It is on the Atlantic coast of eastern Central Florida. Before the arrival of non- indigenous settlers in the 16th century, the area was inhabited by Native Americans. The county is the site of the Windover Archeological Site , which contained evidence of habitation over 7, years ago. Brevard County was established in and is named after Theodore Washington Brevard , an early Florida settler and state comptroller.
The county's boundaries were changed and reduced numerous times, resulting in the current boundary since Kennedy Space Center and the aerospace industry on its economy. As such, it was designated with the telephone area code , as in " 3, 2, 1 liftoff ". The county has several incorporated cities and towns, primarily along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and is mostly rural or suburban west of Interstate The first Paleoindians arrived in the area near Brevard county between 12, and 10, years ago.
After a few thousand years, a new group of settlers appeared known as " the archaic people. It has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. The pond was used for interments for around a thousand years circa 8,β7, BCE.
The Ais and the Jaega were the dominant tribes in the area when it is thought that Ponce De Leon landed on the shores near Melbourne Beach in He faced hostile natives but through the use of a bluff was able to escape from them and get back to St. He helped establish a "Period of Friendship" with the Ais Caciques Chiefs and made a color map of the area. During the 19th century, the state of Florida frequently changed the names and borders of counties.
Lucie County was split off from Mosquito County in This "Brevard County" contained very little of present-day Brevard County. Most of present-day Brevard north of Melbourne was part of either Volusia or Orange counties. Complicating the discussion of Brevard County in the 19th century is that the boundaries have shifted such that the southernmost parts of present-day Brevard, were originally the northernmost parts.
