Scottsmoor, Florida

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US 1 southbound entering Brevard County from Volusia County near Scottsmoor.

Scottsmoor is a census-designated place in the north end of Brevard County on US 1, and also the northernmost town in the county. It is a farming community east of Interstate 95, similar to Malabar. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population is 1,609.

[edit] Geography

Scottsmoor is located at 28°46′03″N, 80°51′39″W. It is situated at the north end of Brevard County. Bounded by the north is Volusia County; on the west by Interstate 95; on the east by the Indian River Lagoon; and on the south is Aurantina.

[edit] History

Scottsmoor was settled in 1861 by James Garvin, who acquired the land through the Spanish Land Grant. The town gained resort community status in the 1920's. Today, all of the resorts moved to Titusville because of it's proximity to the John F. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

County seat	Titusville (see also Viera)
Incorporated places	Cape Canaveral \| Cocoa \| Cocoa Beach \| Grant-Valkaria \| Indialantic \| Indian Harbour Beach \| Malabar \| Melbourne \| Melbourne Beach \| Melbourne Village \| Palm Bay \| Palm Shores \| Rockledge \| Satellite Beach \| Titusville \| West Melbourne
Unincorporated places	Barefoot Bay \| Canaveral Groves \| Cocoa West \| Courteney \| Floridana Beach \| June Park \| Kennedy Space Center \| Melbourne Shores \| Merritt Island \| Micco \| Mims \| Port St. John \| Scottsmoor \| Sharpes \| South Patrick Shores \| Suntree \| Viera
Adjacent Counties	Indian River \| Osceola \| Seminole \| Orange \| Volusia