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. The ZIP code is 32950 and the area code is 321.
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[edit] Geography
Grant-Valkaria is located at (27.92861, -80.52667).GR1
[edit] Surrounding Areas
- Malabar Image:North.svg
- Indian River Lagoon;Floridana Beach Image:East.svg
- Palm Bay Image:West.svg
- Micco;Barefoot Bay Image:South.svg
[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.
[edit] Transportation
- Interstate 95-This is a major freeway of Brevard County, and provides access to different areas along the east coast of the United States.
- U.S. Route 1-This US highway runs along the Indian River Lagoon, providing access to Sebastian and Malabar. In the following cities and towns, Titusville, Cocoa, Rockledge, Palm Shores, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Malabar, Grant-Valkaria, and Sebastian, it is part of the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway.
- CR 507-Locally known as Babcock Street, CR 507 forms the western boundaries of Grant-Valkaria. It provides a direct access to Fellsmere, and Yeehaw Junction (via CR 512 and SR 60). South of Willowbrook Street, Babcock Street is now part of unincorporated Brevard County, with the Deer Run subdivision next, at the intersection of Babcock Street and Micco Road.
- Palm Bay Parkway-A proposed highway of Palm Bay, and may terminate in Grant-Valkaria, at I-95. Planned intersections are Babcock Street, Lowry Boulevard, St. Andre Boulevard, Bombardier Boulevard, Malabar Road, Pace Drive, Emerson Drive and U.S. Route 192.
- The Valkaria Airport[1] is located at Brevard County Florida and has elevation of 26 feet ASL, Latitude: 27.96194 and Longitude: -80.55972.
- USGS Benchmark AF6225[2] is found at the Valkaria Airport N 27° 57.583 W 080° 33.200 (NAD 83) with altitude 24.22 ft. On 1/1/1965 this was described by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey as 3.4 MI NW from Grant. 2.4 MI NORTH along U.S. HIGHWAY 1 from the Florida East Coast Railway Station at Grant, thence 0.7 MI WEST along a black-topped road, thence 0.3 MI SOUTH along a drive to the old Valkaria Naval Air Station that is now used as an emergency field, near the NORTHEAST corner of the EAST-WEST RUNWAY, IN SECTION 17, R 38 E, T 29 S, near a point where the drive crosses the runway, 49 1/2 FT EAST of the center line of the drive, 17 FT NORTH of the NORTH edge of the runway, 1 1/2 FT NORTH of telephone pole NO. 19, 1.5 FT SOUTH of a metal witnes post, 1 FT above the level of the drive and set in the top of a concrete post projecting 6 IN above ground level. Geodetic control points are permanently affixed objects at various locations all over the United States to enable land surveying, civil engineering and mapping to be done efficiently[3]. These objects are usually metal disks, but can be any other object that serves as a control point. GCP markers AF0326[4], AF6227[5], AF6228[6], and AF6229[7] are located in Valkaria, FL.
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- Grant-Valkaria, Florida is at coordinates Coordinates:
Municipalities and communities of Brevard County, Florida | ||
|---|---|---|
| County seat: Titusville | ||
| Cities | ||
| Towns | Grant-Valkaria | Indialantic | Malabar | Melbourne Beach | Melbourne Village | Palm Shores | |
| CDPs | Cocoa West | June Park | Merritt Island | Micco | Mims | Port St. John | Sharpes | South Patrick Shores | |
| Communities | Barefoot Bay | Canaveral Groves | Courtenay | Floridana Beach | Indianola | Melbourne Shores | Scottsmoor | Suntree | Viera | |
