Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the population is 534,359. Because of the presence of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County is also known as the Space Coast.
The official county seat is Titusville; however nearly all county administration is performed from Viera. There has been no official change to the county seat since 1894. Since Brevard County extends so far from north to south, it has more than one county courthouse and sheriff's office. The government services are not centralized in one location, as they are in many American counties.
It is possible to observe a Cape Canaveral rocket launch or NASA Space Shuttle launch, from anywhere in the county, as well as experience related structural shuddering throughout most of the county.
