Florida County Formations

Florida began creating counties much later than most eastern states; the Spanish and British governors found no need for sophisticated administrative divisions due to the sparse settlement of the colony. See the Formations and Timeline.

Florida began creating counties much later than most eastern states; the Spanish and British governors found no need for sophisticated administrative divisions due to the sparse settlement of the colony. In 1821, following Spain's cession of East and West Florida to the United States two years earlier, Andrew Jackson assumed the governorship of the territory. He retained the division of Florida into eastern and western parts for administrative purposes, but he moved the dividing line to the Suwannee River from its earlier location along the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers. Jackson decreed that East Florida would be called St. Johns County and West Florida would be Escambia County. After 1821, county creations and boundary changes became the responsibility of the legislature.

Bradford, Brevard, and Orange Counties had different names when they were created, and Hernando County was renamed Benton County for six years. In addition, there was an attempt to change the name of Mosquito (now Orange) County to Leigh Read County. In 1842 the legislature passed a law changing the name of Mosquito County to Leigh Read, in honor of the former legislator who was murdered in 1841, the victim of a longstanding quarrel with the Alston family (Read had killed Augustus Alston in an 1839 duel after repeated challenges from Alston). Although the bill honoring Read passed the legislature, a clerk kept the bill from reaching the governor's desk, effectively killing it. While the change never officially took place, the name Leigh Read can be found in various documents, including a contemporary map, as well as in several acts passed by the 1842 Florida territorial legislature.

With one exception, Florida counties were fully organized at the time of creation and remained fully organized. Dade (now Miami-Dade) County, the lone exception, was created in 1836 with a temporary county seat at Indian Key, about halfway between Miami and Key West. However, the lack of population created problems from the start. In 1838 one correspondent reported that there were not enough men in the entire county to form a grand and petit jury. Dade's fortunes diminished further in 1840 when Indians led by Chekika raided Indian Key, killing several citizens and destroying much of the town. Monroe County began to take over Dade's duties; in 1851 when the legislature ordered the records and files of Dade County removed to Monroe, Dade ceased to exist as a fully organized county and was for all practical purposes attached to Monroe. No single piece of legislation re-established Dade to fully organized status. Rather, over a period of time, beginning in the late 1860s, the county government again began to function, first with the meeting of County Commissioners in September 1869, then with the appointment of a clerk of court and sheriff, and finally in 1872 with the re-establishment of judicial functions.

This digital atlas maps the boundaries of two proposed counties that the Florida legislature tried to create in the 1910s. The creation of Bloxham County, named for a former governor, was authorized by the state legislature 1 June 1915, after an eight-year effort. However, the creation of a new county required the approval of voters in those portions of Levy and Marion Counties that would compose Bloxham. Throughout the summer the proposal was hotly debated, and on 14 September 1915, the creation of the new county was voted down, 460 to 339. Following this defeat, no serious efforts were made to revive Bloxham County. In a second instance, the outcome was different. On 6 June 1913, the Florida legislature authorized the creation of Broward County from Dade County. Dade County voters in the affected area voted against the proposed county in a referendum. However, proponents of the new county did not give up, and two years later the legislature again passed an act authorizing the creation of Broward County. This Broward County covered more territory than the earlier attempt and included land in Palm Beach County, as well as Dade. This time the referendum passed at an election held 1 October 1915, and Broward County was organized.

The boundary between Hernando, Hillsborough and Polk Counties presented some especially difficult problems in the mid-1800s that cannot be definitively resolved. Beginning with Hernando's creation in 1843, part of its southern boundary with Hillsborough ran along the Hillsborough River in township 26 south, ranges 21 and 22 east. This part of the boundary was confirmed on 1 January 1847. On 19 February 1874 Polk was given all that part of Hillsborough County that lay in township 26 south so that Hernando and Polk now shared the boundary along the river in township 26 south, ranges 21 and 22 east. At some point between 1874 and 1883, Hernando acquired from Polk all of township 26 that lay south of the Hillsborough River, although there is no legislation to that effect, and research in other local sources has not identified the reason or source for this change. On 5 March 1883 legislators transferred three sections of the township from Hernando to Polk; they apparently understood that by that date all of township 26 south, range 22 east belonged to Hernando. The compiler has decided to use the date "by 1880" for the transfer of township 26 from Polk to Hernando based upon the rendering of the boundary on contemporary maps, especially the annual Rand McNally business atlases which showed a boundary change beginning with the 1880 edition.

Dates

The dating standard in this digital atlas is the legally effective date of the change, whether it is for the creation of a new county or for the alteration of lines between existing counties. As the nineteenth century progressed, legislators recognized the importance of preparing for the establishment of a new county organization or for the shift in a jurisdiction that accompanies boundary changes. Some laws, therefore, began to carry two dates: one marking the passage of the law and the other specifying when the line change or new county creation would go into effect. If the date of passage and effective date are different, the law gives both.

Florida counties created before 1858 all have the same passage and effective date. Beginning with the creation of New River (now Bradford) and Suwannee Counties, many (but not all) counties had different effective dates—in some cases, these dates were established in the creation act, and in other cases, they were dependent on the outcome of a referendum.

Suwannee and New River are the only counties for which a precise effective date is not known. Both counties were authorized in a single act approved 21 December 1858, but the creations were dependent on a referendum that was to be held after thirty days of public notice following passage of the act. Neither Bradford, Suwannee, nor the parent county, Columbia, have county commissioners' records from this period, and no record could be found at the State Archives or in local historical sources. The earliest possible date for the referendum would have been 20 January 1859, but because of the time lag in communications, it is more likely that the referendum would not have been held until February, hence the effective date "February 1859" used in this digital atlas.

Sources

Most county boundary changes in Florida are found in the session laws of Florida Territory and the state of Florida, which were published annually. However, some individuals began to compile and publish collections of territorial and state laws in the nineteenth century; some of these works were commissioned or at least sanctioned by the legislature, and are recognized and accepted as reliable and authoritative. In Florida, John P. Duval's Compilation of the Public Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida Passed Prior to 1840 (1839) and Leslie A. Thompson's Manual or Digest of the Statute Law of the State of Florida, Including Law of the United States Relative to the Government of Florida (1847), proved helpful in reconstructing early county boundaries.

Collections of pertinent sections of county boundary laws are convenient but demand caution. There is a potential for error in transcription, as well as the possibility that valuable information (e.g., an effective date) may be lost in the editorial process of excerpting the selected passages. Such a compilation can be a marvelous convenience for the researcher, once it has been checked against the session laws and has been found reliable. There are compilations of county creations and changes for a number of states, many prepared by the Historical Records Survey in the 1930s and 1940s, but they vary greatly in content and in accuracy. It is virtually impossible to judge their reliability until much of the work has been replicated. These secondary sources, therefore, are useful chiefly as guides to the primary laws, proclamations, and decisions. Such a secondary source is available for Florida, although it is little known. The Florida Historical Records Survey researched and prepared a compilation of county boundary laws, but the 1937 typescript was never published. A photocopy of this work, "Record of Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida and General Assembly of the State of Florida Relating to County Boundaries, 1821–1937" was acquired from the State Library of Florida and was used to ensure that the compilers' search of session laws was complete.

Although all works used to determine the courses of county boundary lines appear in the bibliography, several deserve special mention. Five volumes of the Territorial Papers of the United States, covering Florida from 1821–1845, were very important for identifying locations, people, and survey lines; Charles C. Royce's "Indian Land Cessions in the United States" (1899) helped determine the early boundaries of Alachua and Orange Counties and explained the re-surveys of the Indian boundary line. Local histories were helpful for identifying places and confirming referendum dates. Several place name compilations were also important: Places in the Sun:  The History and Romance of Florida Place-Names, by Bertha E. Bloodworth and Alton C. Morris (1978); Howard Cline's Provisional Historical Gazeteer [sic], with Locational Notes on Florida Colonial Communities, 1700–1823, and 16 Maps, 3 Figures (1964. Reprint 1974); and Allen Morris's Florida Place Names (1974).

