What 'Old Palm Bay' means
What this site covers: Palm Bay from the 1870 citrus venture at Tillman's Wharf and the 1887 Tillman post office through the 1925 town charter, the 1960 city, General Development's Port Malabar and the growth that made it Brevard's largest city.
“Old Palm Bay” is the city’s documented past, and it is older than the subdivisions. According to the National Register nomination for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Palm Bay began in 1870 as a citrus venture with a packing house at Tillman’s Wharf, at the mouth of Turkey Creek; its post office, Tillman, opened in 1887; and in 1925 the Legislature chartered the Town of Palm Bay.
This site covers the Ais, Tillman and its Catholic colony, the 1925 renaming, the 1960 city, General Development Corporation, the population boom, the 1987 shootings, the 2004 hurricanes, Turkey Creek Sanctuary, the lagoon and Palm Bay High’s Pirates.
It isn’t a news site or a travel guide. Corrections and pointers to primary records are welcome through the contact page.
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