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Merritt Island

Merritt Island is a peninsula in , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 34,700 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Brevard County, Florida, United States
  • Also known as: “Merritt Island, FL” and “Merritt Island, Florida”
  • Postal codes: 32952-32954

Places of Interest

Highlights include Merritt Square Mall and Edgewood Junior/Senior High School.

Shopping center
is a in Merritt Island, Florida. Opened in 1970, the mall features four anchor stores: J. C. Penney, Dillard's, Macy's, and with one vacant anchor last occupied by Sears.

School
Edgewood Junior-Senior High School, more often called Edgewood, is a secondary school located at 180 East Merritt Avenue in Merritt Island, , USA.

Variety store
Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet is an American discount store chain. It was founded in , in 1982 by Morton Bernstein, Mark Butler, Harry Coverman, and Oliver "Ollie" Rosenberg, the company's namesake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cocoa and Angel City.

Town
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is a city in , United States. Its population was 19,041 at the 2020 United States census, up from 17,140 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 2 miles west of Merritt Island.

Hamlet
is a populated place on the peninsula of Merritt Island, in , , . had a post office between 1927 and 1931. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Merritt Island.

Merritt Island

Latitude
28.3581° or 28° 21′ 29″ north
Longitude
-80.6968° or 80° 41′ 49″ west
Population
34,700
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
United Nations Location Code
US MBF
Open location code
76WX9853+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7714474007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4164092
Wiki­data ID
Q991010
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Merritt Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميريت آيلاند”
  • Armenian: “Մերիթ Այլենդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Merrit-Aylend”
  • Basque: “Merritt Island”
  • Catalan: “Merritt Island”
  • Cebuano: “Merritt Island”
  • Chechen: “Мерритт-Айленд”
  • Chinese: “Merritt Island”
  • Chinese: “梅里特岛”
  • Chinese: “梅里特島”
  • Danish: “Merritt Island”
  • Dutch: “Merritt Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميريت آيلاند”
  • French: “Merritt Island”
  • German: “Merritt Island”
  • Gilaki: “مریت آیلند (فلؤريدا)”
  • Gilaki: “مریت آیلند”
  • Hebrew: “מריט איילנד”
  • Hungarian: “Merritt Island”
  • Irish: “Merritt Island”
  • Italian: “Merrit Island”
  • Italian: “Merritt Island”
  • Japanese: “メリット島”
  • Korean: “메리트섬”
  • Ladin: “Merritt Island”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Merritt Island”
  • Newari: “मेरिट आइल्यान्ड (फ्लोरिडा)”
  • Newari: “मेरिट आइल्यान्ड, फ्लोरिडा”
  • Newari: “मेरिट आइल्यान्ड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merritt Island”
  • Norwegian: “Merritt Island”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ مریت، فلوریدا”
  • Persian: “جزیره مریت”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ مریت”
  • Polish: “Merritt Island”
  • Portuguese: “Merritt Island”
  • Romanian: “Insula Merritt”
  • Russian: “Мерритт-Айленд”
  • Serbian: “Мерит Ајланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Merritt Island, Florida”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Merritt Island”
  • Silesian: “Merritt Island”
  • Slovenian: “Merritt Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مریت ایسلند، فلوریدا”
  • Spanish: “Merritt Island”
  • Swedish: “Merrit Island”
  • Swedish: “Merritt Island”
  • Tatar: “Мерритт-Айленд”
  • Turkish: “Merritt Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Меррітт-Айленд”
  • Uzbek: “Merritt Island”
  • Uzbek: “Мерритт Исланд”
  • Volapük: “Merritt Island”

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