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In 1821, there were only two counties in Florida: Escambia to the west and St. Johns to the east. From these two counties were formed 67 today.

In 1968, the electors of Florida granted local voters the power to adopt charters to govern their counties. Charters are formal written documents that confer powers, duties, or privileges on the county.

To date, there are 19 charter counties in Florida. Collectively these counties are home to more than 75 percent of Florida's residents.

Broward County, Florida

Broward County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Fort Lauderdale
Year Organized: 1915
Square Miles: 1,209

Court House:

115 South Andrews Avenue, Annex B
County Courthouse
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named for Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, Governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Broward County was created in 1915. It was named for Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, Governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909. In 1915, Palm Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly equal portions of land to create Broward County. Its county seat is Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Broward was formed from portions of Dade and Palm Beach Counties in 1915 and named for former Florida governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward.

In less than a century, a land "unfit for human habitation" has been turned in to the permanent home of over a million people and the winter residence of tens of thousands more.

In earlier times, it could not have happened. Today's Broward County is very much a product of the industrial age. The sun and sand and sea have been here for millennia, but the roads, railroads and seaport are new additions which have vastly transformed the area's landscape.

A Short History of Broward County
by BILL McGOUN
for the Broward County Historical Commission

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,320 square miles (3,418 km²).Approximately two-thirds -- 847 square miles (2,194 km²) -- of the county's area lies in an undeveloped Everglades conservation area. 1,205 square miles (3,122 km²) of the county's area is land and 114 square miles (296 km²) of it is water. The total area is 8.66% water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Palm Beach County
East: North Atlantic Ocean
South: Miami-Dade County
West: Collier County
Northwest: Hendry County

Cities and Towns:

- Coconut Creek	city	Incorporated Area
- Cooper City	city	Incorporated Area
- Coral Springs	city	Incorporated Area
- Dania Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Davie	town	Incorporated Area
- Deerfield Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Fort Lauderdale (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Hallandale Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Hillsboro Beach	town	Incorporated Area
- Hollywood	city	Incorporated Area
- Lauderdale Lakes	city	Incorporated Area
- Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	town	Incorporated Area
- Lauderhill	city	Incorporated Area
- Lazy Lake	village	Incorporated Area
- Lighthouse Point	city	Incorporated Area
- Margate	city	Incorporated Area
- Miramar	city	Incorporated Area
- North Lauderdale	city	Incorporated Area
- Oakland Park	city	Incorporated Area
- Parkland	city	Incorporated Area
- Pembroke Park	town	Incorporated Area
- Pembroke Pines	city	Incorporated Area
- Plantation	city	Incorporated Area
- Pompano Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Sea Ranch Lakes	village	Incorporated Area
- Southwest Ranches	town	Incorporated Area
- Sunrise	city	Incorporated Area
- Tamarac	city	Incorporated Area
- Weston	city	Incorporated Area
- Wilton Manors	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."

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