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 Click Image to Enlarge Florida CountiesIn 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. |
Jackson County, FloridaJackson County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameAndrew Jackson, President, US, 1829-1837 Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryJackson County was created by the Florida Territorial Council in 1822 out of Escambia County, along with Duval County
out of St. Johns County, making them the third and fourth counties in the Territory. The county was named for Andrew
Jackson, who had served as Florida's first military Governor for six months in 1821. Jackson County originally extended
from the Choctawhatchee River on the west to the Suwannee River on the east. The county had been reduced close to its
present boundaries by 1840 through the creation of new counties from its original territory. Minor adjustments to the
county boundaries continued through most of the 19th century, however. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 955 square miles (2,472 kmē), of which, 916
square miles (2,372 kmē) of it is land and 39 square miles (101 kmē) of it (4.08%) is water Neighboring Counties:
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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." |
