West Melbourne, Florida
| West Melbourne, Florida | |||
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| City of West Melbourne | |||
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| Motto: "Creating New Horizons" | |||
 Location in Brevard County and the U.S. state of Florida |
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 West Melbourne, Florida
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| Coordinates: 28°4′40″N 80°39′55″W / 28.07778°N 80.66528°WCoordinates: 28°4′40″N 80°39′55″W / 28.07778°N 80.66528°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 Florida
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 Brevard
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| Created | September 11, 1959 | ||
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| • Type | Council-Manager | ||
| • Mayor | Hal J. Rose | ||
| • City Manager | Scott Morgan | ||
| • Deputy Mayor | John "Coach" Tice | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 10.2 sq mi (26.5 km2) | ||
| • Land | 10.2 sq mi (26.4 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 18,355 | ||
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (690/km2) | ||
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| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| ZIP codes | 32904, 32912 | ||
| Area code(s) | 321 | ||
| FIPS code | 12-76500 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0293092 | ||
| Website | www |
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West Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It was created in 1959 to stop the area from being annexed into the City of Melbourne. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 18,355, reflecting an increase of 8,531 from the 9,824 counted in the 2000 Census. In 1970, the city's population was approximately 3,050. Since 2000, the city has experienced the highest population growth percentage of any municipality in Brevard County. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
West Melbourne is located at 28°4′40″N 80°39′55″W / 28.07778°N 80.66528°W (28.077895, −80.665326).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.2 square miles (26.5 km2). 10.2 square miles (26.4 km2) of it is land, and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (0.21%) is water.
Voters created the city in 1959 to stop the area from being annexed into the City of Melbourne.
In 2005, the City of West Melbourne started charging property taxes for the first time in its existence (since 1959). Prior to 2005, the city survived on "fees only" for its $17 million budget.
From 2005 to 2014, home-schooled students, all three children from a West Melbourne family, won the state spelling bee championship a total of seven times, from two to three times each.
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