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Vero Beach, Florida

Vero Beach, Florida
Administration
Full nameVero Beach, Florida
Official nameVero Beach, Florida
Settlement typeCity
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyIndian River
Settled1870
Incorporated (Vero)1919
Incorporated (Vero Beach)1925
Government
TypeCommission-Manager
MayorJay Kramer
City ManagerJames M. Gabbard
Geography
Total Area12.93 sq mi (33.5 km2)
Land Area11.07 sq mi (28.7 km2)
Water Area1.85 sq mi (4.8 km2)
Elevation13 ft (4 m)
Demography
Total Population16939 (July 1, 2006)
Metro (pop.)130100
Other information
Time zoneEastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes32960-32969
Area code772
FIPS code12-74150 
GNIS feature ID0292760 

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Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida, USA. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 16,939. It is the county seat of Indian River County. Vero Beach is a Principal City of the Sebastian � Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 130,100 people.

Vero Beach is the location of Holman Stadium, where the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team held their spring training camp from 1948 until 2008 when it moved to a new facility in Glendale, Arizona. The stadium was also the home to the minor league Vero Beach Devil Rays; however, in August 2008 the franchise was sold to the Ripken Baseball Group and did not return to Vero Beach for the 2009 season. In 2009, Holman Stadium was leased to Minor League Baseball, and there is no word yet if a new team will make it its home.

Piper Aircraft Inc. builds aircraft here. Major industries include citrus fruit packing and tourism.


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