Maps

Historical maps are generally treated as secondary works, used to locate lost landmarks and names, but sometimes errors on old maps can benefit research. When a boundary description cannot be plotted on a modern base map or does not seem to make sense, the flaw may lie not in the description but in the geographic notions upon which it was based. If the errors on an old map accurately reflect accepted ideas and knowledge, however, mistaken they may have been, that map may be the key to the true meaning of contemporaneous boundary descriptions. Florida provides an excellent example of this. In the 1820s and 1830s, the southern interior of Florida was still largely unknown and unexplored. When Monroe County was created in 1823 the northern boundary was described as a line running east from Charlotte Harbor up the Charlotte River to Lake Macaco (now Lake Okeechobee). The problem is that no river runs from Lake Okeechobee to Charlotte Harbor. Given the swampy conditions and difficult terrain, it is not surprising that such a mistake was made. John Williams wrote of the area in 1837: "Macaco, or Charlotte River, is supposed to have its source in Myacco Lake [Lake Okeechobee], in the heart of the Peninsula. We have not been so fortunate as to find white man or Indian that had ever visited the lake or the river more than fifty or sixty miles above Charlotte Bay" (Territory of Florida…, 49). In fact, on a map Williams drew to accompany his book, he included a Macaco River but left out Lake Okeechobee. I. G. Searcy's 1829 map of Florida shows Charlotte River running from Lake Okeechobee to Charlotte Harbor, although the lake is placed southwest of its actual location. In this case, the early, erroneous maps are essential to understanding the information available to legislators, and a line can be drawn to approximate the intended boundary.

The historical maps most frequently consulted for roads, rivers, lakes, and other locations were I. G. Searcy's Map of Florida Constructed Principally from Authentic Documents in the Land Office at Tallahassee (1829); the maps accompanying John Williams's two books, Territory of Florida… (1837) and View of West Florida… (1827); U. S. Engineer Department, Map of the Seat of War in Florida… (1839); J. Goldsborough Bruff, State of Florida, Compiled in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers from the Best Authorities (1846); and Atlas of Florida… (1926. Reprint 1980).

