The City of West Melbourne is located in east central Florida, approximately fifty miles south of the Kennedy Space Center. The City of West Melbourne was created in 1959 in order to avoid annexation into the City of Melbourne and to prevent the levying of ad valorem taxes.
The City has grown in size and in population since its creation in 1959. The City had 3,050 people in the 1970 Census and 18,355 people as of the 2010 Census. The City’s latest population estimate can be viewed on the city demographics page. In the years since its creation, the City has expanded its municipal services by purchasing, expanding and improving a waste water treatment, disposal and reuse facility, establishing and expanding a well respected law enforcement protection program, developing and maintaining recreational facilities to meet the needs of their citizens and providing other essential services such as Planning and Zoning, Building Department, Records Management, Road and Drainage Maintenance and Administrative Services.