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PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA REAL ESTATE
Port St. Lucie, Florida real estate lies near the Atlantic Ocean along Florida’s beautiful and desirable Treasure Coast, a natural oasis between the Kennedy Space Center and bustling South Florida. A continuous flow of new residents is moving into Port St. Lucie, Florida existing homes or resale homes every day. Searching Port St. Lucie, Florida MLS resale listings is almost effortless on NewHomesRealEstate.net because we have volumes of comprehensive listings of Port St. Lucie existing homes for sale, from mansions to investment properties to fixer-uppers.
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Port St. Lucie, Florida Area DemographicsLocated near the southeastern corner of St. Lucie County along the Indian River and near the Atlantic Ocean, Port St. Lucie, Florida real estate offers fresh modern housing that combines the best elements of the Florida lifestyle without being too overcrowded or tourist-oriented. Local officials tout the area beaches as “still unspoiled, still uncrowded.” Residents of Port St. Lucie enjoy a quieter existence than other parts of the Sunshine State while maintaining quick access to all the modern conveniences and amenities. Port St. Lucie is about 110 miles north of Miami, 130 miles south of Orlando and 235 miles south of Jacksonville.
Port St. Lucie has quickly risen from almost nothing into the second-fastest growing city in Florida and is now the state’s 12th-largest city with a population of 131,692 (2005 U.S. census estimate) and a growth rate of 33 percent over the past five years, making the city one of the fastest-growing in the country. With a population of 241,305, St. Lucie County has also grown rapidly, from about 7,000 residents just 70 years ago and about 20,000 residents as recently as 1950. The county seat of Fort Pierce (population: 37,959) is the only other incorporated city in St. Lucie County.
Fort Santa Lucia was built at Jupiter Inlet to the south in 1565 and old Spanish maps identify the entire area as Santa Lucia, after St. Lucia of Syracuse, a Catholic saint who died more than 1,700 years ago. St. Lucie County was formed in 1844 and incorporated in 1905. Since then, county lines have been redrawn several times, excluding from St. Lucie County what are now parts of Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee and Martin counties and giving the county 688 square miles of area today.
Anyone with a taste for the sun, the ocean and a place that melds undeveloped old-Florida with the explosive growth of modern Florida will find it hard to resist the Port St. Lucie, Florida area.
Port St. Lucie’s balmy climate produces 90-degree days during the summer months, but the average high in January is also quite comfortable, in the low-70s.
Port St. Lucie, Florida History and CulturePort St. Lucie, Florida real estate is a Florida success story and a model for planned communities everywhere. The surrounding area blossoms with modern subdivisions, light industry and up-to-date agribusiness stimulated by a rapidly-increasing population.
Port St. Lucie’s phenomenal growth began in the 1950s, when Gardner Cowles, owner and publisher of Look magazine, discovered the St. Lucie River and purchased 8,500 acres south of Fort Pierce, establishing River Park, the community that preceded Port St. Lucie. Cowles advertised nationally, primarily to retirees, and attracted buyers by marketing tropical living and a fishermen’s paradise. When prospective buyers came to look at the property they were given a serene boat ride down the winding river and they almost always signed a contract when the tour ended. In 1958, General Development Corp. bought River Park and 40,000 additional acres of land and started selling it for $10 down and $10 a month, with the first homes selling for $9,000. Today the master-planned community of Port St. Lucie, which had only 300 residents in 1970, encompasses 80 square miles of beautiful land and navigable waterways and is pushing to become one of Florida’s 10 largest cities. The lush greenery, plus the nearby ocean and river, had long attracted anglers and vacationers alike; these attributes soon proved to be extremely attractive to prospective residents as well.
Native Americans inhabited the area for thousands of years. The Spruce Bluff Indian Mound in Fort Pierce dates back more than 2,000 years and stands 18 feet tall and 190 feet in diameter. One of the last of the native tribes, the Ais (also Ays), lived in the area prior to the arrival of the Spanish explorers, who first landed in Florida in the early 16th century. The Spanish galleons that sunk off Florida’s east coast in the 17th and 18th centuries and the people who came to salvage items from the shipwrecks inspired the area’s name: Treasure Coast. The Florida Territory was established in 1821 and statehood followed in 1845.
Water transportation, fishing, canning, turtle and oyster harvesting and cattle ranching became central to St. Lucie County’s economy after the Civil War. And as recently as 1895, an estimated 2 million pineapple plants made Jensen (now Jensen Beach) in southern St. Lucie County “the pineapple capital of the world,” but citrus soon took over as the principal crop. As the county grew, Fort Pierce, the oldest city in the area, developed into the economic and commercial hub of the Treasure Coast, growing from 300 residents when Henry Flagler’s railroad arrived in 1894 to 3,500 by 1915 and 37,841 today, but even Fort Pierce’s growth pales compared with Port St. Lucie’s growth.
Port St. Lucie, Florida Attractions, Activities and AmenitiesIn addition to an abundance of new and almost-new homes, Port St. Lucie, Florida real estate affords vast opportunities for recreation and enjoyment of Florida’s natural beauty. With more than 15 public beaches along 21 miles of spectacular, white-sand ocean beaches and beautiful waterways in St. Lucie County, visitors can find unspoiled, tropical tranquility rarely found anywhere else in Florida.
Residents and visitors enjoy both Fort Pierce Inlet and Jack Island for the abundance and variety of bird life. The 340-acre state-owned Fort Pierce Inlet Recreation Area, located on the southern tip of North Hutchinson Island in southeastern St. Lucie County, has a wide, sandy ocean beach plus 1,500 feet of frontage on Fort Pierce Inlet. The 958-acre Jack Island, which allows only foot traffic on its trails, sits off the east shore of the Indian River and consists of mangrove swamp and a small coastal hammock. Shorebirds are better observed at Fort Pierce Inlet at low tide along Dynamite Point. Birding at Jack Island is better during early morning or late evening.
Thousands of threatened loggerhead and endangered green leatherback sea turtles make their nesting spots along the beaches of Hutchinson Island during June and July of each year. Nearly 80 percent of sea turtle nesting takes place on Florida’s east coast and communities and utility companies have collaborated to protect the turtles.
The Savannas (in Fort Pierce) and Savannas State Preserve (in Port St. Lucie) are unique wilderness spots in that they represent the last freshwater lagoon system in the state, with freshwater fishing areas, public boat ramps, hiking and nature trails, bird watching, bicycling, horseback riding, canoe rentals and campsites.
The 800-seat Port St. Lucie Community Center is a 28,000-square-foot facility that hosts many performing arts productions and cultural affairs programs. The Port St. Lucie parks department offers many other activities, including arts and crafts, art classes, fitness exercise rooms and game rooms.
St. Lucie County is also spring training home of Major League Baseball’s New York Mets, who hold camp at Port St. Lucie’s Tradition Field, as well as the home of the St. Lucie Mets, a minor-league baseball club that plays during the summer months. Jai-alai remains popular for spectators and gamblers and Fort Pierce Jai-Alai is one of six remaining venues for the sport in Florida.
Whether you seek a luxury home, a starter home, a condominium, a townhouse or an investment property, NewHomesRealEstate.net can help you find the Port St. Lucie, Florida real estate you desire.
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