Name or CountyStart DateEnd DateCreation or ChangeCitationSort Start DateSort End Date
08 Sep 1565The Spanish founded the city of St. Augustine, the first permanent Spanish settlement in present Florida. The Spanish had incorporated Florida into their empire in the early sixteenth century, when Europeans first visited its coast.(Tebeau, 19-34)15650908
31 Dec 1719In 1719, the French commander at New Orleans and the Spanish commander at Pensacola agreed to recognize the Perdido River as the boundary between their jurisdictions, French Louisiana and Spanish Florida, and their home governments acquiesced in the arrangement.(Cox, 8)17191231
10 Feb 1763The Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years' War between Great Britain (the victor) and France and Spain, formally transferred Florida from Spain to Britain. The northern and western limits of Florida had not been fixed definitively but certainly lay at least as far north as the present state line and possibly as far west as the Mississippi River.(Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 1)17630210
British East Florida07 Oct 176302 Sep 1783By royal proclamation King George III organized former Spanish Florida into the new British colonies of East Florida and West Florida. East Florida encompassed the territory east of the Apalachicola River and south of a straight line from where the Apalachicola is formed by the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers to the headspring of the St. Marys River and thence down the St. Marys to the Atlantic Ocean. Demarcation of this boundary line and agreement on its details by Florida and Georgia was not achieved until the 1860s.(Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 1, 77; Shortt and Doughty, 119-120; Van Zandt, 103)1763100717830902
British West Florida07 Oct 176330 Jul 1764By royal proclamation King George III organized former Spanish Florida into the new British colonies of East Florida and West Florida. West Florida was to be bounded on the east by the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers, on the north by the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude, and on the west by the Mississippi River, the Iberville River, and Lake Pontchartrain, including parts of present Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.(Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 1, 77; Shortt and Doughty, 119-120; Van Zandt, 103)1763100717640730
British West Florida31 Jul 176402 Sep 1783In July 1764, as part of the commission to West Florida's first governor, Great Britain redefined West Florida, extending its limits northward to a line running due east from the junction of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers to the Chattahoochee River. This implicitly reduced the western extent of Georgia and added Natchez and much of present Alabama and Mississippi to West Florida.(Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 87)1764073117830902
08 May 1781Spain captured Pensacola, successfully concluding a campaign (started in August 1779) to conquer West Florida from Great Britain during the War of the American Revolution.(Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 53-54)17810508
Spanish West Florida03 Sep 178314 Apr 1813Commissioners from Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris (ratifications exchanged 12 May 1784), ending the War of the American Revolution, recognizing American independence, and defining U.S. boundaries. The U.S. was bounded on the west by the Mississippi River and on the south by the Floridas. Great Britain ceded East and West Florida to Spain by a separate Treaty of Paris but the boundaries of the Floridas (e.g., the 31st parallel of northern latitude) were not specified.(Parry, 48:481, 487, 491-492; Van Zandt, 12)1783090318130414
Spanish East Florida03 Sep 178321 Feb 1819Commissioners from Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris (ratifications exchanged 12 May 1784), ending the War of the American Revolution, recognizing American independence, and defining U.S. boundaries. The U.S. was bounded on the west by the Mississippi River and on the south by the Floridas. Great Britain ceded East and West Florida to Spain by a separate Treaty of Paris but the boundaries of the Floridas (e.g., the 31st parallel of northern latitude) were not specified.(Parry, 48:481, 487, 491-492; Van Zandt, 12)1783090318190221
British East Florida03 Sep 1783Great Britain ceded East and West Florida to Spain by a separate Treaty of Paris following the end of the American Revolution.(Parry, 48:481, 487, 491-492; Van Zandt, 12)17830903
British West Florida03 Sep 1783Great Britain ceded East and West Florida to Spain by a separate Treaty of Paris following the end of the American Revolution.(Parry, 48:481, 487, 491-492; Van Zandt, 12)17830903
29 Jul 1784Spain claimed most of the southwestern United States (north of West Florida, east of the Mississippi River, south of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers, and west of the Flint River) based upon its conquest of West Florida and the lower Mississippi during the War of the American Revolution. The United States insisted upon the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude, specified in its 1783 peace treaty with Great Britain, as its southern boundary. Neither side actually controlled the interior.(Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 14, 74, 87; Whitaker, facing 68, 69)17840729
27 Oct 1795Pinckney's Treaty with Spain (ratified 25 April 1796) settled the U.S.-Florida boundary along the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude from the Mississippi River eastward to the Chattahoochee River, downstream to the mouth of the Flint River, eastward on a straight line to the head of the St. Marys River, and downstream to the Atlantic Ocean.(Parry, 53:9, 12-13; Van Zandt, 22)17951027
30 Apr 1803The United States purchased Louisiana from France, taking formal possession 20 December 1803; boundaries were not clearly defined but unquestionably included the western half of the Mississippi drainage basin.(Cox, facing 2, 80-101; Parry, 57:27, 30-31)18030430
Disputed Area26 Mar 180414 Apr 1813The United States claimed the area south of 31 degrees north latitude between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers (parts of present Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) based on its purchase of Louisiana. The United States and Spanish West Florida both claimed the area, but Spain actually governed it.(U.S. Stat, vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804], sec. 1/p. 283; Van Zandt, 107)1804032618130414
07 Dec 1810Orleans Territory created FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) from non-county area; included part of West Florida west of the Perdido River (parts of present Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) claimed by the United States as part of Louisiana but actually controlled by Spain [not mapped].(Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 210)18101207
30 Apr 1812The state of Louisiana was admitted to the Union from Orleans Territory; Louisiana included the area south of 31 degrees north latitude between the Mississippi and Pearl Rivers, which was also claimed by Spain as part of West Florida.(Van Zandt, 106-108)18120430
14 May 1812Following admission into the Union of the state of Louisiana from Orleans Territory (30 April 1812), the United States formally added to Mississippi Territory the remnant of Orleans Territory lying south of 31 degrees north latitude and between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers (i.e., the southern portions of present Alabama and Mississippi) that the United States claimed as part of Louisiana but actually was controlled by Spain as part of West Florida.(Fuller, 199; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 84 [1812]/p. 734; Van Zandt, 105)18120514
Spanish West Florida15 Apr 181321 Feb 1819American forces captured the city of Mobile from Spain, effectively extending United States control over the territory between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers (parts of present Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama); Spanish control and claims to the area effectively ended.(Cox, facing 2; Fuller, 202)1813041518190221
Disputed Area15 Apr 1813American forces captured the city of Mobile from Spain, effectively extending United States control over the territory between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers, previously claimed by the United States as part of Louisiana.(Cox, facing 2; Fuller, 202)18130415
Spanish West Florida22 Feb 181920 Jul 1821Spain ceded East Florida and West Florida (i.e., all territory east of the Perdido River) to the United States. Exchange of ratifications was delayed until 21 February 1821; American forces formally took possession of West Florida on 17 July 1821 and East Florida on 10 July 1821.(Fuller, 307, 323; Parry, 70:1-7; Swindler, 2:309; Van Zandt, 27)1819022218210720
Spanish East Florida22 Feb 181920 Jul 1821Spain ceded East Florida and West Florida (i.e., all territory east of the Perdido River) to the United States. Exchange of ratifications was delayed until 21 February 1821; American forces formally took possession of East Florida at St. Augustine on 10 July 1821 and West Florida on 17 July 1821.(Fuller, 307, 323; Parry, 70:1-7; Swindler, 2:309; Van Zandt, 27)1819022218210720
