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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.

Lake County, Florida

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

County Seat: Tavares
Year Organized: 1887
Square Miles: 953

Court House:

315 West Main St., P.O. Box 7800
County Courthouse
Tavares, FL 32778-7800

Etymology - Origin of County Name

The large number of lakes in the area.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Lake County was created in 1887 from portions of Sumter County, Florida and Orange County, Florida. It was named for the numerous lakes in the area. There are approximately 1,400 named lakes.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,156 square miles (2,995 km²), of which, 953 square miles (2,469 km²) of it is land and 203 square miles (526 km²) of it (17.58%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Volusia County
East: Seminole County
Southeast: Orange County; Osceola County
South: Polk County
West: Sumter County
Northwest: Marion County

Cities and Towns:

- Astatula	town	Incorporated Area
- Clermont	city	Incorporated Area
- Eustis	city	Incorporated Area
- Fruitland Park	city	Incorporated Area
- Groveland	city	Incorporated Area
- Howey-in-the-Hills	town	Incorporated Area
- Lady Lake	town	Incorporated Area
- Leesburg	city	Incorporated Area
- Mascotte	city	Incorporated Area
- Minneola	city	Incorporated Area
- Montverde	town	Incorporated Area
- Mount Dora	city	Incorporated Area
- Tavares (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Umatilla	city	Incorporated Area

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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."