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Cocoa, Florida
THE CITY OF COCOA LOOKS TO ITS FUTURE supplied by its readers.
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but basks in its past. One theory claims a group of local residents at a town
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Located on the Atlantic Ocean in central Florida, meeting in 1884 wanted to name the city after a local
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Cocoa’s neighbors include the Kennedy Space Center, product or feature of the area. At the urging of Capt.
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the launching pad for America’s space shuttles and the R.C. May, they finally settled on the cocoa plant. Another
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starting point for hundreds of scientific and commercial reader credited a woman who received her inspiration
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missions to the edge of the final frontier. from a box of baker’s cocoa, while a third cited a woman
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Though its residents and visitors are reminded often of who lived along the banks of the Indian River and sup-
the present and future by the sound of plied passing sailors with hot cocoa.
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rockets soaring into the sky, the town
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of Cocoa also appreciates its past. The coa survived a disastrous fire and a brutal
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first families, many of them dependent
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winter freeze to earn its place on Florida’s
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on fishing to survive and thrive, began Space Coast. Its restored downtown
arriving in the area around 1860. A and a brutal area, Historic Cocoa Village, provides its
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post office was established at Magnolia nearly 17,000 residents and never-ending i
Point, around two miles to the north, winter freeze. ...” stream of visitors with a glimpse of what d
in the early 1880s. Shortly thereafter, life was like in central Florida long before
the town, situated on land owned by Capt. R.A. Hardee, the United States launched its space program.
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was given the name Indian River City. In addition to an array of businesses, Historic Cocoa .
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The people who lived in the coastal town might have Village offers several restored buildings now nearly a
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liked the name, but apparently U.S. postal authorities century old and a wide variety of social events, includ-
did not. It was, reportedly, too long for a postmark. ing a monthly Friday Fun Fest, an Independence Day
Several stories have circulated throughout the years celebration, The Mayberry Festival, fall and holiday
concerning how the town got its current name. In 1925, craft fairs, a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and a
a local newspaper published at least three accounts, all New Year’s Eve Cultural Celebration.
At A Glance
Cocoa, Fla.
Population: 16,743
Average Temp: 82 F
Average Age: 36
Nearest Hospital:
Wuesthoff Memorial - Rockledge
Nearest Major Airport:
Space Coast Regional - Titusville
Cocoa Info:
Cocoa Beach Area Chamber
of Commerce
(321) 459-2200
www.cocoabeachchamber.com
Cocoa Beach Mayor Frank
Pulsipher, left, and Cocoa Mayor
William G. Akridge • 1941.
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