ST. JOHNS21 Jul 182111 Aug 1822ST. JOHNS created from non-county area by decree of Provisional Governor Andrew Jackson, who had been appointed by President Monroe on 10 March 1821 to exercise authority over Florida until the establishment of the territorial government.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1822, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. xx; Terr. Papers U.S., 22:8-10)1821072118220811
ESCAMBIA21 Jul 182111 Aug 1822ESCAMBIA created from non-county area by decree of Provisional Governor Andrew Jackson, who had been appointed by President Monroe on 10 March 1821 to exercise authority over Florida until the establishment of the territorial government.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1822, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. xx; Terr. Papers U.S., 22:8-10)1821072118220811
30 Mar 1822The Territory of Florida was created from the provinces of East and West Florida ceded by Spain to the United States. The territory had the same boundaries as the present state of Florida.(Terr. Papers U.S., 22:389-399; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 13 [1822], sec. 1/p. 654)18220330
ST. JOHNS12 Aug 182223 Jun 1823ST. JOHNS lost to creation of DUVAL.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1822, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. 3)1822081218230623
DUVAL12 Aug 182223 Jun 1823DUVAL created by Florida Territory from ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1822, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. 3)1822081218230623
JACKSON12 Aug 182223 Jun 1823JACKSON created by Florida Territory from ESCAMBIA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1822, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. 3)1822081218230623
ESCAMBIA12 Aug 182228 Dec 1824ESCAMBIA lost to creation of JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1822, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. 3)1822081218241228
ST. JOHNS24 Jun 182302 Jul 1823ST. JOHNS exchanged with DUVAL.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1823, 2d sess., sec. 1/p. 8)1823062418230702
DUVAL24 Jun 182328 Dec 1824DUVAL gained from JACKSON, exchanged with ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1823, 2d sess., sec. 1/p. 8)1823062418241228
JACKSON24 Jun 182328 Dec 1824JACKSON lost to DUVAL and lost to creation of GADSDEN.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1823, 2d sess., sec. 1/p. 8)1823062418241228
GADSDEN24 Jun 182328 Dec 1824GADSDEN created by Florida Territory from JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1823, 2d sess., sec. 1/p. 8)1823062418241228
ST. JOHNS03 Jul 182328 Dec 1824ST. JOHNS lost to creation of MONROE.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1823, 2d sess., sec. 1/p. 122)1823070318241228
MONROE03 Jul 182303 Feb 1836MONROE created by Florida Territory from ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1823, 2d sess., sec. 1/p. 122)1823070318360203
ALACHUA29 Dec 182418 Jan 1828ALACHUA created by Florida Territory from DUVAL and ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., sec. 6/p. 261)1824122918280118
MOSQUITO29 Dec 182418 Jan 1828MOSQUITO (now ORANGE) created by Florida Territory from ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., sec. 10/p. 262)1824122918280118
GADSDEN29 Dec 182407 Feb 1832GADSDEN lost to creation of LEON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., sec. 5/p. 261)1824122918320207
ST. JOHNS29 Dec 182413 Mar 1844ST. JOHNS lost to DUVAL and lost to creation of ALACHUA and MOSQUITO (now ORANGE); part of ST. JOHNS reverted to Indian Lands (non-county area).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., secs. 6, 10/pp. 261-262)1824122918440313
LEON29 Dec 182419 Jan 1827LEON created by Florida Territory from DUVAL and GADSDEN.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., sec. 5/p. 261)1824122918270119
WALTON29 Dec 182408 Dec 1825WALTON created by Florida Territory from ESCAMBIA and JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., sec. 2/p. 260)1824122918251208
DUVAL29 Dec 182429 Dec 1826DUVAL gained from ST. JOHNS, lost to creation of ALACHUA, LEON, and NASSAU.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., sec. 8/p. 262)1824122918261229
NASSAU29 Dec 182429 Dec 1826NASSAU created by Florida Territory from DUVAL.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., sec. 8/p. 262)1824122918261229
JACKSON29 Dec 182408 Dec 1825JACKSON gained from ESCAMBIA, lost to creation of WALTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., secs. 2, 7, 9/pp. 260-262)1824122918251208
ESCAMBIA29 Dec 182408 Dec 1825ESCAMBIA lost to JACKSON and to creation of WALTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., secs. 2, 7, 9/pp. 260-262)1824122918251208
Indian Lands29 Dec 182418 Jan 1828Part of ST. JOHNS reverted to non-county area (Indian Lands).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1824, 3d sess., secs. 6, 10/pp. 261-262)1824122918280118
JACKSON09 Dec 182511 Jan 1827JACKSON exchanged with WALTON, lost to creation of WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., p. 35)1825120918270111
ESCAMBIA09 Dec 182517 Feb 1842ESCAMBIA lost to WALTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., p. 35)1825120918420217
WASHINGTON09 Dec 182511 Jan 1827WASHINGTON created by Florida Territory from JACKSON and WALTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., p. 35)1825120918270111
WALTON09 Dec 182507 Jan 1848WALTON gained from ESCAMBIA, exchanged with JACKSON, lost to creation of WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., p. 35)1825120918480107
NASSAU30 Dec 182601 Jan 1857NASSAU gained from DUVAL.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1826, 5th sess., p. 158)1826123018570101
DUVAL30 Dec 182622 Nov 1828DUVAL lost to NASSAU.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1826, 5th sess., p. 158)1826123018281122
WASHINGTON12 Jan 182728 Oct 1828WASHINGTON exchanged with JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1826, 5th sess., p. 108)1827011218281028
JACKSON12 Jan 182728 Oct 1828JACKSON exchanged with WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1826, 5th sess., p. 108)1827011218281028
JEFFERSON20 Jan 182725 Dec 1827JEFFERSON created by Florida Territory from LEON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1826, 5th sess., p. 151)1827012018271225
LEON20 Jan 182718 Jan 1828LEON lost to creation of JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1826, 5th sess., p. 151)1827012018280118
MADISON26 Dec 182708 Feb 1833MADISON created by Florida Territory from JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1827, 6th sess., p. 8)1827122618330208
JEFFERSON26 Dec 182718 Jan 1828JEFFERSON lost to creation of HAMILTON and MADISON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1827, 6th sess., p. 8)1827122618280118
HAMILTON26 Dec 18272000-12-31 00:00:00HAMILTON created by Florida Territory from JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1827, 6th sess., p. 8)1827122620001231
JEFFERSON19 Jan 182813 Nov 1829JEFFERSON lost to LEON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1827, 6th sess., p. 170)1828011918291113
LEON19 Jan 182813 Nov 1829LEON gained from JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1827, 6th sess., p. 170)1828011918291113
ALACHUA19 Jan 182803 Feb 1832ALACHUA lost to Indian lands (non-county area) when the treaty line was resurveyed.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1827, 6th sess., p. 171; Royce, 704-705, pl. 121)1828011918320203
MOSQUITO19 Jan 182813 Mar 1844MOSQUITO (now ORANGE) lost to Indian lands (non-county area) when the treaty line was resurveyed.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1827, 6th sess., p. 171; Royce, 704-705, pl. 121)1828011918440313
Indian Lands19 Jan 182824 Jan 1834Indian lands (non-county area) gained from ALACHUA and MOSQUITO (now ORANGE) when the treaty line was resurveyed.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1827, 6th sess., p. 171; Royce, 704-705, pl. 121)1828011918340124
WASHINGTON29 Oct 182807 Feb 1832WASHINGTON exchanged with JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1828, 7th sess., p. 6)1828102918320207
JACKSON29 Oct 182808 Feb 1832JACKSON exchanged with WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1828, 7th sess., p. 6)1828102918320208
NASSAU23 Nov 1828An overlap resulted when a single area was assigned to both NASSAU and DUVAL [corrected 2 January 1857].(Fla. Terr. Acts 1828, 7th sess., secs. 5-6/pp. 220-221)18281123
DUVAL23 Nov 182814 Mar 1844When all county boundaries in Florida Territory were redefined, DUVAL gained an area that was also assigned to NASSAU; an overlap resulted [corrected 2 January 1857].(Fla. Terr. Acts 1828, 7th sess., secs. 5-6/pp. 220-221)1828112318440314
Overlap Area23 Nov 182801 Jan 1857All county boundaries in Florida Territory were redefined. An overlap resulted when DUVAL was authorized to gain an area also claimed by NASSAU [corrected 2 January 1857].(Fla. Terr. Acts 1828, 7th sess., secs. 5-6/pp. 220-221)1828112318570101
JEFFERSON14 Nov 182912 Feb 1831JEFFERSON gained from LEON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1829, 8th sess., p. 37)1829111418310212
LEON14 Nov 182912 Feb 1831LEON lost to JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1829, 8th sess., p. 37)1829111418310212
