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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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Hillsborough County, Florida
Hillsborough County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Tampa
Year Organized: 1834
Square Miles: 1,051 |
Court House: P.O. Box 1110
Tampa, FL 33601-1110
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Wills Hill, Viscount Hillsborough of England.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Hillsborough County was created on January 25, 1834 from Alachua and Monroe counties. It was named for Wills
Hill, Viscount Hillsborough of England. The county's boundaries of 1834 included the present-day counties of Charlotte,
DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,266 square miles (3,279 kmē), of which,
1,051 square miles (2,722 kmē) of it is land and 215 square miles (558 kmē) of it (17.00%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Pasco County
- East: Polk County
- Southeast: Hardee County
- South: Manatee County
- West: Tampa Bay; Pinellas County
Cities and Towns:
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- Plant City |
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- Tampa
(County Seat) |
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- Temple Terrace |
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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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