Florida County Martin Website City of Stuart Website Stuart is a town/city in, and the seat of, Martin County, Florida, United States.
Located on Florida's Treasure Coast, Stuart is the biggest of four incorporated municipalities in Martin County.
Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Stuart is incessantly cited as one of the best small suburbs to visit in the U.S., in large part because of its adjacency to the St.
13 Stuart in prominent culture In the 18th century, a several Spanish galleons were shipwrecked in the Martin County region of Florida's Treasure Coast.
The Old Martin County Courthouse, assembled in 1937, now the Courthouse Cultural Center The Treasure Coast region that became Stuart was first settled by non-Native Americans in 1870.
In 1875, a United States Lifesaving Station was established on Hutchinson Island, near Stuart.
Stuart riverwalk before damage from Hurricane Jeanne Stypmann, with his brother Ernest, owned the territory that would turn into downtown Stuart.
Potsdam was retitled Stuart in 1895, after the establishment of the Florida East Coast Railway, with respect to Homer Hine Stuart, Jr., another small-town landowner. When Stuart was incorporated as a town in 1914, it was positioned in Palm Beach County.
In 1925, Stuart was chartered as a town/city and titled the governmental center of county of the newly created Martin County. The town/city of Stuart is known as the Sailfish Capital of the World, because of the many sailfish found in the ocean off Martin County.
From 1871 to 2005, 19 hurricanes passed through Stuart, including Isbell (1964), Frances (2004), Jeanne (2004), and Wilma (2005). Stuart is positioned at 27 11 32 N 80 14 35 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.5 square miles (22 km2), of which 6.3 square miles (16 km2) is territory and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) is water.
According to the Koppen climate classification, Stuart has a tropical climate closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers, with incessant rainfall, and warm, dry winters.
Located near the northern end of a true tropical climate, Stuart has a noticeably cyclic rain pattern, with June through September being the wettest months, and the dry season from November through April.
The city's coastal locale prevents temperatures from becoming very hot, though heat indices are often over 100 F.
On average, 96 F is the highest temperature recorded each summer.
Several primary hurricanes have impacted Stuart since 1900, with Hurricane David in 1979 and hurricanes Frances and Jeanne caused moderate damage to the region in 2004.
Average daytime highs in the winter/dry season are from 73 F to 77 F, though occasional strong cold fronts bring brief rainfall followed by cooler temperatures, with highs in the 50s F for a several days each winter.
Low temperatures fall rarely fall below 40 F, and most winters are frost-free.
Although weather amid this time is generally more mild, mid winter highs can still hit 80 F or higher on occasion.
Climate data for Stuart, Florida Record high F ( C) 89 Average high F ( C) 73.5 Average low F ( C) 54.7 In the city, the populace was spread out with 14.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 32.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Stuart hosts one of the two Florida Department of Health offices in Martin County, the other being in Indiantown. Stuart is publicly seen as a new coming old city, starting a new boom in its small-town economy with assembly of a new bridge, rise of new buildings and roadways being restored.
The cost of living in Stuart is 88, on a relative scale where the U.S.
Cost of Living Stuart U.S.
According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the Stuart region are: 2 Martin County School District 2,566 3 Martin County 1,566 5 State of Florida 637 Public education in Stuart is administered by the Martin County School District.
Martin County High School Stuart Middle School Downtown Stuart East Stuart Stuart Heritage Museum Stuart Heritage Museum Ralph Evinrude, CEO of Outboard Motor Company with a test facility in Stuart, married Frances Langford and retired to Jensen Beach.
Gazebo in the Martin County Courthouse complex Downtown Stuart Boat at the Anchorage Marina in Stuart before an approaching storm Stuart in prominent culture "Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Florida, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007".
Stuart, Florida".
Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today.
"Our Area's History".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"City of Stuart - CAFR" (PDF).
Audubon of Martin County: Possum Long Nature Center "Ashley Gang: Notorious outlaws hit fear in Stuart residents".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Stuart.
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Municipalities and communities of Martin County, Florida, United States State of Florida
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