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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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Liberty County, Florida
Liberty County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Bristol
Year Organized: 1855
Square Miles: 836
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Court House: P.O. Box 399
County Courthouse
Bristol, FL 32321-0399
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Name applied to common objective of American people.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Liberty County was created in 1855. It is named for the popular American ideal of liberty.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 843 square miles (2,184 kmē), of which, 836
square miles (2,165 kmē) of it is land and 7 square miles (19 kmē) of it (0.86%) is water. The county is bordered on
the west by the Appalachicola River.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Gadsden County; Leon County
- East: Wakulla County
- South: Franklin County
- Southwest: Gulf County
- Northwest: Calhoun County; Jackson County
Cities and Towns:
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- Bristol
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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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