Titusville, Florida
Titusville, Florida | |
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Historic Brevard County Courthouse in 2006 | |
| Nickname: "Miracle City" | |
| Motto: "Gateway To Nature And Space" | |
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 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Brevard |
| Settled (Sand Point) | 1859-1873 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1887 |
| Founded by | Henry T. Titus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Andrew D. Connors |
| • Vice Mayor | Herman A. Cole, Jr. |
| • Council Members | Jo Lynn Nelson, Dr. Sarah Stoeckel, and Megan Moscoso |
| • City Manager | Int. Thomas Abbate |
| • City Clerk | Wanda Wells |
| Area | |
• Total | 34.31 sq mi (88.87 km2) |
| • Land | 29.22 sq mi (75.69 km2) |
| • Water | 5.09 sq mi (13.18 km2) |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 48,789 |
| • Density | 1,669.48/sq mi (644.59/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 32780-32783, 32796 |
| Area code | 321 |
| FIPS code | 12-71900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0292319 |
| Website | titusville.com |
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Titusville is a city in and the county seat of Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 48,789, up from 43,761 at the 2010 census. 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.
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.