News From the Space Coast to the Emerald Coast: Here’s how each Florida ‘coast’ got its name October 15, 2019Maureen Kenyon, Treasure Coast NewspapersComments Off on From the Space Coast to the Emerald Coast: Here’s how each Florida ‘coast’ got its name In the Sunshine State, all 8,436 miles of coastline are neatly packaged into 10 specially named "coasts."