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Stuart is a city in and the county seat of Martin County, Florida, United States. Located in southeastern Florida, Stuart is the largest of five incorporated municipalities in Martin County. The population is 17,425 according to the 2020 U.S. census .
This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Martin County, Florida, highlighting Stuart in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
Martin County was created in 1925 with the northern portion coming from St. Lucie County and southern portion coming from Palm Beach County.It was named for John W. Martin, Governor of Florida from 1925 to 1929.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 7 combined statistical areas, 22 metropolitan statistical areas, and 6 micropolitan statistical areas in Florida. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL CSA , inclusive of the southeastern region of the state centered on Miami .
Along the western banks of the Indian River, and often on the barrier island for the region (Hutchinson Island and Orchid Island), is Florida State Road A1A. Beginning in Stuart, Florida State Road 76 runs west out of Stuart, passing Indiantown around halfway through before ending at an intersection with U.S. 98/441 in Port Mayaca.
State Road 714 (SR 714) is a 12.4-mile-long (20.0 km) east–west highway serving northern Martin County, Florida, running from just west of Interstate 95 (I-95) near Palm City to an intersection with Southeast Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A and County Road A1A or CR A1A) in Stuart. The route is known locally as Martin Highway, Martin Downs Boulevard ...
State Road 76 (SR 76), also known and signed as Kanner Highway, is a 31.504-mile-long (50.701 km) northeast-southwest (signed east–west) state highway connecting Port Mayaca on the shore of Lake Okeechobee at the intersection with US 98-441 (SR 700-SR 15) with Stuart on the shore of the St. Lucie River near the Atlantic Ocean and the Treasure Coast at an intersection with US 1 ().
The two roads parallel each other until Stuart. Through the center of Hobe Sound, it intersects CR 708. It then leaves Hobe Sound and enters Port Salerno before it enters the heart Stuart, where it intersects SR 714 near SR 714's eastern terminus at the northwestern end of Witham Field. SR 714 ends less than a mile (1.6 km) east at SR A1A.