It was said, the sailors approaching her house would yell out "Cocoa! Cocoa!" alerting the woman that they were present and wanted the beverage. She would supply hot cocoa to sailors traversing the Indian River. Another story speaks of an elderly African American woman who lived on the banks of the Indian River.
Additionally, an early hotel in the area, located on the Indian River lagoon, was named Cocoa House. The box was nailed to a piling in the river next to downtown. One story says that the mail used to come by river boat and was placed in an empty tin box labeled Baker's Cocoa. Several stories circulate among Cocoa old timers as to how the town got its name. It is part of the Palm Bay– Melbourne– Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 19,041 at the 2020 United States Census. Cocoa is a city in Brevard County, Florida.