Primary-sourced history of Titusville, Florida: Henry Titus and the 1867 founding, the FEC Railroad arrival in 1885, the 1951 Harry T. Moore assassination in Mims, and the Apollo-era boom across the Indian River from Kennedy Space Center.https://oldtitusville.com/enhttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/what-old-titusville-means/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/what-old-titusville-means/Why this site exists, what it covers, and what 'Old Titusville' is meant to evoke beyond nostalgia.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamEditorialhttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/florida-wildlife-hospital/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/florida-wildlife-hospital/Founded in Titusville in 1973, the Florida Wildlife Hospital has treated tens of thousands of injured native animals from across central Florida. It's one of the longest-running independent wildlife rehab centers in the state.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamInstitutionshttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/sand-point-park-modern/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/sand-point-park-modern/Sand Point Park on the Indian River waterfront is the city's primary recreational waterfront, named after the pre-Titusville settlement and operated by the city since the 1960s.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamParkshttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/challenger-1986-viewing/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/challenger-1986-viewing/Schoolchildren and families lined the Titusville waterfront the morning of Space Shuttle Challenger's launch. The mission ended 73 seconds in. For Brevard County the loss was personal.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamSpace Erahttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/titusville-high-school-football/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/titusville-high-school-football/Titusville High has produced multiple FHSAA state championships in football across several classifications. The 1990s and 2000s saw the program peak; the rivalry with Astronaut High shapes Friday nights in the city.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamSportshttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/hurricane-david-1979/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/hurricane-david-1979/David hit Titusville and Brevard as a downgraded tropical storm on September 3-4, 1979, after a Caribbean track that had killed thousands in the Dominican Republic. The Florida impact was severe but not catastrophic.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamDisastershttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/la-grange-cemetery-pioneers/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/la-grange-cemetery-pioneers/Founded in the 1850s on the Titusville–Mims line, La Grange Cemetery holds the graves of Henry Titus, Harry and Harriette Moore, and several generations of pre-FEC Brevard pioneers.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamCemeterieshttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/enchanted-forest-sanctuary/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/enchanted-forest-sanctuary/Brevard County's Enchanted Forest Sanctuary preserves nearly 470 acres of the eastern hardwood hammocks that once covered most of the Indian River ridge. The county acquired it in 1991.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamEnvironmenthttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/indian-river-lagoon-titusville/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/indian-river-lagoon-titusville/The Indian River Lagoon system is North America's most biodiverse estuary. At Titusville's latitude it's also one of the most impaired, with documented seagrass loss and recurring algal blooms.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamEnvironmenthttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/us-astronaut-hall-of-fame/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/us-astronaut-hall-of-fame/Established by the Mercury Seven astronauts and opened in 1990 on US-1 near Titusville, the Astronaut Hall of Fame is now part of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamInstitutionshttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/titusville-cocoa-connection/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/titusville-cocoa-connection/Cocoa is bigger. Titusville has the seat. The standoff between the two largest Brevard County cities shaped every 20th-century debate over relocating the courthouse.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamGovernmenthttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/space-view-park/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/space-view-park/Established by the City of Titusville for public launch viewing across the Indian River, Space View Park has been the mainland's most-used vantage point on Pad 39A for over thirty years.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamParkshttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/apollo-population-boom-bust/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/apollo-population-boom-bust/Titusville's population grew from 2,604 in 1950 to over 30,000 by 1970. The post-Apollo years stalled that growth and emptied parts of the 1960s housing stock.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamSpace Erahttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/apollo-gateway-titusville/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/apollo-gateway-titusville/From the early 1960s through the end of Apollo, Titusville sat directly across the Indian River from Pad 39A. The town's hotel and motel inventory tripled to handle the launch tourist surge.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamSpace Erahttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/brevard-county-courthouse/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/brevard-county-courthouse/Three courthouses on or near the same downtown block. The 1882 wood-frame structure burned in 1894. The 1912 brick replacement still stands. The active courthouse opened in 1994.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamGovernmenthttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/mims-orange-groves-recovery/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/mims-orange-groves-recovery/Mims sits five miles north of Titusville, on the climate edge for commercial citrus. The 1894–95 freeze nearly ended the local industry; what came back was smaller and more diversified.Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamAgriculturehttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/harry-t-moore-assassination-1951/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/harry-t-moore-assassination-1951/On December 25, 1951, a bomb planted under the bedroom of NAACP organizer Harry T. Moore killed him and, nine days later, his wife Harriette. The case was never prosecuted in their lifetimes. The FBI named four KKK members in 2006.Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamCivil Rightshttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/great-freeze-1894-95/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/great-freeze-1894-95/Two December–February cold events ended the Indian River citrus boom. Titusville and Mims, at the climate zone's northern edge, lost more groves than they recovered.Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamDisastershttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/citrus-shipping-1880s/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/citrus-shipping-1880s/For a decade Titusville moved more Indian River citrus to Northern markets than any other point on the lagoon. The 1894–95 freeze ended it overnight.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamAgriculturehttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/indian-river-steamboat-era/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/indian-river-steamboat-era/Before the FEC railroad arrived in 1885, Titusville was the northern transit point for a hundred-mile lagoon-and-steamboat network that ran south to Jupiter Inlet.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamTransportationhttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/fec-railroad-1885/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/fec-railroad-1885/Henry Flagler's southward push from Jacksonville hit Titusville first. The town went from Indian River steamboat terminus to FEC depot in a single year, and never looked the same.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamRailroadhttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/county-seat-1880/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/county-seat-1880/Brevard County moved its seat from Lake Harney to Titusville in 1880. The vote was close, the politics were railroad-shaped, and the change held.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamGovernmenthttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/sand-point-hotel-1873/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/sand-point-hotel-1873/Henry Titus's hotel was the social and commercial center of early Titusville for thirty years, then disappeared in stages through fires and redevelopment.Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamEarly Titusvillehttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/sand-point-pre-titus/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/sand-point-pre-titus/A small Indian River community of grove keepers, boatmen, and Civil War-era refugees occupied the bluff at present-day Titusville for decades before Henry Titus renamed it.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamPre-Foundinghttps://oldtitusville.com/blog/henry-titus-founding-1867/https://oldtitusville.com/blog/henry-titus-founding-1867/The Mexican-American War veteran, Kansas border-war partisan, and Nicaraguan filibuster who put his name on a county-seat town on the Indian River.Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Old Titusville History TeamFounders