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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.

Flagler County, Florida

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

County Seat: Bunnell
Year Organized: 1917
Square Miles: 485

Court House:

1769 East Moody Blvd.
County Courthouse
Bunnell, FL 32110

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Henry M. Flagler, East Coast railroad builder.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Flagler County is one of the twelve East Coast counties of Florida and is located between St. Johns and Volusia Counties. Twenty miles of Atlantic coast line border Flagler County on the east with Crescent Lake forming a large part of its western border. Flagler County, Florida was not created until 1 July 1917 It was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, a famous railroad builder who built the Florida East Coast Railway

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 571 square miles (1,478 km²), of which, 485 square miles (1,256 km²) of it is land and 86 square miles (222 km²) of it is water, much of it in the Atlantic Ocean. The total area is 15.03% water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: St. Johns County
East: North Atlantic Ocean
South: Volusia County
West: Putnam County

Cities and Towns:

- Beverly Beach	town	Incorporated Area
- Bunnell (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Flagler Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Palm Coast	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."