Indian River County (pop. 138,028) is south of Brevard County. It was formed in 1925 from the northern part of St. Lucie County.
In recent years, the coastline of Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin counties has been known as the Treasure Coast, commemorating the Spanish “treasure fleet” that sank in a hurricane in the area in 1715.
11 ships carrying silver
The county seat of Indian River County is the city of Vero Beach (pop. 15,220).
Driftwood Inn, Vero Beach
The McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach dates from 1929.
Along the Indian River
Vero Beach was the spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 until they moved to Arizona in 2009.
The city of Sebastian (pop. 21,929) is the home of Mel Fisher’s Treasure Museum, with items from the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet.
It opened in 1992.
The city of Fellsmere (pop. 3,813) is the home of the annual Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival – the largest frog leg festival in the world.
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, north of Vero Beach, was the first national wildlife refuge in the U.S., created by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 to protect egrets and other birds.
Reachable only by boat
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