Editing Port St. John, Florida (section)

== History ==
In 2002, a group of five Port St. John residents formed "Port St. John For Tomorrow"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR%5C2002%5C0624%5C30438153.tif&documentNumber=N02000004771|title=Port St John for Tomorrow Incorporation papers}}</ref> (PSJ4T) and tried to incorporate the Port St. John area.<ref>[http://www.votebrevard.com/Previous-Elections/2002-Amendments-and-Referenda#psj1 Brevard Supervisor of Elections Past Election Results] incorporate the Port St. John area.</ref> Included in PSJ4T's incorporation plans were five separate communities: Delespine, Williams Point, Hardeeville, Frontenac and a part of Sharpes.<ref>{{Cite web| title=General Election Brevard County, Florida | url=http://www.votebrevard.com/Portals/Brevard/Documents/PreviousElections/2002%20General/g122abst.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809000437/http://www.votebrevard.com/Portals/Brevard/Documents/PreviousElections/2002%20General/g122abst.pdf | archive-date=2016-08-09}}</ref>  PSJ4T had not informed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brevardclerk.us/meeting-minutes?ID=0c2e62ed-b4c0-43cc-b538-6e9b1bcf27a8|title=August 27, 2002 - Meeting Minutes - Board of County Commissioners - Brevard County, Florida - Clerk of the Court|website=www.brevardclerk.us}}</ref> these five communities. When the five communities did find out, they expressed disinterest in being included in the incorporation effort.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brevardclerk.us/meeting-minutes?ID=1fee28b8-7e91-4c42-992c-4f5d3d824d39|title=April 2, 2002 - Meeting Minutes - Board of County Commissioners - Brevard County, Florida - Clerk of the Court|website=www.brevardclerk.us}}</ref>  A feasibility study<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psjhistory.com/civic/study.htm|title=Port St John Feasibility Study|website=www.psjhistory.com}}</ref> was requested by PSJ4T members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brevardclerk.us/meeting-minutes?ID=9398b78f-2762-4b86-8651-f06030802758|title=April 17, 2001 - Meeting Minutes - Board of County Commissioners - Brevard County, Florida - Clerk of the Court|website=www.brevardclerk.us}}</ref> Voters approved the study.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://brevardelections.org/g120.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919163235/http://www.brevardelections.org/g120.htm|url-status=dead|title=Voters Approved PSJ Study|archivedate=September 19, 2008}}</ref> The study was funded by Brevard County<ref>[http://199.241.8.125/index.cfm?FuseAction=MinutesRecords.View&BoardMinute_id=231 Meeting Minutes Describing Study] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529152310/http://199.241.8.125/index.cfm?FuseAction=MinutesRecords.View&BoardMinute_id=231 |date=2011-05-29 }}</ref> and performed by the [[University of Central Florida]].<ref>[http://199.241.8.125/index.cfm?FuseAction=MinutesRecords.View&BoardMinute_id=193 Meeting Minutes Regarding UCF Study] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529152349/http://199.241.8.125/index.cfm?FuseAction=MinutesRecords.View&BoardMinute_id=193 |date=2011-05-29 }}</ref> The five reviewing committees in [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]] said the study was "deeply flawed.".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacecoastconservative.com/truth.html|title=The TRUTH About Incorporation}}</ref> The county allowed the residents of Port St. John and the five communities to vote on becoming a city.  Howard Futch<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=8008&SessionIndex=-1&SessionId=4&BillText=&BillNumber=&BillSponsorIndex=10&BillListIndex=0&BillStatuteText=&BillTypeIndex=0&BillReferredIndex=0&HouseChamber=B&BillSearchIndex=0|title=SB 2056 (2002) - Brevard Co./Port St. John Charter &#124; Florida House of Representatives|website=www.myfloridahouse.gov}}</ref> and Randy Ball (CS/HB 1071)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h1071__.html&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=1071&Session=2002|title=_h1071__.html|website=www.myfloridahouse.gov}}</ref> sponsored the bills in the Senate and House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunbiz.org/pdf//5067724.pdf|title=PSJ Incorporation Bill}}</ref>  The incorporation issue was defeated in November 2002, 73% to 27%,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://brevardelections.org/g122.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013134042/http://brevardelections.org/g122.htm|url-status=dead|title=PSJ Incorporation Election Results|archivedate=October 13, 2008}}</ref> including most of the people in the five communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://brevardelections.org/g122abst.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919161952/http://www.brevardelections.org/g122abst.pdf|url-status=dead|title=most of the people in the five communities (starting on page 133)|archivedate=September 19, 2008}}</ref>   State statute prevented Port St. John from considering incorporation for ten years.

In 2012, the area received national attention when a mother shot and killed her four teenagers and herself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/us/florida-woman-kills-4-children-and-then-herself-police-say.html|title=Timothy Williams, New York Times, May 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-florida-shooting-idUSBRE84E03Y20120515|title=Reuters &#124; Breaking International News & Views}}</ref>

In January 2013, a brush fire ignited outside of Port St. John. As of January 13, the fire has burned over 1,000 acres of land, as well as closing both lanes of State Route 407.