JEFFERSON13 Feb 183129 Jan 1832JEFFERSON lost to LEON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1831, 9th sess., p. 31)1831021318320129
LEON13 Feb 183129 Jan 1832LEON gained from JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1831, 9th sess., p. 31)1831021318320129
JEFFERSON30 Jan 183208 Feb 1833JEFFERSON gained from LEON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 11/p. 10)1832013018330208
LEON30 Jan 183210 Mar 1843LEON lost to JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 11/p. 10)1832013018430310
ALACHUA04 Feb 183224 Jan 1834ALACHUA lost to creation of COLUMBIA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 25, sec. 1/p. 33)1832020418340124
COLUMBIA04 Feb 183209 Feb 1835COLUMBIA created by Florida Territory from ALACHUA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 25, sec. 1/p. 33)1832020418350209
WASHINGTON08 Feb 183210 Feb 1832WASHINGTON lost to creation of FRANKLIN.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 42/p. 44)1832020818320210
FRANKLIN08 Feb 183225 Jan 1838FRANKLIN created by Florida Territory from GADSDEN and WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 42/p. 44)1832020818380125
GADSDEN08 Feb 183212 Jan 1851GADSDEN lost to creation of FRANKLIN.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 42/p. 44)1832020818510112
JACKSON09 Feb 183210 Feb 1832JACKSON lost to creation of FAYETTE (extinct).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 53/p. 58)1832020918320210
FAYETTE (extinct)09 Feb 183215 Feb 1833FAYETTE (extinct) created by Florida Territory from JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 53/p. 58)1832020918330215
WASHINGTON11 Feb 183215 Feb 1833WASHINGTON exchanged with JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 72/p. 113)1832021118330215
JACKSON11 Feb 183215 Feb 1833JACKSON exchanged with WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1832, 10th sess., no. 72/p. 113)1832021118330215
MADISON09 Feb 183321 Feb 1843MADISON gained from JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1833, 11th sess., ch. 686/p. 52)1833020918430221
JEFFERSON09 Feb 183321 Feb 1843JEFFERSON lost to MADISON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1833, 11th sess., ch. 686/p. 52)1833020918430221
WASHINGTON16 Feb 183325 Jan 1838WASHINGTON lost to FAYETTE (extinct) and JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1833, 11th sess., chs. 687-688/pp. 52-53)1833021618380125
JACKSON16 Feb 183331 Jan 1834JACKSON gained from FAYETTE (extinct) and WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1833, 11th sess., chs. 687-688/pp. 52-53)1833021618340131
FAYETTE (extinct)16 Feb 183331 Jan 1834FAYETTE (extinct) gained from WASHINGTON, lost to JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1833, 11th sess., ch. 688/p. 53)1833021618340131
HILLSBOROUGH25 Jan 183423 Feb 1843HILLSBOROUGH created by Florida Territory from ALACHUA and former Indian lands (non-county area).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1834, 12th sess., ch. 764/p. 46)1834012518430223
ALACHUA25 Jan 183409 Feb 1835ALACHUA lost to creation of HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1834, 12th sess., ch. 764/p. 46)1834012518350209
Indian Lands25 Jan 1834Indian lands lost all territory to creation of HILLSBOROUGH; eliminated all non-county Indian land in Florida Territory.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1834, 12th sess., ch. 764/p. 46)18340125
JACKSON01 Feb 183425 Jan 1838JACKSON gained all of FAYETTE; FAYETTE eliminated.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1834, 12th sess., ch. 765/p. 47)1834020118380125
FAYETTE (extinct)01 Feb 1834FAYETTE lost all territory to JACKSON; FAYETTE eliminated.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1834, 12th sess., ch. 765/p. 47)18340201
ALACHUA10 Feb 183523 Feb 1843ALACHUA gained from COLUMBIA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1835, 13th sess., ch. 869/p. 325)1835021018430223
COLUMBIA10 Feb 183514 Mar 1844COLUMBIA lost to ALACHUA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1835, 13th sess., ch. 869/p. 325)1835021018440314
DADE04 Feb 183607 Dec 1866DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) created by Florida Territory from MONROE.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1836, 14th sess., ch. 937/p. 19)1836020418661207
MONROE04 Feb 183612 Jan 1859MONROE lost to creation of DADE (now MIAMI-DADE).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1836, 14th sess., ch. 937/p. 19)1836020418590112
WASHINGTON26 Jan 183824 Feb 1840WASHINGTON apparently gained small area from FRANKLIN, lost to creation of CALHOUN.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1838, 16th sess., no. 8, sec. 1/p. 9)1838012618400224
JACKSON26 Jan 183809 Mar 1845JACKSON lost to creation of CALHOUN.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1838, 16th sess., no. 8, sec. 1/p. 9)1838012618450309
CALHOUN26 Jan 183824 Feb 1840CALHOUN created by Florida Territory from FRANKLIN, JACKSON, and WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1838, 16th sess., no. 8, sec. 1/p. 9)1838012618400224
FRANKLIN26 Jan 183812 Jan 1851FRANKLIN lost to creation of CALHOUN and apparently lost a small area to WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1838, 16th sess., no. 8, sec. 1/p. 9)1838012618510112
WASHINGTON25 Feb 184003 Jan 1847WASHINGTON exchanged with CALHOUN.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1840, 18th sess., no. 21/p. 23)1840022518470103
CALHOUN25 Feb 184009 Mar 1845CALHOUN exchanged with WASHINGTON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1840, 18th sess., no. 21/p. 23)1840022518450309
SANTA ROSA18 Feb 184210 Jan 1851SANTA ROSA created by Florida Territory from ESCAMBIA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1842, 20th sess., no. 1, sec. 1/p. 3)1842021818510110
ESCAMBIA18 Feb 184210 Jan 1851ESCAMBIA lost to creation of SANTA ROSA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1842, 20th sess., no. 1, sec. 1/p. 3)1842021818510110
MADISON22 Feb 184304 Feb 1844MADISON lost to JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1843, 21st sess., no. 48/p. 47)1843022218440204
JEFFERSON22 Feb 184304 Feb 1844JEFFERSON gained from MADISON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1843, 21st sess., no. 48/p. 47)1843022218440204
ALACHUA24 Feb 184313 Mar 1844ALACHUA lost to creation of HERNANDO.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1843, 21st sess., no. 51/p. 48)1843022418440313
HILLSBOROUGH24 Feb 184305 Mar 1844HILLSBOROUGH lost to creation of HERNANDO.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1843, 21st sess., no. 51/p. 48)1843022418440305
HERNANDO24 Feb 184305 Mar 1844HERNANDO created by Florida Territory from ALACHUA and HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1843, 21st sess., no. 51/p. 48)1843022418440305
LEON11 Mar 184305 Jan 1849LEON lost to creation of WAKULLA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1843, 21st sess., no. 25/p. 29 and no. 30/p. 33)1843031118490105
WAKULLA11 Mar 184305 Jan 1849WAKULLA created by Florida Territory from LEON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1843, 21st sess., no. 25/p. 29 and no. 30/p. 33)1843031118490105
MADISON05 Feb 184422 Dec 1856MADISON gained from JEFFERSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., p. 1)1844020518561222
JEFFERSON05 Feb 184410 Mar 1879JEFFERSON lost to MADISON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., p. 1)1844020518790310
HILLSBOROUGH06 Mar 184413 Mar 1844HILLSBOROUGH lost to BENTON (now HERNANDO).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., p. 16)1844030618440313
BENTON06 Mar 184431 Dec 1846HERNANDO renamed BENTON; BENTON gained from HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., p. 16)1844030618461231
ALACHUA14 Mar 184414 Mar 1844ALACHUA lost to creation of MARION.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., sec. 1/p. 43)1844031418440314
ST. JOHNS14 Mar 184424 Dec 1846ST. JOHNS lost to creation of MARION.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., sec. 1/p. 43)1844031418461224
MARION14 Mar 184424 Dec 1846MARION created by Florida Territory from ALACHUA, HILLSBOROUGH, MOSQUITO (now ORANGE), and ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., sec. 1/p. 43)1844031418461224
MOSQUITO14 Mar 184429 Jan 1845MOSQUITO (now ORANGE) apparently gained from HILLSBOROUGH, and lost to creation of MARION and ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., sec. 1/pp. 31, 43)1844031418450129
HILLSBOROUGH14 Mar 184431 Dec 1846HILLSBOROUGH lost to creation of MARION and ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD), and apparently lost to MOSQUITO (now ORANGE).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., pp. 31, 43)1844031418461231
ST. LUCIE (original)14 Mar 184426 Feb 1845ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD) created by Florida Territory from HILLSBOROUGH and MOSQUITO (now ORANGE).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., sec. 1/p. 31)1844031418450226
ALACHUA15 Mar 184409 Mar 1845ALACHUA exchanged small areas with COLUMBIA. Boundary between ALACHUA and DUVAL adjusted.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., p. 55)1844031518450309
DUVAL15 Mar 184401 Jan 1857DUVAL gained from COLUMBIA; boundary with ALACHUA adjusted.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., p. 55)1844031518570101
