Stuart is a city in and the
seat
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of
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 t ...
, United States. Located on Florida's
Treasure Coast
The Treasure Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is located on Florida's East Coast, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and comprising Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie counties. The region, whose name refers to the Spanish Treasure ...
, Stuart is the largest of four
incorporated municipalities
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in Martin County. The population is 17,425 according to the
2020 United States Census
The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ...
. Stuart is the 126th largest city in Florida based on official 2019 estimates from the US Census Bureau.
It is part of the
Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Stuart is frequently cited as one of the best small towns to visit in the U.S., in large part because of its proximity to the
St. Lucie River
The St. Lucie River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 18, 2011 estuary linked to a coastal river system in St. Lucie and Martin counties in the Florida, United ...
and
Indian River Lagoon.
History
In the 18th century, several Spanish galleons were shipwrecked in the
Martin County area of
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
's
Treasure Coast
The Treasure Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is located on Florida's East Coast, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and comprising Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie counties. The region, whose name refers to the Spanish Treasure ...
. The multiple wrecks were reportedly the result of a hurricane, and the ships were carrying unknown quantities of gold and silver. Some of this treasure has since been recovered, and its presence resulted in the region's name.
![Dudley - Bessey House, Stuart, Florida 002](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Dudley_-_Bessey_House%2C_Stuart%2C_Florida_002.JPG)
In 1832, pirate
Pedro Gilbert
Pedro Gilbert or Don Pedro Gibert (c. 1797 – June 11, 1835) was an early 19th-century pirate, who was one of the few remaining pirates continuing to raid shipping on the Atlantic coast.
Biography
A former privateer in the service of the Colo ...
, who often used a sandbar off the coast as a lure to unsuspecting prey, chased and caught the ''Mexican'', a U.S. merchant ship. Although he attempted to burn the ship and kill the crew, they survived to report the incident, ultimately resulting in the capture and execution of Gilbert and his crew. The bar from which he lured his intended booty is named "Gilbert's Bar" on nautical charts.
![OldMartinCountyFlaCourthouse 012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/OldMartinCountyFlaCourthouse_012.JPG)
The Treasure Coast area that became Stuart was first settled by non-Native Americans in 1870. In 1875, a
United States Lifesaving Station was established on
Hutchinson Island, near Stuart. Today, the station is known as
Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge and is on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
From 1893 to 1895, the area was called Potsdam. This name was chosen by Otto Stypmann, a local landowner originally
from
Potsdam, Germany. Stypmann, with his brother Ernest, owned the land that would become downtown Stuart.
Henry Flagler
Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founde ...
's
Florida East Coast Railway
The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México.
Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a pr ...
connected the area to
Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, or simply Daytona, is a coastal resort-city in east-central Florida. Located on the eastern edge of Volusia County near the Atlantic coastline, its population was 72,647 at the 2020 census. Daytona Beach is approximately nort ...
in 1892 and
Miami
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in 1896.
Potsdam was renamed Stuart in 1895, in honor of Homer Hine (Jack) Stuart Jr., a local landowner who owned a 160 acres around the railway station.
Rue, Luckhardt, Krueger, Crary, Armellinis, were some of the prominent settler families.
When Stuart was incorporated as a town in 1914, it was located in
Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County is a county located in the southeastern part of Florida and lies directly north of Broward County and Miami-Dade County. The county had a population of 1,492,191 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous county ...
. In 1925, Stuart was chartered as a city and named the county seat of the newly created Martin County.
The City of Stuart formally adopted the slogan ''Sailfish Capital of the World'' in 1957, following pressure from the Stuart Chamber of Commerce, owing to the many
sailfish
The sailfish is one or two species of marine fish in the genus ''Istiophorus'', which belong to the family Istiophoridae ( marlins). They are predominantly blue to gray in colour and have a characteristically large dorsal fin known as the ...
found in the ocean off Martin County. The slogan is still used by the City. Some have also assigned
Guatemala
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the namesake.
From 1871 to 2005, 19 hurricanes passed through Stuart, including
Isbell (1964),
Frances
Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the F ...
(2004),
Jeanne (2004), and
Wilma (2005).
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
Climate
According to the
Köppen climate classification
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, Stuart has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(Af), with hot, humid summers and warm, drier winters. Stuart has a noticeably seasonal precipitation pattern, with summer being the wettest season and winter being the driest.
