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Indian River County, Florida

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
32historic places
—earliest paper
1925formed
159,788pop. 2020
3cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 32 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Vero Beach, Sebastian, Fellsmere.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Indian River titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

21 of 32 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

32 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Driftwood Inn and RestaurantVero BeachBuilding1994
Fell, Marian, LibraryFellsmereBuilding1996
Fellsmere Historic DistrictFellsmereDistrict2021
Fellsmere Public SchoolFellsmereBuilding1996
First Methodist Episcopal ChurchFellsmereBuilding1996
Gregory, Judge Henry F., HouseVero BeachBuilding1994
Hallstrom HouseVero BeachBuilding2002
Hausmann, Theodore, EstateVero BeachBuilding1997
Heiser, Frank and Stella, HouseFellsmereBuilding2017
Indian River County CourthouseVero BeachBuilding1999
Jungle TrailOrchidStructure2003
Lawson, Bamma Vickers, HouseSebastianBuilding1990
Maher BuildingVero BeachBuilding1994
McKee Jungle GardensVero BeachSite1998
Old Palmetto HotelVero BeachBuilding1991
Old Town Sebastian Historic District EastSebastianDistrict2003
Old Town Sebastian Historic District, WestSebastianDistrict2004
Osceola Park Historic Residential DistrictVero BeachDistrict2013
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge NHLSebastianSite1966
Pueblo ArcadeVero BeachBuilding1997
RiversideSebastianBuilding2024
Royal Park ArcadeVero BeachBuilding1998
Ryburn ApartmentsVero BeachBuilding2023
Sebastian Grammar and Junior High SchoolSebastianBuilding2001
Smith, Archie, Wholesale Fish CompanySebastianBuilding1994
Spanish Fleet Survivors and Salvors Camp SiteSebastianSite1970
Treasure Hammock Ranch FarmsteadVero BeachStructure2013
Vero Beach Community Building, OldVero BeachBuilding1993
Vero Beach Diesel Power PlantVero BeachBuilding1999
Vero Beach Woman's ClubVero BeachBuilding1995
Vero Railroad StationVero BeachBuilding1987
Vero TheatreVero BeachBuilding1992

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Indian River was formed in 1925 (1925-06-29) from St.

INDIAN RIVER created from ST. LUCIE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Indian River County population from 1930 to 2020 (Census historical series).

160k83k6,72419301960198020002020
1930194019501960198020002020
6,7248,95711,87225,30959,896112,947159,788

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

3 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 3 of 3 listed
NameLatLon
Crestlawn Cemetery27.62676-80.39649
Old Sebastian Cemetery27.76847-80.51283
Sebastian Municipal Cemetery27.82943-80.47768

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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