COLUMBIA15 Mar 184430 Dec 1858COLUMBIA exchanged small areas with ALACHUA, lost to DUVAL.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1844, 22d sess., p. 55)1844031518581230
ORANGE30 Jan 184526 Feb 1845MOSQUITO renamed ORANGE.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1845, 23d sess., no. 31/p. 56)1845013018450226
ORANGE27 Feb 184524 Dec 1846ORANGE gained from ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD).(Fla. Terr. Acts 1845, 23d sess., no. 35/p. 58)1845022718461224
ST. LUCIE (original)27 Feb 184527 Dec 1846ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD) lost to ORANGE.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1845, 23d sess., no. 35/p. 58)1845022718461227
03 Mar 1845Congress created the state of Florida from Florida Territory, with boundaries the same as those set in 1822; Florida Territory eliminated.(Swindler, 2:332; U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 48 [1845], secs. 1, 5/pp. 742-743)18450303
ALACHUA10 Mar 184512 Jan 1849ALACHUA lost to creation of LEVY.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1845, 23d sess., no. 30, sec. 1/p. 54)1845031018490112
LEVY10 Mar 184505 Feb 1877LEVY created from ALACHUA.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1845, 23d sess., no. 30, sec. 1/p. 54)1845031018770205
JACKSON10 Mar 184503 Jan 1847JACKSON lost to CALHOUN.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1845, 23d sess., no. 29/p. 53)1845031018470103
CALHOUN10 Mar 184513 Feb 1873CALHOUN gained from JACKSON.(Fla. Terr. Acts 1845, 23d sess., no. 29/p. 53)1845031018730213
ORANGE25 Dec 184627 Dec 1846ORANGE gained small area from MARION along Lake George.(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 106/p. 63)1846122518461227
ST. JOHNS25 Dec 184629 Dec 1848ST. JOHNS gained from MARION along the St. Johns River and Lake George.(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 106/p. 63)1846122518481229
MARION25 Dec 184629 Dec 1848MARION lost to ORANGE and ST. JOHNS along the St. Johns River and Lake George.(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 106/p. 63)1846122518481229
ORANGE28 Dec 184609 Jan 1849ORANGE lost to ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD).(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 105/p. 62)1846122818490109
ST. LUCIE (original)28 Dec 184609 Jan 1849ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD) gained from ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 105/p. 62)1846122818490109
HILLSBOROUGH01 Jan 184708 Jan 1855HILLSBOROUGH gained from BENTON (now HERNANDO).(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 107/p. 63)1847010118550108
BENTON01 Jan 184723 Dec 1850BENTON (now HERNANDO) lost to HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 107/p. 63)1847010118501223
JACKSON04 Jan 184727 Dec 1847JACKSON lost to WASHINGTON.(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 108/p. 64)1847010418471227
WASHINGTON04 Jan 184727 Dec 1847WASHINGTON gained from JACKSON.(Fla. Laws 1846, 2d sess., ch. 108/p. 64)1847010418471227
WASHINGTON28 Dec 184713 Feb 1873WASHINGTON exchanged with JACKSON.(Fla. Laws 1847, 3d sess., ch. 180/p. 49)1847122818730213
JACKSON28 Dec 184707 Jan 1848JACKSON exchanged with WASHINGTON.(Fla. Laws 1847, 3d sess., ch. 180/p. 49)1847122818480107
HOLMES08 Jan 18481915-08-07 00:00:00HOLMES created from JACKSON and WALTON.(Fla. Laws 1847, 3d sess., ch. 176, sec. 1/p. 45)1848010819150807
WALTON08 Jan 184810 Jan 1851WALTON lost to creation of HOLMES.(Fla. Laws 1847, 3d sess., ch. 176, sec. 1/p. 45)1848010818510110
JACKSON08 Jan 184813 Feb 1873JACKSON lost to creation of HOLMES.(Fla. Laws 1847, 3d sess., ch. 176, sec. 1/p. 45)1848010818730213
ST. JOHNS30 Dec 184812 Jan 1849ST. JOHNS gained from MARION.(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 289/p. 96)1848123018490112
MARION30 Dec 184807 Jan 1853MARION lost to ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 289/p. 96)1848123018530107
LEON06 Jan 184921 Jan 1851LEON lost to WAKULLA.(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 288/p. 96)1849010618510121
WAKULLA06 Jan 184912 Jan 1851WAKULLA gained from LEON.(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 288/p. 96)1849010618510112
ORANGE10 Jan 184928 Dec 1854ORANGE exchanged with ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD).(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 290/p. 97)1849011018541228
ST. LUCIE (original)10 Jan 184905 Jan 1855ST. LUCIE (original, now BREVARD) exchanged with ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 290/p. 97)1849011018550105
ALACHUA13 Jan 184930 Dec 1858ALACHUA lost to creation of PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 280, sec. 1/p. 87)1849011318581230
ST. JOHNS13 Jan 184914 Jan 1859ST. JOHNS lost to creation of PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 280, sec. 1/p. 87)1849011318590114
PUTNAM13 Jan 184914 Jan 1859PUTNAM created from ALACHUA and ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Laws 1848, 4th sess., ch. 280, sec. 1/p. 87)1849011318590114
HERNANDO24 Dec 185031 Dec 1879BENTON renamed HERNANDO.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., ch. 415/p. 148)1850122418791231
DADE07 Jan 1851DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) no longer fully organized, attached to MONROE for administrative and judicial purposes.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., ch. 400/p. 140; Hudson, 14-15)18510107
MONROE07 Jan 1851DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) no longer fully organized; DADE attached to MONROE for administrative and judicial purposes.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., ch. 400/p. 140; Hudson, 14-15)18510107
WALTON11 Jan 185113 Jan 1853WALTON gained part of Santa Rosa Island from ESCAMBIA, exchanged with SANTA ROSA.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., ch. 411/p. 146)1851011118530113
SANTA ROSA11 Jan 185113 Jan 1853SANTA ROSA exchanged with WALTON.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., ch. 411/p. 146)1851011118530113
ESCAMBIA11 Jan 18511947-05-30 00:00:00ESCAMBIA lost part of Santa Rosa Island to WALTON.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., ch. 411/p. 146)1851011119470530
FRANKLIN13 Jan 185115 Feb 1885FRANKLIN gained from WAKULLA when the boundary shifted from the west bank to the east bank of the Ochlockonee River; FRANKLIN exchanged with GADSDEN.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., chs. 412, 413/p. 147)1851011318850215
WAKULLA13 Jan 185121 Jan 1851WAKULLA lost to FRANKLIN when the boundary shifted from the west bank to the east bank of the Ochlockonee River.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., chs. 412-413/p. 147)1851011318510121
GADSDEN13 Jan 185114 Dec 1855GADSDEN exchanged with FRANKLIN.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., chs. 412, 413/p. 147)1851011318551214
LEON22 Jan 185110 Mar 1879LEON lost to WAKULLA.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., ch. 414/p. 148)1851012218790310
WAKULLA22 Jan 18511986-09-30 00:00:00WAKULLA gained from LEON.(Fla. Laws 1850, 5th sess., ch. 414/p. 148)1851012219860930
MARION08 Jan 185305 Feb 1877MARION lost to creation of SUMTER.(Fla. Laws 1852, 6th sess., ch. 548, sec. 1/p. 124)1853010818770205
SUMTER08 Jan 185312 Dec 1866SUMTER created from MARION.(Fla. Laws 1852, 6th sess., ch. 548, sec. 1/p. 124)1853010818661212
WALTON14 Jan 18531913-05-16 00:00:00WALTON lost to SANTA ROSA.(Fla. Laws 1852, 6th sess., ch. 571/p. 145)1853011419130516
SANTA ROSA14 Jan 18531915-09-06 00:00:00SANTA ROSA gained from WALTON.(Fla. Laws 1852, 6th sess., ch. 571/p. 145)1853011419150906
ORANGE29 Dec 185405 Dec 1866ORANGE lost to creation of VOLUSIA.(Fla. Laws 1854, 7th sess., ch. 624/p. 44)1854122918661205
VOLUSIA29 Dec 185414 Feb 1875VOLUSIA created from ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1854, 7th sess., ch. 624/p. 44)1854122918750214
BREVARD06 Jan 185512 Jan 1859ST. LUCIE (original) renamed BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1854, 7th sess., ch. 651/p. 61)1855010618590112
HILLSBOROUGH09 Jan 185507 Feb 1861HILLSBOROUGH lost to creation of MANATEE.(Fla. Laws 1854, 7th sess., ch. 628/p. 47)1855010918610207
MANATEE09 Jan 185512 Jan 1859MANATEE created from HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Laws 1854, 7th sess., ch. 628/p. 47)1855010918590112
LIBERTY15 Dec 185521 Dec 1859LIBERTY created from GADSDEN [mistake in description corrected 5 January 1859].(Fla. Laws 1855, adj. sess., ch. 771/p. 50)1855121518591221
GADSDEN15 Dec 185521 Dec 1859GADSDEN lost to creation of LIBERTY [mistake in description corrected 5 January 1859].(Fla. Laws 1855, adj. sess., ch. 771/p. 50)1855121518591221
MADISON23 Dec 18561923-05-30 00:00:00MADISON lost to creation of LAFAYETTE and TAYLOR.(Fla. Laws 1856, 8th sess., ch. 806, secs. 1-3/p. 48)1856122319230530
TAYLOR23 Dec 185620 Dec 1858TAYLOR created from MADISON.(Fla. Laws 1856, 8th sess., ch. 806, secs. 1-3/p. 48)1856122318581220
LAFAYETTE23 Dec 185620 Dec 1858LAFAYETTE created from MADISON.(Fla. Laws 1856, 8th sess., ch. 806, secs. 1-3/p. 48)1856122318581220
NASSAU02 Jan 185714 Jan 18591828 overlap between DUVAL and NASSAU ended; based upon their most recently defined configurations, NASSAU appeared to exchange with DUVAL, while DUVAL appeared to lose to NASSAU.(Fla. Laws 1856, 8th sess., ch. 811/p. 55)1857010218590114
DUVAL02 Jan 185730 Dec 18581828 overlap between DUVAL and NASSAU ended; based upon their most recently defined configurations, DUVAL appeared to lose to NASSAU, while NASSAU appeared to exchange with DUVAL.(Fla. Laws 1856, 8th sess., ch. 811/p. 55)1857010218581230
