Cocoa and Rockledge

The history of Cocoa and its bedroom community, Rockledge, falls into two time frames: the first is exploration and settlement; the second began in the 1950s when the Space Age began and drastic change ensued. It takes a mighty stretch of the imagination to leap from the founding and settlement of St. Augustine—a few miles north and a few centuries prior—to the incorporation of Cocoa and Rockledge. Of course, over the centuries, there were people in the area—hunters, fisherman, Native Ameri...