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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.

St. Johns County, Florida

St. Johns County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Saint Augustine
Year Organized: 1822
Square Miles: 609

Court House:

500 San Sebastian View
Board of County Commissioners Admin. Bldg.
Saint Augustine, FL 32084

Etymology - Origin of County Name

St. John the Baptist.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

St. Johns County was created in 1821. It was named for St. John the Baptist. St. Johns County and Escambia County were Florida's original two counties with the Suwannee River being the boundary between the two.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 821 square miles (2,127 km²), of which, 609 square miles (1,577 km²) of it is land and 212 square miles (550 km²) of it is water, much of it in the Atlantic Ocean. The total area is 25.86% water. St. Johns County's main economic base is tourism.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Duval County
East: North Atlantic Ocean
South: Flagler County
West: Putnam County; Clay County

Cities and Towns:

- Hastings	town	Incorporated Area
- Jacksonville	city	Incorporated Area
- Marineland	town	Incorporated Area
- St. Augustine (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Augustine Beach	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."