Merritt Island is a peninsula, commonly referred to as an island, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Florida coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the name of an unincorporated town in the central and southern parts of the island and a census-designated place (CDP).
Merritt Island, Florida
South end of Merritt Island
Brevard County is a county in Central East Florida on the Atlantic coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 606,612, making it the 10th-most populated county in Florida. The official county seat is located in Titusville. Brevard County comprises the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along the east Florida coast and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
Historic Brevard County Courthouse in Titusville.
The Brevard–Volusia county line
Pine flatwoods and sand pine scrub
Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Justice Center in Viera