Fellsmere is a city in Indian River County, Florida, United States. It is home of the Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival and the now closed National Elephant Center. Fellsmere is the first place in Florida where women were allowed to vote. In a municipal election on June 19, 1915, resident Zena M. Dreier became the first woman to legally cast a ballot in the American South, five years before the 19th Amendment established women's suffrage nationally. The population was 5,197 at the 2010 census, up from 3,813 at the 2000 census. As of 2018, the estimated population was 5,754. Fellsmere is part of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Fellsmere in 1915 became the first town in Florida (or anywhere south of the Mason–Dixon line) to grant women the right to vote. It also at the same time held the first election in which corporations could vote. Mrs. Zena M. Dreier was the first woman to cast a vote in the town, and E. Nelson Fell cast a vote on behalf of his company Fellsmere Farms. The town had unanimously adopted a charter in February 1915 which granted these rights, and the town charter was ratified by the state legislature without any notice being paid to this provision. This despite the fact that several statewide suffrage measures had failed in the legislature that year. Women's suffrage was not granted nationally in the U.S. until five years later (in August 1920) with the passage of the 19th Amendment. Geography Fellsmere is located in central Indian River county at . To the north: Palm Bay To the west: Blue Cypress Lake To the east: Sebastian According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.45%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,813 people, 865 households, and 718 families residing in the city. The population density was 277.8/km2 (719.1/mi2). There were 918 housing units at an average density of 66.9/km2 (173.1/mi2). The racial makeup of the city was 60.11% White, 6.69% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 30.68% from other races, and 1.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 70.0% of the population. There were 865 households, out of which 52.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were married couples