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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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Gulf County, Florida
Gulf County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Port Saint Joe
Year Organized: 1925
Square Miles: 565
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Court House: 1000 Cecil G. Costin, Sr. Blvd
County Courthouse
Port Saint Joe, FL 32456-1653
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Gulf of Mexico
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Gulf County, created in 1925, was named for the Gulf of Mexico. Wewahitchka, was its first county seat and the 1927
Gulf County Courthouse is still in existence. In 1965 the county seat was moved to Port Saint Joe, which under its
original name Saint Joseph, had been the site of Florida's first Constitutional Convention in 1838.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 745 square miles (1,928 kmē), of which, 555
square miles (1,436 kmē) of it is land and 190 square miles (492 kmē) of it (25.52%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Calhoun County
- Northeast: Liberty County
- Southeast: Franklin County
- Southwest: Gulf of Mexico
- Northwest: Bay County
Cities and Towns:
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- Port St. Joe
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- Wewahitchka |
city |
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County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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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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