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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. Lucie County, Florida

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

County Seat: Fort Pierce
Year Organized: 1844
Square Miles: 572

Court House:

2300 Virginia Avenue
County Courthouse
Fort Pierce, FL 34982-5632

Etymology - Origin of County Name

St. Lucie of Syracuse, Roman Catholic Saint. Lucie was Born in Sicily and was executed in 304 AD for being a Christian.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

The current St. Lucie County was created in 1905 from the southern part of Brevard County. Brevard County had been named St. Lucie County from 1844 until 1855 when it was renamed Brevard County. In 1925, Indian River County was created out of the northern part of St Lucie County, while Martin County was created from a small part of southeastern St. Lucie County and the northern part of Palm Beach County. Much of western St Lucie County had gone in 1917 to form Okeechobee County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 688 square miles (1,782 km²), of which, 572 square miles (1,483 km²) of it is land and 116 square miles (299 km²) of it is water, much of it in the Atlantic Ocean. The total area is 16.80% water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Indian River County
East: North Atlantic Ocean
South: Martin County
West: Okeechobee County

Cities and Towns:

- Fort Pierce (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Port St. Lucie	city	Incorporated Area
- St. Lucie	village	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."