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History · Ocean Breeze

Ocean Breeze dates to 1938

Most of Ocean Breeze was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2017. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1970.

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How Ocean Breeze began

When was Ocean Breeze founded?

1938

Ocean Breeze dates its founding to 1938 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1970.

First census: 714 in 19702020 census: 30188 years
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What stands out about Ocean Breeze’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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How Ocean Breeze came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ocean Breeze.

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In 1938, the community was established in a coastal area north of Stuart, Florida, by Harry Hoke, who later became Ocean Breeze's first mayor.

The town government was formed in 1960, when 142 property owners from the Ocean Breeze Trailer Park voted to incorporate as the Town of Ocean Breeze Park. Harry Hoke was elected as the town's first mayor. Evans Crary Sr., who guided the town through the legal procedure of incorporation, was appointed town attorney. At the time of its incorporation, the 65-acre park was said to be the largest privately owned trailer park in the United States. By referendum held December 18, 2013, it changed its name to the "Town of Ocean Breeze".

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On the map

Ocean Breeze on the map, 1948 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ocean Breeze. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ocean Breeze on the 1948 USGS mapOcean Breeze on the 1950 USGS mapOcean Breeze on the 1970 USGS mapOcean Breeze on the 1983 USGS map1948St Lucie Inlet sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ocean Breeze.

People over time

Ocean Breeze, census by census

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Between 301 and 714 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ocean Breeze’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ocean Breeze

Nobody well known was born in Ocean Breeze itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ace HoodAmerican rapper from Florida · b. 1988
Matthew MercerAmerican actor · b. 1982
Chris MarquetteAmerican actor · b. 1984
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Tori PensoAmerican soccer referee · b. 1986
Kathy RinaldiAmerican tennis player · b. 1967
Larry SandersAmerican basketball player · b. 1988
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Ocean Breeze’s history

What year was Ocean Breeze founded?

In 1938, according to Wikidata. the census of 1970 counted 714 people here.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.