Overlap Area02 Jan 18571828 overlap between NASSAU and DUVAL ended.(Fla. Laws 1856, 8th sess., ch. 811/p. 55)18570102
TAYLOR21 Dec 185812 Feb 1877TAYLOR lost to LAFAYETTE.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 921/p. 55)1858122118770212
LAFAYETTE21 Dec 185812 Feb 1877LAFAYETTE gained from TAYLOR.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 921/p. 55)1858122118770212
ALACHUA31 Dec 185802 Feb 1870ALACHUA lost to creation of CLAY.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 866, secs. 1-2/p. 19)1858123118700202
DUVAL31 Dec 185814 Jan 1859DUVAL lost to creation of CLAY.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 866, secs. 1-2/p. 19)1858123118590114
COLUMBIA31 Dec 185827 Feb 1859COLUMBIA lost to creation of CLAY.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 866, secs. 1-2/p. 19)1858123118590227
CLAY31 Dec 185814 Jan 1859CLAY created from ALACHUA, COLUMBIA, and DUVAL.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 866, secs. 1-2/p. 19)1858123118590114
LIBERTY05 Jan 1859LIBERTY boundaries were clarified, correcting mistake of 15 December 1855 [no change].(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 949/p. 120)18590105
GADSDEN05 Jan 1859Boundary between GADSDEN and LIBERTY was clarified, correcting mistake of 15 December 1855 [no change].(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 949/p. 120)18590105
BREVARD13 Jan 185907 Feb 1861BREVARD exchanged with MANATEE.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 922/p. 56)1859011318610207
MONROE13 Jan 185907 Dec 1866MONROE lost to MANATEE.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 922/p. 56)1859011318661207
MANATEE13 Jan 185918 Feb 1874MANATEE gained from MONROE, exchanged with BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 922/p. 56)1859011318740218
NASSAU15 Jan 18591911-05-18 00:00:00NASSAU lost to DUVAL.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 920/p. 55)1859011519110518
DUVAL15 Jan 185921 Dec 1859DUVAL gained from NASSAU.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 920/p. 55)1859011518591221
SUMTER15 Jan 1859SUMTER lost small area to MARION to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 973/p. 133)18590115
MARION15 Jan 1859MARION gained small area from SUMTER to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 973/p. 133)18590115
ST. JOHNS15 Jan 185921 Dec 1859ST. JOHNS exchanged with PUTNAM in the St. Johns River and Crescent Lake.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 923/p. 57)1859011518591221
CLAY15 Jan 185921 Dec 1859CLAY lost to PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 923/p. 57)1859011518591221
PUTNAM15 Jan 185921 Dec 1859PUTNAM gained from CLAY, exchanged with ST. JOHNS in the St. Johns River and Crescent Lake.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 923/p. 57)1859011518591221
COLUMBIA28 Feb 185911 Dec 1859In February 1859, COLUMBIA lost to creation of NEW RIVER (now BRADFORD) and SUWANNEE.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 895, secs. 1-4/p. 37)1859022818591211
NEW RIVER28 Feb 185907 Feb 1861In February 1859, NEW RIVER (now BRADFORD) was created from COLUMBIA.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 895, secs. 1-4/p. 37)1859022818610207
SUWANNEE28 Feb 185911 Dec 1859In February 1859, SUWANNEE was created from COLUMBIA.(Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 895, secs. 1-4/p. 37)1859022818591211
COLUMBIA12 Dec 185929 May 1889COLUMBIA gained from SUWANNEE.(Fla. Laws 1859, adj. sess., ch. 1048/p. 69)1859121218890529
SUWANNEE12 Dec 185929 May 1889SUWANNEE lost to COLUMBIA.(Fla. Laws 1859, adj. sess., ch. 1048/p. 69)1859121218890529
ST. JOHNS22 Dec 185929 Jul 1868ST. JOHNS lost small area in the St. Johns River to CLAY when the boundary shifted from the west bank to the west margin of the channel.(Fla. Laws 1859, adj. sess., ch. 1039/p. 63)1859122218680729
PUTNAM22 Dec 185929 Jul 1868PUTNAM lost to CLAY.(Fla. Laws 1859, adj. sess., ch. 1039/p. 63)1859122218680729
DUVAL22 Dec 185914 Feb 1875DUVAL lost small area in the St. Johns River to CLAY when the boundary shifted from the west bank to the west margin of the channel.(Fla. Laws 1859, adj. sess., ch. 1039/p. 63)1859122218750214
CLAY22 Dec 185925 Feb 1883CLAY gained from PUTNAM and gained small areas in the St. Johns River from DUVAL and ST. JOHNS when the boundary shifted from the west bank to the west margin of the channel.(Fla. Laws 1859, adj. sess., ch. 1039/p. 63)1859122218830225
LIBERTY22 Dec 185915 Feb 1885LIBERTY exchanged with GADSDEN.(Fla. Laws 1859, adj. sess., ch. 1046/p. 68)1859122218850215
GADSDEN22 Dec 18591909-12-31 00:00:00GADSDEN exchanged with LIBERTY.(Fla. Laws 1859, adj. sess., ch. 1046/p. 68)1859122219091231
BAKER08 Feb 18611911-05-18 00:00:00BAKER created from NEW RIVER (now BRADFORD).(Fla. Laws 1860, 10th sess., ch. 1185/p. 179)1861020819110518
NEW RIVER08 Feb 186105 Dec 1861NEW RIVER (now BRADFORD) lost to creation of BAKER.(Fla. Laws 1860, 10th sess., ch. 1185/p. 179)1861020818611205
HILLSBOROUGH08 Feb 186112 Dec 1866HILLSBOROUGH lost to creation of POLK.(Fla. Laws 1860, 10th sess., ch. 1201/p. 192; Fla. Rpts., 120:429-431)1861020818661212
BREVARD08 Feb 186105 Dec 1866BREVARD lost to creation of POLK.(Fla. Laws 1860, 10th sess., ch. 1201/p. 192; Fla. Rpts., 120:429-431)1861020818661205
POLK08 Feb 186129 Jan 1871POLK created from BREVARD and HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Laws 1860, 10th sess., ch. 1201/p. 192; Fla. Rpts., 120:429-431)1861020818710129
BRADFORD06 Dec 186102 Feb 1870NEW RIVER renamed BRADFORD.(Fla. Laws 1861, 11th sess., ch. 1300/p. 53)1861120618700202
COLUMBIA27 Nov 1863COLUMBIA lost small area to SUWANNEE so as to include the entire town of Wellborn in SUWANNEE [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1863_pt. for location].(Fla. Laws 1863, 12th sess., ch. 1391/p. 11)18631127
SUWANNEE27 Nov 1863SUWANNEE gained small area from COLUMBIA so as to include the entire town of Wellborn in SUWANNEE [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1863_pt. for location].(Fla. Laws 1863, 12th sess., ch. 1391/p. 11)18631127
ORANGE06 Dec 186613 Feb 1872ORANGE gained from BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1621/p. 82)1866120618720213
BREVARD06 Dec 186607 Dec 1866BREVARD lost to ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1621/p. 82)1866120618661207
DADE08 Dec 186618 Feb 1874DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) gained from BREVARD, exchanged with MONROE [DADE lost in the Florida Keys]. DADE continued to be attached to MONROE.(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1592/p. 62)1866120818740218
BREVARD08 Dec 186617 Feb 1873BREVARD lost to DADE (now MIAMI-DADE).(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1592/p. 62)1866120818730217
MONROE08 Dec 186618 Feb 1874MONROE exchanged with DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) [MONROE gained in the Florida Keys].(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1592/p. 62)1866120818740218
HILLSBOROUGH10 Dec 1866HILLSBOROUGH gained small area from POLK to accommodate local resident [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1866_pt. for location].(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1622/p. 82)18661210
POLK10 Dec 1866POLK lost small area to HILLSBOROUGH to accommodate local resident [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1866_pt. for location].(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1622/p. 82)18661210
HILLSBOROUGH13 Dec 186618 Feb 1874HILLSBOROUGH lost to SUMTER.(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1589/p. 61)1866121318740218
SUMTER13 Dec 186629 Jan 1871SUMTER gained from HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Laws 1866, 14th sess., ch. 1589/p. 61)1866121318710129
ST. JOHNS30 Jul 186814 Feb 1875ST. JOHNS lost to PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1868, 1st sess., ch. 1673/p. 174)1868073018750214
PUTNAM30 Jul 186814 Feb 1875PUTNAM gained from ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Laws 1868, 1st sess., ch. 1673/p. 174)1868073018750214
BRADFORD03 Feb 18701921-09-30 00:00:00BRADFORD gained from ALACHUA.(Fla. Laws 1870, 3d sess., ch. 1765/p. 45)1870020319210930
ALACHUA03 Feb 18701911-06-02 00:00:00ALACHUA lost to BRADFORD.(Fla. Laws 1870, 3d sess., ch. 1765/p. 45)1870020319110602
ORANGE14 Feb 1870Boundary between ORANGE and VOLUSIA was clarified to run west of Huntoon's Island [no change].(Fla. Laws 1870, 3d sess., ch. 1764/p. 45)18700214
VOLUSIA14 Feb 1870Boundary between VOLUSIA and ORANGE was clarified to run west of Huntoon's Island [no change].(Fla. Laws 1870, 3d sess., ch. 1764/p. 45)18700214
SUMTER30 Jan 187113 Feb 1872SUMTER lost to POLK.(Fla. Laws 1871, 4th sess., ch. 1848/p. 36)1871013018720213
POLK30 Jan 187118 Feb 1874POLK gained from SUMTER.(Fla. Laws 1871, 4th sess., ch. 1848/p. 36)1871013018740218
ORANGE14 Feb 187217 Feb 1873ORANGE gained from SUMTER.(Fla. Laws 1872, 5th sess., ch. 1895/p. 52)1872021418730217
SUMTER14 Feb 187204 Mar 1879SUMTER lost to ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1872, 5th sess., ch. 1895/p. 52)1872021418790304
DADE31 Dec 1872In 1872, DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) was fully organized, detached from MONROE.(Hudson, 18-21)18721231