Summers feature hot temperatures and frequent thunderstorms. Average highs during summer range from to . On average, there are 81 days of 90+ °F highs annually, with an average annual mean maximum of . Late summer brings an increased threat of tropical storms and hurricanes, though landfalls are rare. Several major hurricanes have impacted Stuart since 1900, with
Hurricane David
Hurricane David was an extremely deadly hurricane which caused massive loss of life in the Dominican Republic in August 1979, and was the most intense hurricane to make landfall in the country in recorded history. A Cape Verde hurricane that rea ...
in 1979 and hurricanes
Frances
Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the F ...
and
Jeanne causing moderate damage to the area in 2004.
Winter brings much cooler and drier air. Average highs during winter range from to , though occasional strong
cold front
A cold front is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air at ground level that replaces a warmer mass of air and lies within a pronounced surface trough of low pressure. It often forms behind an extratropical cyclone (to the west in the Norther ...
s bring brief rainfall followed by cooler temperatures, with highs in the 50s °F for a few days each winter. Most winters are frost-free, with an annual mean minimum temperature of .
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States census
The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ...
, there were 17,425 people, 7,263 households, and 3,562 families residing in the city.
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 15,593 people, 7,220 households, and 3,422 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was . There were 8,777 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 83.30%
White
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, 12.33%
African American
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, 0.26%
Native American, 0.66%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
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, 0.03%
Pacific Islander
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, 1.97% from
other races
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Other or The Other may also refer to:
Film and television
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* ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...
, and 1.46% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 6.29% of the population.
There were 7,220 households, out of which 15.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.7% were
married couples
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living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 52.6% were non-families. 46.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.88 and the average family size was 2.60.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 14.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 32.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $35,954, and the median income for a family was $47,736. Males had a median income of $29,151 versus $23,125 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $25,020. About 7.8% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over. Stuart is publicly seen as a new coming old city, starting a new boom in its local economy with construction of a new bridge, rise of new buildings and roadways being restored.
The cost of living in Stuart is 88, on a relative scale where the U.S. average is represented by 100.
Economy
Stuart hosts one of the two Florida Department of Health offices in Martin County, the other being in
Indiantown.
Various businesses cater to tourists, such as fishing charters, boating charters, sailing, cruises,
SCUBA
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and snorkeling, and nature tours.
Top employers
According to the city's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the Stuart area are:
Arts and culture
Points of interest
Notable historic properties in downtown in range from the early 1880s to 1940s, representing a mix of
Beaux-Arts,
colonial revival
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The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...
, spanish mediterranean,
Art Deco
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, frame vernacular, masonry vernacular architecture styles.
![Stuart FL Riverwalk03](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Stuart_FL_Riverwalk03.jpg)
* Audubon of Martin County
*
Lyric Theatre
*
Stuart Heritage Museum
*
Elliott Museum
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*
Krueger House, a historic house and
National Register of Historic Places
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* The Barn Theatre
*
Geoffrey C. Smith Galleries
*
Tropical Ranch Botanical Garden
*
Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center
*Environmental Studies Council
*Sailfish Splash Waterpark
Education
Public education in Stuart is administered by the
Martin County School District
Martin County School District, also referred to officially as the School Board of Martin County, is a public school district that covers Martin County, Florida.
The position of superintendent is appointed by the school board. Its former Super ...
.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Witham Field is a public-use airport located one mile southeast of the
central business district
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owned by Martin County.
US Route 1
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passes northwest-southeast through Stuart. The coastal route
A1A
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heads east from Stuart towards
Hutchinson Island, and the road heads southeast out of Stuart.
Florida State Road 76
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heads south from the city, and
Florida State Road 714
State Road 714 (SR 714) is a east–west highway serving northern Martin County, Florida, running from just west of Interstate 95 (I-95) near Palm City to an intersection with Southeast Ocean Boulevard ( SR A1A and County Road A1A or ...
heads west from the city.
Stuart has a yacht club and several marinas serving private crafts of various sizes.
Local transit is provided by the county.
Until 1968 the
Florida East Coast Railway
The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México.
Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a pr ...
operated Jacksonville to Miami service, with a station stop in Stuart. Until 1963 long distance passenger trains included the
Illinois Central Railroad
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's ''
City of Miami
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'' and the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
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Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the ...
's ''
South Wind
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Words used in English to describe the south wind are auster, buster (a violent south gale), föhn/foehn (alps), ghibli (Libya with various spellings), friage ...
