Cocoa, FL

Cocoa is a small resort town on the Banana River, which forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway in western Florida, 15 miles north of Melbourne, FL and 45 miles east of Orlando, FL. It is a traditional spring training site, has hosted various teams in the Gulf Coast League and is one of the towns closest to the John F. Kennedy Space Center, although its address is in nearby Titusville, FL.

Teams that have played here

• Cocoa Fliers, Florida East Coast League (1941-1942)
• Cocoa Indians, Florida State League (1951-1958)
• Melbourne Twins, Cocoa Rookie League (1964)
• Florida Mets, Cocoa Rookie League (1964)
• Cocoa Tigers, Cocoa Rookie League (1964)
• Cocoa Colts, Cocoa Rookie League (1964)
• Cocoa Astros, Florida State League (1965-1972, 1977)
• Cocoa Astros, Florida East Coast League (1972)
• Cocoa Expos, Florida East Coast League (1972)
• Space Coast Urge, Florida Winter Baseball League (2009)

Persons who were born here

• John Ivory Smith, minor league pitcher

Educational institutions located here

• Cocoa High School
• Eastern Florida State College