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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.

Jefferson County, Florida

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

County Seat: Monticello
Year Organized: 1827
Square Miles: 598

Court House:

County Courthouse
Monticello, FL 32344-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Thomas Jefferson, President, US, 1801-1809.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Jefferson County was created in 1827. It was named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America, who served from 1801 to 1809.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 637 square miles (1,649 km²), of which, 598 square miles (1,548 km²) of it is land and 39 square miles (101 km²) of it (6.11%) is water.

Jefferson County is part of the Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Jefferson County is the only county in Florida which borders both the state of Georgia and the Gulf of Mexico

Neighboring Counties:

North: Thomas County, Ga.
Northeast: Brooks County, Ga.
East: Madison County
Southeast: Taylor County
South: Gulf of Mexico
Southwest: Wakulla County
West: Leon County

Cities and Towns:

- Monticello (County Seat)

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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."