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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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Highlands County, Florida
Highlands County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Sebring
Year Organized: 1921
Square Miles: 1,028
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Court House: P.O. Box 1926
County Courthouse
Sebring, FL 33871-1926
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Highland terrain
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Highlands County was created in 1921, when it was separated from Desoto County. It was named for the terrain of the
county.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,106.28 square miles (2,865.3 km2). 1,028.27
square miles (2,663.2 km2) of it is land and 78.01 square miles (202.0 km2) of it (7.05%) is water
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Osceola County
- East: Okeechobee County
- Southeast: Glades County
- Southwest: Charlotte County; DeSoto County
- Northwest: Hardee County; Polk County
Cities and Towns:
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- Avon Park |
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- Lake Placid |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sebring
(County Seat) |
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,
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