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Waveland, Florida
Waveland, Florida, was a community in what is now Martin County, Florida, which encompassed all of Sewall's Point, that part of Rio lying east of Warner Creek, and that part of Jensen Beach Jensen Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 12,652 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Histo ... lying south of N.E. Center Street, more or less. A U.S. post office was established in Waveland on September 2, 1880, but its name was changed to Sewall's Point on May 4, 1891. On December 4, 1891, a new Waveland post office was established which continued until August 31, 1918, when it was merged into the Jensen post office, which became Jensen Beach on June 1, 1943.Bradbury, Alford G., and Hallock, E. Story, ''A Chronology of Florida Post Offices'', reprinted 1993, Port Salerno:Florida Classics Library. The name of Waveland has to this day be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin County, Florida
Martin County ( es, Condado de Martín, link=) is a county located in the Treasure Coast region of the state of Florida, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,431. Its county seat is Stuart. Martin County is in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Martin County was created in 1925 with the northern portion coming from St. Lucie County and southern portion coming from Palm Beach County. It was named for John W. Martin, Governor of Florida from 1925 to 1929. When the county was created, the western contour followed the shore of Lake Okeechobee, as did the borders of Glades, Okeechobee, and Hendry counties. Palm Beach County had historically claimed all of the surface of the lake as part of its area, to its benefit for the distribution of state and federal highway funds. The state representative of Martin County, William Ralph Scott of Stuart, initiated a bill to divide the lake among its adjacent counties, creating a more e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sewall's Point, Florida
Sewall's Point is a town located on the peninsula of the same name in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,991 at the 2020 census. Both the town and the peninsula are named for Capt. Henry Edwin Sewall (August 22, 1848 – August 1, 1925). It is an eastern suburb of Stuart, the Martin county seat. Geography Sewall's Point is located in northeastern Martin County at (27.195, –80.198). Occupying a peninsula, it is bordered by water on the south, east, and west. On the south and west is the St. Lucie River and to the east is the Indian River Lagoon. On the north it is bordered by unincorporated Jensen Beach. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 71.48%, are water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,991 people, 863 households, and 607 families residing in the town. 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,999 people, 758 household ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio, Florida
Rio is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 980 at the 2020 census. Rio is pronounced locally as if it were spelled "Rye-oh". It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area. Government Rio sits in Martin County District 1, which includes parts of Stuart, Jensen Beach, Hutchinson Island, and Sewall's Point. History Rio proper was platted as "Rio St. Lucie", but the post office established on March 24, 1893, was called "Rio San Lucie". On December 1, 1897, the post office name was shortened to "Rio". The Rio post office was discontinued on March 15, 1902, with the area being taken over by the post office at Goslingville, which was located on the narrow peninsula just north of the present-day Roosevelt Bridge. On April 6, 1904, the Rio post office was reactivated and it continued until October 15, 1927, when it was added to the post office at Jensen, now known as Jensen Beach. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jensen Beach, Florida
Jensen Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 12,652 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The history of Jensen Beach in the 19th century revolved around pineapple farming. John Laurence Jensen, an immigrant from Denmark, arrived in 1881, and set up his pineapple plantation, which became the town of Jensen. By 1894, the Florida East Coast Railway reached Jensen Beach, and freight shipments were loaded directly onto the freight cars. By 1895, Jensen was called the "Pineapple Capital of the World", shipping over one million boxes of pineapples each year during the June and July season. To help handle the increased pineapple production, a pineapple factory was built, but a hard freeze in 1895 devastated most of the small pineapple plantations. Two fires, in 1908 and 1910, destroyed most of Jensen Beach and its remaining pineapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints Episcopal Church (Jensen Beach, Florida)
All Saints' Episcopal Church, Waveland, is an historic Carpenter Gothic church built in 1898 on Crossroads Hill in Waveland, now part of Jensen Beach, Florida. It is the oldest church building located in what is now Martin County, Florida. It is also the northernmost parish in the present-day Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. The church was built on Brevard County. From 1910-25, it was in St. Lucie County. Since 1925, it has been in Martin County. Its rector, W. Frisby Hendricks III recently, retired and the parish is starting the search process to call a new rector. In 1963, the church building was moved a few 100 feet to a more prominent place (which now has the address of 2377 N.E. Patrician Street) at the top of Crossroads Hill. A new rectory (now the parish offices) was built on the old location, which now has the address of 2303 N.E. Seaview Drive, which is the church's mailing address. Since being moved, the church building has been added onto twice but care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutchinson Island, Florida
Hutchinson Island consists of two barrier islands on the coast of Martin County, Florida, Martin, St. Lucie County, Florida, St. Lucie, and Indian River County, Florida, Indian River counties, in Florida. The two islands are separated by the Fort Pierce Inlet and are known as North Hutchinson Island, Florida, "North Hutchinson Island" and "South Hutchinson Island". North Hutchinson Island North Hutchinson Island is divided into two counties - Indian River County, Florida, Indian River County and St. Lucie County. Although it is not a separate island, the Indian River county portion of North Hutchinson Island that extends to the Sebastian Inlet (Florida), Sebastian Inlet sometimes is called "Orchid Island". South Hutchinson Island The Martin County portion of Hutchinson Island is unincorporated. The southern end, which sometimes is called "Stuart Beach", receives mail from Stuart, Florida, Stuart Zip Code 34996, while the northern part receives its mail from Jensen Beach, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
