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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.

Volusia County, Florida

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

County Seat: De Land
Year Organized: 1854
Square Miles: 1,106

Court House:

123 W. Indiana Avenue
County Administration Center
DeLand, FL 32720-4612

Etymology - Origin of County Name

An English settler, Volus.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Volusia County was established in 1854. It was named for the port of Volusia along the St. John's River on the county's western side. The origins of the word "Volusia" are unclear, though there are several theories.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,432 square miles (3,710 km²), of which, 1,103 square miles (2,857 km²) of it is land and 329 square miles (853 km²) of it is water, much of it in the Atlantic Ocean. The total area is 22.98% water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Flagler County
East: North Atlantic Ocean
Southeast: Brevard County
South: Orange County; Seminole County
West: Lake County; Marion County
Northwest: Putnam County

Cities and Towns:

- Daytona Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Daytona Beach Shores	city	Incorporated Area
- De Bary	city	Incorporated Area
- De Land (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Deltona	city	Incorporated Area
- Edgewater	city	Incorporated Area
- Holly Hill	city	Incorporated Area
- Lake Helen	city	Incorporated Area
- New Smyrna Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Oak Hill	city	Incorporated Area
- Orange City	city	Incorporated Area
- Ormond Beach	city	Incorporated Area
- Pierson	town	Incorporated Area
- Ponce Inlet	town	Incorporated Area
- Port Orange	city	Incorporated Area
- South Daytona	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."