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Melbourne (/ ˈ m ɛ l b ər n / MEL-bərn) is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is located 72 miles (116 km) southeast of Orlando and 175 miles (282 km) northwest of Miami . It had population of 84,678 at the 2020 United States Decennial Census, up from 76,068 at the 2010 census. [ 6 ]
Brevard County (/ b r ə ˈ v ɑːr d / brə-VARD) is a county in the U.S. state of Florida.It is on the Atlantic coast of eastern Central Florida. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 606,612, making it the 10th-most populated county in Florida.
Melbourne Orlando International Airport (IATA: MLB, ICAO: KMLB, FAA LID: MLB) is a public airport 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of downtown Melbourne, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, and 70 miles (113 km) southeast of Orlando, located on central Florida's Space Coast.
Melbourne Village is a town in Brevard County, Florida. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the smallest incorporated municipality (by population) in Brevard County. [8] The population was 681 at the 2020 US Census, up from 662 at the 2010 census.
Melbourne Beach is a town in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population had 3,231 residents at the 2020 United States Census , up from 3,101 at the 2010 census.
The county justice system has faced criticism for its reliance on since-discredited dog handler John Preston as an expert witness in the 1980s. [67] Brevard County paid Preston over $37,000 as a consultant in the first half of 1984. The State's Attorney's Office sponsors the Victim/Witness Services. [68]
However, many parishes do not follow county borders, some being located in more than one county. The county with the largest population is the County of Bourke, which contains Melbourne. Legal documents can describe the county, parish, township (if there is one), section, crown allotment number, and certified plan number. [38]
The county was proclaimed in 1853. The "Melbourne and County of Bourke Police" was the name for the police force in the area before 1853. The County of Bourke was used on the name of the electoral roll in 1845. [2] There was also the "Bourke County Court" in the 1850s, [3] which became the County Court of Victoria.