Welcome to Malabar ...

The coastal town of Malabar is located in Brevard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Malabar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Malabar has a population of 3,179 people<2> (see below for details).

Malabar is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Malabar lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Malabar (for example, toward Fellsmere), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Malabar is located in the (321) area code.

The ZIP code for Malabar: 32950<4>

Websites for Malabar ...

Official Website: www.malabartown.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Malabar had an population of 3,179 people. This is an increase of 15.31% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 21.24% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Malabar had a population of 2,757 people. This makes Malabar the county's 13th most populous community.

The population of Malabar represents 0.01% of the population of Florida (which has 18,801,310 people), making it the state's 257th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,757 people, the population of Malabar increased 5.15% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,622 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Malabar.

Communities near Malabar ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Malabar.

• Palm Bay
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Bay
  • Palm Bay is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,932 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palm Bay <5>
• Melbourne
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
  • Melbourne is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melbourne <5>
• West Melbourne
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Melbourne
  • West Melbourne is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,761 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Melbourne <5>
• Sebastian
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
  • Sebastian is located in Indian River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,482 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebastian <5>
• Satellite Beach
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satellite Beach
  • Satellite Beach is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,124 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Satellite Beach <5>
• Indian Harbour Beach
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Harbour Beach
  • Indian Harbour Beach is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Harbour Beach <5>
• Fellsmere
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsmere
  • Fellsmere is located in Indian River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fellsmere <5>
• Grant - Valkaria
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant - Valkaria
  • Grant - Valkaria is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,326 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant - Valkaria <5>
• Melbourne Beach
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne Beach
  • Melbourne Beach is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melbourne Beach <5>
• Indialantic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indialantic
  • Indialantic is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,895 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indialantic <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Malabar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Malabar.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Malabar. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Malabar.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Malabar. See our Newspapers Page for Malabar.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Malabar ...

Looking for more information about Malabar? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Malabar, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Malabar.

Adding Malabar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Malabar in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Malabar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Malabar post office opened in 1883.

We also found Malabar in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Malabar.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Malabar: www.malabartown.org/

The official website for Brevard County: www.brevardcounty.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/