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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.

Seminole County, Florida

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

County Seat: Sanford
Year Organized: 1913
Square Miles: 308

Court House:

1101 E. First Street
County Services Building
Sanford, FL 32771-1468

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Seminole Indians, thought to be derived from Spanish word cimarron, meaning "wild" or "runaway."

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

On July 21, 1821, there were two counties that formed Florida: Escambia to the west and St. Johns to the east. In 1824, the area to the south of St. Johns County became Mosquito County, and Enterprise was named the County Seat. This large county was renamed Orange County in 1845 when Florida became a state. For the next 70 years, Orange County would split into numerous other counties. Seminole County was one of the last counties to emerge from Orange County.

Seminole County was created on April 25, 1913 out of part of the northern portion of Orange County by the Florida Legislature. It was named for the Seminole tribe of Indians. The name "Seminole" is thought to be derived from the Spanish word cimarron, meaning "wild" or "runaway."

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 345 square miles (893 km²), of which, 308 square miles (798 km²) of it is land and 37 square miles (95 km²) of it (10.63%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Volusia County
Southeast: Brevard County
Southwest: Orange County
West: Lake County

Cities and Towns:

- Altamonte Springs	city	Incorporated Area
- Casselberry	city	Incorporated Area
- Lake Mary	city	Incorporated Area
- Longwood	city	Incorporated Area
- Oviedo	city	Incorporated Area
- Sanford (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Winter Springs	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."