GeorgianaEriksen, John M., ''Brevard County...A Short History to 1955'' /ref>Stone, Elaine Murray, ''Brevard County From Cape of the Canes to Space Coast''Shofner, Jerrell H., ''History of Brevard County Volume 1'' is a populated place located on
Merritt Island
Merritt Island is a peninsula, commonly referred to as an island, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Florida coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the name of an unincorporated town in the central and sout ...
in
Brevard County
Brevard County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. It is on the Atlantic coast of eastern Central Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 606,612, making it the 10th-most populated county in Florida. The official county se ...
,
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
at latitude 28.288673N and longitude 80.671398W. The elevation is 10 feet. It is about five miles south of the 520 Causeway, situated where the island is about a half-mile wide.
History
Historically, the area was used for citrus and pineapple cultivation. There were 24 homesteaders recorded in the settlement in 1889. The early subdivision was divided into narrow strips from the Indian River to the
Banana River
The Banana River is a lagoon that lies between the outer barrier islands and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River; it ...
. A footpath (today's Old Settlement Road) was opened along the Indian River to connect the post office and riverboat landing.
The Georgianna icChurch, formerly the Georgianna United Methodist Church, was founded in 1886.
One of the oldest cemeteries in the area is Georgiana Cemetery (also known as Crooked Mile Cemetery).
Geography
Georgiana is located at . Surrounding areas:
* Merritt
*
Banana River
The Banana River is a lagoon that lies between the outer barrier islands and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River; it ...