Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Vero Beach came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Vero Beach in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Vero Beach. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Vero Beach data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Vero Beach is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Vero Beach in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Vero Beach for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Vero Beach. See our Misc Page for Vero Beach for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Vero Beach:

The following routes mentioned Vero Beach as a scheduled stop:

The City of Miami: From Illinois Central Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Miami (train schedule from 1941). The City of Miami travelled between Chicago (IL) and New Orleans (LA)

The Dixie Flagler: From the timetable for the Dixie Flagler (train schedule from 1941). The defunct Dixie Flagler travelled between Chicago (IL) and Miami (FL)

The Havana Special: From the timetable for the Havana Special (schedule from 1933). The defunct Havana Special travelled between New York (NY) and Key West (FL)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Vero Beach: www.covb.org/

The official website for Indian River County: www.ircgov.com/

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