[7] Nicknamed "The Hibiscus City", Vero is situated about 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Orlando along the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's Treasure Coast.

Parts of a human skeleton were found north of Vero in association with the remains of Pleistocene animals in 1915.

[10] In 2006, an image of a mastodon or mammoth carved on a bone was found in vicinity of the Vero man discovery.

A group of 300 unemployed English privateers led by Henry Jennings stole about £87,500 in gold and silver in their first acts of piracy.

[14] In 1872, Captain Allen W. Estes officially established the first land patent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River Lagoon, after settling in the area in 1870.

[citation needed] In 1893, Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway began operation through the area.

[24][15] In 1979, the 17th Street Bridge was completed, allowing a second point of access from Vero Beach mainland to the barrier islands.

[34] Vero Beach is home to general aviation manufacturer Piper Aircraft, which is the largest private employer in Indian River County.

The Historic Downtown is a newly revitalized area of shopping, dining, antique stores, and art galleries.

The Indian River Lagoon, passing through Vero Beach, forms a significant portion of the Intracoastal Waterway, and is a hub for boating, fishing, water skiing, diving, kayaking and other small-craft waterborne activities.

[35] Vero Beach is home to Historic Dodgertown, which initially started operations during World War II as a U.S.

After the team's departure for a new Spring home in Arizona in 2008, it has served as a year-round multi-purpose facility for athletes of all ages.

This is to honor both the late Jackie Robinson and the site's history as the first racially integrated spring training center in the American South.

[39] The Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) mainline bisects Vero Beach, with an active team track in town serving two off-line lumber/building products customers, who receive boxcars, flatcars and gondolas.

[40] The Vero Railroad Station served the transportation needs of the community and its surrounding agricultural area for almost 65 years from 1903 to 1968.