Welcome to Valkaria ...

Valkaria is located in Brevard County<1>.

The location of Valkaria has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valkaria, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Valkaria is near sea level<3>.

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

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

Valkaria is within the (321) area code.

Communities near Valkaria ...

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

• Palm Bay
  (6 miles [9.7 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 <4>
• Melbourne
  (9 miles [14.5 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 <4>
• West Melbourne
  (10 miles [16.1 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 <4>
• Sebastian
  (11 miles [17.7 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 <4>
• Satellite Beach
  (15 miles [24.1 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 <4>
• Indian Harbour Beach
  (13 miles [20.9 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 <4>
• Fellsmere
  (13 miles [20.9 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 <4>
• Indian River Shores
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River Shores
  • Indian River Shores is located in Indian River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,346 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian River Shores <4>
• Melbourne Beach
  (7 miles [11.3 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 <4>
• Malabar
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malabar
  • Malabar is located in Brevard County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,225 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malabar <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valkaria ...

Looking for more information about Valkaria? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Valkaria, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Valkaria.

Adding Valkaria to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valkaria 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 Valkaria was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Valkaria post office opened in 1890.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Valkaria.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Valkaria. 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/