Grant-Valkaria, Florida
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Grant-Valkaria is a town in Brevard County, Florida, south of Melbourne between Palm Bay and Sebastian (part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area). Grant-Valkaria was incorporated as a town on July 25, 2006 by joining the two previously un-incorporated communities of Grant and Valkaria.
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[edit] Geography
Grant-Valkaria is located at (27.92861, -80.52667).GR1
[edit] History
The community name of Valkaria derives from Valkyrie, a warrior-maiden of Norse mythology.
A MISTRAM missile tracking system was built by the US Air Force here in the early 1960s. A sister complex was built on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. The MISTRAM system was built by the Radio Guidance Operation of the General Electric Company in Syracuse, New York.
[edit] Culture
A largely rural town in the south end of the county, Grant-Valkaria includes older homes, newer upscale homes on acre-plus lots and the county owned Habitat Golf Course, a 6,836-yard, par-72 course set near the Valkaria Airport amidst the rolling hills, pine forests, and wetlands of the area.
Grant-Valkaria is home to many private pilots and the Valkaria Airport serves many small general aviation aircraft.
Grant-Valkaria may be most known for its annual Seafood festival, dubbed the "Grant Seafood Fest" every year on the last weekend of February. Additionally in recent years in the fall the town has held Q-fest, a Barbecue festival on the same grounds.
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