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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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Dade County, Florida
Dade County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Miami
Year Organized: 1836
Square Miles: 1,945 |
Court House: 111 NW First St
Suite 2020
Miami, FL 33128-1916
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Major Francis L. Dade, killed at the Dade Battlefield, 1835.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Dade County was created on January 18, 1836 under the Territorial Act of the United States. The county was named
after Major Francis L. Dade, a soldier killed in 1835 in the Second Seminole War, at what has since been named the Dade
Battlefield. At the time of its creation, Dade County included the land that now contains Palm Beach and Broward
counties, together with the Florida Keys from Bahia Honda Key north and the land of present day Miami-Dade County. The
county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida Keys, then in 1844, the County seat was moved to Miami. The
Florida Keys from Key Largo to Bahia Honda were returned to Monroe County in 1866. In 1888 the county seat was moved to
Juno, near present-day Juno Beach, Florida, returning to Miami in 1899. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed from the
northern portion of what was then Dade County, and then in 1915, Palm Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly
equal portions of land to create what is now Broward County. There have been no significant boundary changes to the
county since 1915
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,431 square miles (6,297 kmē), of which,
1,946 square miles (5,040 kmē) of it is land and 485 square miles (1,257 kmē) of it (19.96%) is water, most of which
is Biscayne Bay, with another significant portion in the adjacent waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Broward County
- East: North Atlantic Ocean
- South: Florida Bay
- West: Monroe County
- Northwest: Collier County
Cities and Towns:
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- Aventura |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bal Harbour |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bay Harbor Islands |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Biscayne Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Coral Gables |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Doral |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- El Portal |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Florida City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Golden Beach |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hialeah |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hialeah Gardens |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Homestead |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Indian Creek |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Key Biscayne |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Medley |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miami
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miami Beach |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miami Gardens |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miami Lakes |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miami Shores |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miami Springs |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Bay Village |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Miami |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Miami Beach |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Opa-locka |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Palmetto Bay |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pinecrest |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Miami |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sunny Isles Beach |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Surfside |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sweetwater |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Virginia Gardens |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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,
act locally." |
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