History of Satellite Beach, Florida - Real Estate Agent Satellite Beach FL

Satellite Beach is a picturesque, seaside community situated on a barrier island, located on the Space Coast. The approximately three square miles of land area is bordered by Patrick Air Force Base to the north, Indian Harbour Beach to the south, Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Banana River to the west. In 1956, four brothers and their cousin from North Carolina bought a 130-acre parcel of land in a sandy, beachside area covered with palmettos, scrub brush, sand spurs and infested with mosquitoes. Highway A1A was a narrow, graveled road that linked Cape Canaveral and the causeways to the mainland. Percy Hedgecock (wife Helen), along with brothers Hub (wife Irma), Shine (wife Annie), and June, as well as, Cousin Jimmy Caudle (wife Nancy), had a vision to build a community. A community focused on family values and one that would provide recreational opportunities for youth. Within five months, the group had built seven houses, four for each of the f...