Viking, Florida

Viking, Florida
Viking, Florida
Unincorporated community
	Viking, Florida
	Coordinates: 27°32′30″N 80°21′43″W / 27.54167°N 80.36194°W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	St. Lucie
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	772
GNIS feature ID	308163

Viking is an unincorporated community in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States.^[1] Viking is located along U.S. Route 1, 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Fort Pierce.

The town was founded by a Norwegian immigrants Jens (1858-1944) and Agathe Helseth and was so named for a large community of Scandinavians. At one time, there was a school and a post office in addition to the Helseth pineapple farm. The Helseth estate was donated to the State of Florida.

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Viking". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

This article about a location in St. Lucie County, Florida is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[gnis-1] "Viking". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[1]

v t e Municipalities and communities of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States
County seat: Fort Pierce
Cities	Fort Pierce Port St. Lucie
Towns	St. Lucie Village
CDPs	Fort Pierce North Fort Pierce South Hutchinson Island South Indian River Estates Lakewood Park River Park White City
Unincorporated community	Viking
Florida portal United States portal