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Florida Counties
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Florida Counties
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.
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Columbia County, Florida
Columbia County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lake City
Year Organized: 1832
Square Miles: 797
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Court House: P.O. Box 1529
County Courthouse
Lake City, FL 32056-1529
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Christopher Columbus. Columbia is a New Latin neologism, based on the surname of the discoverer Christopher
Columbus.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Columbia County was established on February 04, 1832 from a portion of Alachua County, as the fifteenth county in
Florida. Columbia County was named in the honor of Christopher Columbus. In 1858 Suwannee County was cut from a portion
of Columbia County. The County Seat for Columbia County, is Lake City, Florida. Lake City was once the location of a
large village established by none other than the famous explorer, Hernando DeSoto. The area now known as Lake City, was
in the early days known as Halpata Telofa, which may have come from the name of a chief of an Indian Village that was
also, at one time, found in the area known today as Lake City. The chief's name was Halpatter Tustenuggee, said to mean
"Alligator."
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 801 square miles (2,075 kmē), of which, 797
square miles (2,064 kmē) of it is land and 4 square miles (10 kmē) of it (0.50%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Clinch County, Ga.; Ware County, Ga.
- Northeast: Baker County
- Southeast: Union County; Alachua County
- Southwest: Gilchrist County
- West: Suwannee County
- Northwest: Hamilton County; Echols County, Ga.
Cities and Towns:
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- Fort White |
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- Lake City
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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,
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