'' both heading from Chicago; and they included the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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's ''
East Coast Champion,'' the ''Havana Special,'' and the winter-only ''
Florida Special
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'' originating from New York.
The
Brightline
Brightline (reporting mark BLFX) is an inter-city rail route between Miami and West Palm Beach, Florida that runs on track owned by Florida East Coast Railway.
Brightline is the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad ...
passenger rail company is extending to the
Space Coast
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and
Orlando
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, north from the
West Palm Beach terminus of its West Palm Beach -
Miami
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service. While the City of Stuart initially appeared eager to become the sole station along the Brightline's Treasure Coast length, the City has more recently reiterated concerns about the project's effects on traffic.
Notable people
*
Dan Bakkedahl
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, correspondent on ''
The Daily Show
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''
*
Paul Bley
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, jazz pianist
*
Cynthia S. Burnett-Haney (1840–1932), educator, lecturer, temperance reformer, newspaper editor; Haney Circle in Stuart was named after her
*
Nelson Burton Jr., professional bowler and longtime TV analyst
*
Kelly Carrington
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, Playboy Playmate October 2008
*
James Gould Cozzens
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, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
*
James Davis, professional football player
*
Ralph Evinrude
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Evinrude was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to B ...
, CEO of Outboard Motor Company with a test facility in Stuart, married
Frances Langford
Julia Frances Newbern-Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades.
She was known as the "GI Nighting ...
and retired to Jensen Beach
*
Derek Fathauer
Derek Fathauer (born January 20, 1986) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour.
Fathauer was born in Stuart, Florida. He attended Martin County High School in Stuart, Florida. He and his twin brot ...
, professional golfer who currently plays on the
PGA Tour
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*
Cleveland Gary
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, professional football player
*
Whitney Gaskell
Whitney Gaskell (born 1972) is an American author of eight comedic novels published by Bantam Books.
Biography
Whitney Gaskell was born on February 8, 1972 in Syracuse, New York. She attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School, and earned her Bac ...
, novelist
*
Ed Hearn, Major League Baseball player and motivational speaker
*
Davy Jones, musician with
The Monkees
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*
Chris Marquette
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, actor
*
John McHale, player and executive in
Major League Baseball
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*
Corey McIntyre, professional football player
*
Rusty Meacham
Russell Loren Meacham (born January 27, 1968) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball between 1991 and 2001.
Professional career
Early career
Meacham was drafted by the Det ...
, former Major League Baseball player
*
Nicole Melichar
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She has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title as well as two singles and seven double ...
, professional tennis player
*
Vaughn Monroe
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, big band singer
*
Zack Mosley
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, cartoonist and creator of ''
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
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After a run of 40 years, it was the longest-running aviation comic strip. The strip was created ...
''
*
Scott Proctor
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,
pitcher
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for the
Doosan Bears
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of the
Korea Baseball Organization
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*
Judge Reinhold
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, actor
*
Kathy Rinaldi
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, professional tennis player
*
Lee Rinker
Lee Cross Rinker (born November 10, 1960) is an American professional golfer.
Rinker was born in Stuart, Florida. He played college golf at the University of Alabama and turned professional in 1983
Rinker joined the PGA Tour in 1983, but stru ...
, PGA Tour Golf player
*
Roger Schank
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Beginning in the late 1960s, he pioneered conceptual dependency theory (within th ...
, leading visionary in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and learning theory
*
Will Sheehey, professional basketball player
Stuart in popular culture
In 1973, the movie ''
Little Laura and Big John
''Little Laura and Big John'' is a 1973 American feature film about the exploits of the John Ashley (bandit), Ashley gang in the Florida everglades in the 1910s and 1920s.
Plot
Loosely based on the true story about Laura Upthegrove and John Ashle ...
'', a highly fictionalized version of the true story of
John Ashley and
Laura Upthegrove Laura Beatrice Upthegrove (October 5, 1896 - August 6, 1927) was a 20th-century American outlaw, bank robber, bootlegger, and occasional pirate active in southern Florida during the 1910s and 1920s, along with John Ashley. From 1915 to 1924, the A ...
, was filmed in Stuart.
References
External links
City of Stuart Website*
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Cities in Martin County, Florida
Populated places on the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida
County seats in Florida
Port St. Lucie metropolitan area
Cities in Florida