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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.

Collier County, Florida

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

County Seat: Naples
Year Organized: 1923
Square Miles: 2,026

Court House:

3301 E. Tamiami Trail
County Courthouse
Naples, FL 34112-4961

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named for Barron Collier, a New York City advertising mogul and real estate developer who had moved into Southwest Florida and established himself as a prominent land owner. He agreed to build the Tamiami Trail for what was then Lee County (Lee, Collier, Hendry, Glades & Charlotte Counties) in exchange for favorable consideration with the state legislature to have a county named for him.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Collier County was created in 1923 from Lee County. It was named for Barron Collier, a New York City advertising mogul and real estate developer.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,305 square miles (5,970 km²), of which, 2,025 square miles (5,246 km²) of it is land and 280 square miles (724 km²) of it (12.13%) is water. This makes Collier county the second largest county in the state of Florida (Palm Beach County being the largest). Virtually the entire southeastern portion of the county lies within the Big Cypress National Preserve. The northernmost portion of Everglades National Park extends into the southern coastal part of the county.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Hendry County
East: Broward County
Southeast: Miami-Dade County
South: Monroe County
West: Gulf of Mexico
Northwest: Lee County

Cities and Towns:

- Everglades	city	Incorporated Area
- Marco Island	city	Incorporated Area
- Naples (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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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