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Vero Beach
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county seat of Indian River County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Indian River
- Via plat
- 1913-1914
- Incorporated vero
- June 10, 1919
- Incorporated vero beach
- May 19, 1925
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- John E. Cotugno
- City manager
- Monte K. Falls
- City council
- List • John E. Cotugno • Linda Moore • Tracey Zudans • John Carroll • Taylor Dingle
- City
- 13.41 sq mi (34.72 km )
- Land
- 11.50 sq mi (29.78 km )
- Water
- 1.90 sq mi (4.93 km ) 14.31%
- Elevation
- 10 ft (3.0 m)
- Density
- 1,422/sq mi (549.1/km )
- Metro
- 159,788
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Vero Beach
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indian River County
- Population
- 16354
- Area
- 34.606925
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Capital of
- Indian River County
- Official website
- www.covb.org
- Image
- Humiston Beach-Vero Beach.JPG
- Households
- 7775
- Dialing code
- 772
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- Vero Beach, Florida
- Commons category
- Vero Beach, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Vero Beach, Florida
- inception
- 1925-00-00
- postal code
- 32969
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vero Beach, Florida
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Vero Beach, Florida
- P8168
- Gregory Chow
- water as percent of area
- 14.4195
- per capita income
- 45863
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Encyclopedic overview
Vero Beach is a city in and the county seat of Indian River County, Florida, United States. According to the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,354. Nicknamed "The Hibiscus City", Vero is situated about 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Orlando along the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's Treasure Coast. Because it is located about 65 miles (105 km) north of West Palm Beach at the northern end of the South Florida region, the city has adopted two similar mottos "The Gateway to the Tropics" and "Where the Tropics Begin".
Vero Beach was named the 7th Best Small Beach Town in Florida by Southern Living Magazine in 2023. The main roadways in the city are U.S. Route 1, Florida State Road A1A, and Florida State Road 60 (20th Street), which has its eastern terminus at Sexton Plaza in the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vero Beach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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