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New Smyrna Beach, 2007
New Smyrna Beach, 2007. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- New Smyrna Beach, 2007
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
New Smyrna Beach
How work, access and surfing shaped New Smyrna Beach.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
New Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States, located on the central east coast of the state, with the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work at the water’s edge
New Smyrna was established during Florida’s British period and later passed through Spanish and United States rule before becoming a modern beach city.
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1892
The shore becomes reachable
In 1892, Henry Flagler provided service to the town via his Florida East Coast Railway.
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Surf at New Smyrna Beach Florida
The gently sloping beach at New Smyrna Beach, Florida, provides excellent bodysurfing conditions. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- The gently sloping beach at New Smyrna Beach, Florida, provides excellent bodysurfing conditions
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- original
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
Surfing became part of New Smyrna Beach’s modern identity through regular local use, instruction and competition rather than one recorded founding day.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
New Smyrna Beach is recorded at 29.072° N, 80.917° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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New Smyrna Beach, 2007
New Smyrna Beach, 2007. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- New Smyrna Beach, 2007
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
TODAY
New Smyrna Beach now
Today, it is a resort town of over 20,000 permanent residents.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
New Smyrna Beach, 2007
AOD.US.NEW-SMYRNA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Surf at New Smyrna Beach Florida
AOD.US.NEW-SMYRNA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked New Smyrna Beach, Florida overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.