Mims, Florida

Mims is located at {{coord|28|40|7|N|80|50|53|W|type:city}} (28.668670, −80.847949).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|57.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|44.1|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|13.7|km2|order=flip}}, or 23.71%, is water.{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mims CDP, Florida| publisher=United States Census Bureau| accessdate=January 31, 2012}}

{{US Census population

| 1990 = 9412

| 2000 = 9147

| 2010 = 7058

| 2020 = 7336

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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As of the census of 2000, there were 9,147 people, 3,591 households, and 2,574 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|462.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,171 housing units at an average density of {{convert|210.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.57% White, 10.98% African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 1.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.54% of the population.

There were 3,591 households, out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,216, and the median income for a family was $41,044. Males had a median income of $33,886 versus $21,925 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $17,433. About 11.3% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.

Praxair in Mims produces liquid oxygen for the Kennedy Space Center.{{Cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-148109606.html |title=Article: Praxair awarded five-year contract.(Praxair Inc.)(United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration)(Brief article) |date=2006-06-26 |work=Fairfield County Business Journal |publisher=highbeam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195201/http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=Praxair+awarded+five-year+contract.(Praxair+Inc.)(United+States.+National+Aeronautics+and+Space+Administration)(Brief+article)&searchType=Article¤tPage=0&orderBy= |archivedate=2012-11-04|url-status=dead }}

Mims, Florida received its name after its earliest settlers; Britton J. Mims, Robert Mims, and Casper Neil Mims. The three brothers were reputedly distant relatives to Jesse James. Casper later established the first Mims general store circa 1876.Brotemarkle, B, 2004. Images of America: Titusville and Mims. p. 21. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing.

Henry Flagler's East Coast Railroad construction starting 1885 expanded the community. By 1893, with railroad in place, both Mims and neighboring city Titusville began shipping citrus and lumber to northern cities.Brotemarkle, p. 22 By the end of the 19th century citrus farms began to dominate the local economy.{{cite web |title=Mims, Florida |url=https://www.florida-backroads-travel.com/mims-florida.html |website=Florida Backroads Travel}}

The settlement was organized as a city in the early 1900s; continuing slow growth until the start of the great depression. During the first years of the great depression large numbers of residents reportedly left looking for work. Mims, unable to sustain a municipal government, subsequently reverted to an unincorporated township within Brevard County, Florida.

African-American civil rights leader Harry T. Moore and his family resided in Mims from at least the 1920s. Known as a national civil rights leader, teacher and founder of the Brevard County NAACP, he and his wife Harriette were targeted for assassination Christmas Eve, 1951; they received fatal injuries when a bomb exploded from under their home. Moore died in the blast; his wife survived until January 3, 1952 [https://nbbd.com/godo/moore/investigation/0608MooreExecSum.pdf]. Both of their daughters survived the attack. The murders were racially motivated and believed to have been committed by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

The FBI investigated the case in 1951–1952, and the county and state in the 1970s and 1990s. The state reinvestigated in 2005, after suspected perpetrators had died. No prosecutions or charges were ever brought against the purpetrator(s).{{cite web|title=Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore|url=https://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/terror/who.html|publisher=PBS|accessdate=27 March 2014|page=Florida Terror: Who Killed Harry T. Moore}}[http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsreleases/C4F9E89A26C88DEB852571CC00694A6E "Crist Announces Results of Harry T. Moore Murder Investigation", 16 Aug 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106234735/http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsreleases/C4F9E89A26C88DEB852571CC00694A6E |date=2007-01-06 }}, accessed 6 May 2008 Multiple sites in Mims and Brevard County are dedicated to the Moores including the Moore Memorial Park and Cultural Center in Mims.

There are three schools, one adult education center, and one childcare center located in Mims; two public and three private.

• [https://www.ace321.org/ ACE or Academic Community Enrichment] (Private, Adult Education)
• Christ Aid Academy (Private, K-12)
• Devereux Center at Normandy School (Private, Childcare)
• [https://www.brevardschools.org/o/mimses Mims Elementary School] (Public, K-6)
• [https://www.brevardschools.org/o/pes Pinewood Elementary School] (Public, K-6)

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• Melanie L. Campbell – activist and the president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
• Harriette Moore (1902–1952) – educator and civil rights worker
• Harry T. Moore (1905–1951) – pioneer leader of the civil rights movement, founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida, and president of the state chapter of the NAACP
• Dick Yelvington (1928–2013) – professional football player in the NFL

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Category:Census-designated places in Brevard County, Florida

Category:Census-designated places in Florida

Category:Populated places on the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida

Category:Former municipalities in Florida