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it was never called the indian river "lagoon" until the early 1990s. it was always simply called the "indian river." while there was modern debate as to whether the body of water was a river, estuary, lagoon, etc., it was originally named and called simply the "indian river." the revisionist renaming to "lagoon" was a movement by recent newcomers with no historical ties to the county or it's early residents/pioneers. at the time of the renaming there was protest from life-long native residents at the name change. since the native residents with ancestors dating to the founding of the county are vastly outnumbered by the influx of new arrivals of the 1980s to present, the county natives' wishes were ignored. the newcomers thought "lagoon" sounded more exotic, never mind the history. any examination of documents prior to the 1990s will show incontrovertibly the name was "indian river." "lagoon" was never contemplated.

i am a 4th generation native (born 1957) of indian river county, with ancestry predating the county itself. no one born in indian river county before the 1980s calls the indian river the "indian river lagoon."


 * that is why the county was named "indian river" county, not "indian river lagoon" county.
 * that is why it is called "indian river" citrus, and not "indian river lagoon" citrus.

"indian river lagoon" is a ludicrous and contradictory name. what next, the "gulf sea of mexico?", the "sargasso sea ocean"

67.239.246.9 (talk) 23:39, 6 August 2019 (UTC) gw

January 2020
Hello, I'm Donald Albury. Your recent edit(s) to the page St. Sebastian River appear to have added incorrect information, so they have been removed for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. - Donald Albury 01:22, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Some advice
Please be aware that the content in Wikipedia must be verifiable from reliable sources. This means that your personal knowledge is not an acceptable basis for editing Wikipedia, unless you can cite reliable sources that support your edits. For example, the name of the river that flows into the Indian River is "Saint Sebastian River", not "Sebastian River", which is supported by the entry at the US Board on Geographic Names web site, and as is indicated by the fact that the state park on the river is named the "St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park". Please note also that the river in St. Johns County that is a tributary of the Matanzas River is named the "San Sebastian River". As for your complaint about the name "Indian River Lagoon", note that the name applies to the system consisting of the Indian River, Banana River and Mosquito Lagoon. That name has been applied by scientists to refer to that larger system. The article about the body of water in Florida commonly called "Indian River" has the title "Indian River (Florida)" in Wikipedia because each article must have a unique name, and there are about 30 articles in Wikipedia that begin with "Indian River". - Donald Albury 02:06, 10 January 2020 (UTC)