5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Titusville, Florida

Think you know Titusville? Here are five things that might surprise you.

1. Titusville got its name from a game of dominoes!Local history says Henry Titus and Clark Rice played a game of dominoes to decide who would get to name the town. Titus won, and in 1873, Sand Point became Titusville.

2. It was once a major citrus shipping center.In the 1880s, Titusville became an important shipping point for the famous Indian River citrus industry.

3. Space View Park is one of a kind.Located less than 15 miles across from the Kennedy Space Center launch pads, it features what the city describes as the nation’s only walk honoring both America’s astronauts AND the people behind the scenes of the space program.

4. There’s a 470-acre “Enchanted Forest.”The Enchanted Forest Sanctuary has miles of trails and an unusual mix of temperate and subtropical plants growing in the same preserve.

5. Titusville is next door to an incredible wildlife refuge.Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge covers about 140,000 acres and provides habitat for more than 1,500 species of plants and animals.

Titusville may be known as a gateway to the space program, but there’s a lot more history and nature here than most people realize.

How many of these did you know?