Welcome to Port Canaveral ...

Port Canaveral is located in Brevard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Canaveral, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1954.

A typical abbreviation for Port Canaveral: Prt. Canaveral

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

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

The telephone area code for Port Canaveral: (321)

The ZIP code for Port Canaveral: 32920<2>

Communities near Port Canaveral ...

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

• Titusville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville
  • Titusville is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,619 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Titusville <3>
• Rockledge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
  • Rockledge is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,253 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockledge <3>
• Cocoa
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocoa
  • Cocoa is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,694 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cocoa <3>
• Cocoa Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocoa Beach
  • Cocoa Beach is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,649 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cocoa Beach <3>
• Satellite Beach
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • 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 <3>
• Indian Harbour Beach
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • 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 <3>
• Palm Shores
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Shores
  • Palm Shores is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palm Shores <3>
• Angel City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
  • Angel City is located in Brevard County
• Merritt Island
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt Island
  • Merritt Island is located in Brevard County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merritt Island <3>
• Sharpes
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpes
  • Sharpes is located in Brevard County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharpes <3>

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 Port Canaveral. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Canaveral.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Canaveral. 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 Port Canaveral.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Canaveral ...

Looking for more information about Port Canaveral? 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 Port Canaveral, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Port Canaveral.

Adding Port Canaveral to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Canaveral in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Port Canaveral was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Port Canaveral post office opened in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Canaveral.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Canaveral. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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