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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.

Pinellas County, Florida

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

County Seat: Clearwater
Year Organized: 1911
Square Miles: 280

Court House:

315 Court Street
County Courthouse
Clearwater, FL 33756-5165

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Pinta Pinal or Point of Pines.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Pinellas County seceded from Hillsborough County in 1911, and was named for the Spanish Punta Piñal ("Point of Pines" or "Piney Point"). The Pinellas Peninsula, dividing Tampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico, and a small part of the mainland were incorporated into the county.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 608 square miles (1,574 km²), of which, 280 square miles (725 km²) of it is land and 328 square miles (849 km²) of it (53.94%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Pasco County
East: Hillsborough County
Southeast: Tampa Bay
West: Gulf of Mexico

Cities and Towns:

- Belleair	town	Incorporated Area
- Belleair Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Belleair Bluffs	city	Incorporated Area
- Belleair Shore	town	Incorporated Area
- Clearwater (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Dunedin	city	Incorporated Area
- Gulfport	city	Incorporated Area
- Indian Rocks Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Indian Shores	town	Incorporated Area
- Kenneth City	town	Incorporated Area
- Largo	city	Incorporated Area
- Madeira Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- North Redington Beach	town	Incorporated Area
- Oldsmar	city	Incorporated Area
- Pinellas Park	city	Incorporated Area
- Redington Beach	town	Incorporated Area
- Redington Shores	town	Incorporated Area
- Safety Harbor	city	Incorporated Area
- Seminole	city	Incorporated Area
- South Pasadena	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Pete Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Petersburg	city	Incorporated Area
- Tarpon Springs	city	Incorporated Area
- Treasure Island	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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."