MONROE31 Dec 1872In 1872, DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) was fully organized, detached from MONROE.(Hudson, 18-21)18721231
JACKSON14 Feb 187327 Feb 1875JACKSON gained from CALHOUN.(Fla. Laws 1873, 6th sess., ch. 1954/p. 28)1873021418750227
WASHINGTON14 Feb 187303 Jun 1897WASHINGTON gained from CALHOUN [mistake in description corrected 2 June 1893].(Fla. Laws 1873, 6th sess., ch. 1950/p. 27)1873021418970603
CALHOUN14 Feb 187327 Feb 1875CALHOUN lost to JACKSON and WASHINGTON.(Fla. Laws 1873, 6th sess., chs. 1950, 1954/pp. 27-28)1873021418750227
ORANGE18 Feb 187318 Feb 1874ORANGE lost to BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1873, 6th sess., ch. 1964/p. 36)1873021818740218
BREVARD18 Feb 187318 Feb 1874BREVARD gained from ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1873, 6th sess., ch. 1964/p. 36)1873021818740218
DADE19 Feb 18741909-06-30 00:00:00DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) gained from BREVARD, lost to MONROE.(Fla. Laws 1874, 7th sess., ch. 1998/p. 63)1874021919090630
MANATEE19 Feb 187420 Feb 1877MANATEE gained from BREVARD, exchanged with MONROE.(Fla. Laws 1874, 7th sess., ch. 1998/p. 63)1874021918770220
HILLSBOROUGH19 Feb 18741911-11-13 00:00:00HILLSBOROUGH lost to POLK.(Fla. Laws 1874, 7th sess., ch. 1998/p. 63)1874021919111113
BREVARD19 Feb 187410 Mar 1879BREVARD lost to DADE (now MIAMI-DADE), MANATEE, and ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1874, 7th sess., ch. 1998/p. 63)1874021918790310
ORANGE19 Feb 187404 Mar 1879ORANGE gained from BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1874, 7th sess., ch. 1998/p. 63)1874021918790304
POLK19 Feb 187404 Mar 1879POLK gained from HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Laws 1874, 7th sess., ch. 1998/p. 63)1874021918790304
MONROE19 Feb 187420 Feb 1877MONROE gained from DADE (now MIAMI-DADE), exchanged with MANATEE.(Fla. Laws 1874, 7th sess., ch. 1998/p. 63)1874021918770220
ST. JOHNS15 Feb 187523 May 1899ST. JOHNS gained from VOLUSIA, exchanged with DUVAL and PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1875, 8th sess., ch. 2068/p. 70)1875021518990523
DUVAL15 Feb 18751911-05-18 00:00:00DUVAL exchanged with ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Laws 1875, 8th sess., ch. 2068/p. 70)1875021519110518
VOLUSIA15 Feb 187510 Mar 1879VOLUSIA lost to ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Laws 1875, 8th sess., ch. 2068/p. 70)1875021518790310
PUTNAM15 Feb 187525 Feb 1883PUTNAM exchanged with ST. JOHNS in the St. Johns River and Crescent Lake.(Fla. Laws 1875, 8th sess., ch. 2068/p. 70)1875021518830225
JACKSON28 Feb 187530 May 1897In February 1875, JACKSON lost to CALHOUN.(Fla. Laws 1875, 8th sess., ch. 2061/p. 67)1875022818970530
CALHOUN28 Feb 187530 May 1897In February 1875, CALHOUN gained from JACKSON.(Fla. Laws 1875, 8th sess., ch. 2061/p. 67)1875022818970530
LEVY06 Feb 18771911-06-02 00:00:00LEVY gained from MARION.(Fla. Laws 1877, 9th sess., ch. 3060/p. 120)1877020619110602
MARION06 Feb 187727 May 1887MARION lost to LEVY.(Fla. Laws 1877, 9th sess., ch. 3060/p. 120)1877020618870527
TAYLOR13 Feb 187730 Jan 1883TAYLOR gained from LAFAYETTE.(Fla. Laws 1877, 9th sess., ch. 3061/p. 121)1877021318830130
LAFAYETTE13 Feb 187730 Jan 1883LAFAYETTE lost to TAYLOR.(Fla. Laws 1877, 9th sess., ch. 3061/p. 121)1877021318830130
MONROE21 Feb 187712 May 1887MONROE exchanged with MANATEE.(Fla. Laws 1877, 9th sess., ch. 3062/p. 121)1877022118870512
MANATEE21 Feb 187718 May 1887MANATEE exchanged with MONROE.(Fla. Laws 1877, 9th sess., ch. 3062/p. 121)1877022118870518
ORANGE05 Mar 187910 Jul 1887ORANGE gained from POLK.(Fla. Laws 1879, 10th sess., ch. 3177/p. 141)1879030518870710
POLK05 Mar 187931 Dec 1879POLK lost to ORANGE and SUMTER.(Fla. Laws 1879, 10th sess., ch. 3177/p. 141)1879030518791231
SUMTER05 Mar 187925 Jul 1887SUMTER gained from POLK.(Fla. Laws 1879, 10th sess., ch. 3177/p. 141)1879030518870725
VOLUSIA11 Mar 187923 May 1899VOLUSIA lost to BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1879, 10th sess., ch. 3175/p. 140)1879031118990523
BREVARD11 Mar 187910 Jul 1887BREVARD gained from VOLUSIA.(Fla. Laws 1879, 10th sess., ch. 3175/p. 140)1879031118870710
JEFFERSON11 Mar 187906 Feb 1881JEFFERSON lost to LEON.(Fla. Laws 1879, 10th sess., ch. 3176/p. 140)1879031118810206
LEON11 Mar 187906 Feb 1881LEON gained from JEFFERSON.(Fla. Laws 1879, 10th sess., ch. 3176/p. 140)1879031118810206
HERNANDO01 Jan 188004 Mar 1883By 1880, HERNANDO gained from POLK.(Rand, McNally, 1880, 254-255)1880010118830304
POLK01 Jan 188004 Mar 1883By 1880, POLK lost to HERNANDO.(Rand, McNally, 1880, 254-255)1880010118830304
WALTON27 Jan 1881WALTON was granted concurrent jurisdiction with WASHINGTON over the waters of Choctawhatchee Bay [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1881, 11th sess., ch. 3258/p. 73)18810127
WASHINGTON27 Jan 1881WASHINGTON was granted concurrent jurisdiction with WALTON over the waters of Choctawhatchee Bay [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1881, 11th sess., ch. 3258/p. 73)18810127
JEFFERSON07 Feb 18811923-05-30 00:00:00JEFFERSON gained from LEON.(Fla. Laws 1881, 11th sess., ch. 3304/p. 101)1881020719230530
LEON07 Feb 18812000-12-31 00:00:00LEON lost to JEFFERSON.(Fla. Laws 1881, 11th sess., ch. 3304/p. 101)1881020720001231
TAYLOR31 Jan 188327 May 1887TAYLOR lost to LAFAYETTE [mistake in description corrected 12 February 1885].(Fla. Laws 1883, 12th sess., ch. 3470/p. 79)1883013118870527
LAFAYETTE31 Jan 188327 May 1887LAFAYETTE gained from TAYLOR [mistake in description corrected 12 February 1885].(Fla. Laws 1883, 12th sess., ch. 3470/p. 79)1883013118870527
PUTNAM26 Feb 188327 May 1887PUTNAM lost to CLAY.(Fla. Laws 1883, 12th sess., ch. 3469/p. 79)1883022618870527
CLAY26 Feb 18831927-06-05 00:00:00CLAY gained from PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1883, 12th sess., ch. 3469/p. 79)1883022619270605
HERNANDO05 Mar 188301 Jun 1887HERNANDO lost small area to POLK.(Fla. Laws 1883, 12th sess., ch. 3471/p. 80)1883030518870601
POLK05 Mar 188330 May 1889POLK gained small area from HERNANDO.(Fla. Laws 1883, 12th sess., ch. 3471/p. 80)1883030518890530
TAYLOR12 Feb 1885Boundary between TAYLOR and LAFAYETTE was redefined, correcting mistake of 31 January 1883 [no change].(Fla. Laws 1885, 13th sess., ch. 3625/p. 64)18850212
LAFAYETTE12 Feb 1885Boundary between LAFAYETTE and TAYLOR was redefined, correcting mistake of 31 January 1883 [no change].(Fla. Laws 1885, 13th sess., ch. 3625/p. 64)18850212
FRANKLIN16 Feb 18851972-03-29 00:00:00FRANKLIN gained a narrow strip of territory all along its boundary with LIBERTY.(Fla. Laws 1885, 13th sess., ch. 3624/p. 63)1885021619720329
LIBERTY16 Feb 18851909-12-31 00:00:00LIBERTY lost a narrow strip of territory all along its boundary with FRANKLIN.(Fla. Laws 1885, 13th sess., ch. 3624/p. 63)1885021619091231
MONROE13 May 18871961-05-12 00:00:00MONROE lost to creation of LEE.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3769/p. 150)1887051319610512
LEE13 May 18871923-07-06 00:00:00LEE created from MONROE.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3769/p. 150)1887051319230706
DE SOTO19 May 18871921-04-22 00:00:00DE SOTO created from MANATEE.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3770, secs. 1-3/pp. 151-152)1887051919210422
MANATEE19 May 18871921-06-14 00:00:00MANATEE lost to creation of DE SOTO.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3770, secs. 1-3/pp. 151-152)1887051919210614
MARION28 May 18871973-12-30 00:00:00MARION exchanged with PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3767/p. 147)1887052819731230
PUTNAM28 May 18871927-06-05 00:00:00PUTNAM exchanged with MARION.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3767/p. 147)1887052819270605
TAYLOR28 May 18871911-05-23 00:00:00TAYLOR gained from LAFAYETTE.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3766/p. 147)1887052819110523
LAFAYETTE28 May 18871911-05-23 00:00:00LAFAYETTE lost to TAYLOR.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3766/p. 147)1887052819110523
CITRUS02 Jun 18872000-12-31 00:00:00CITRUS created from HERNANDO.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3772, secs. 1, 8/pp. 157-159)1887060220001231
HERNANDO02 Jun 18872000-12-31 00:00:00HERNANDO lost to creation of CITRUS and PASCO.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3772, secs. 1, 8/pp. 157-159)1887060220001231
PASCO02 Jun 188709 Jun 1891PASCO created from HERNANDO.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3772, secs. 1, 8/pp. 157-159)1887060218910609
ORANGE11 Jul 188725 Jul 1887ORANGE lost to creation of OSCEOLA and lost small area to BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3768/p. 148)1887071118870725
BREVARD11 Jul 18871905-06-30 00:00:00BREVARD lost to creation of OSCEOLA, gained small area from ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3768/p. 148)1887071119050630
OSCEOLA11 Jul 18871917-08-06 00:00:00OSCEOLA created from BREVARD and ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3768/p. 148)1887071119170806
ORANGE26 Jul 188730 May 1889ORANGE lost to creation of LAKE.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3771, secs. 1-2/pp. 154-155)1887072618890530
SUMTER26 Jul 188730 May 1889SUMTER lost to creation of LAKE.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3771, secs. 1-2/pp. 154-155)1887072618890530
LAKE26 Jul 188730 May 1889LAKE created from ORANGE and SUMTER.(Fla. Laws 1887, 1st sess., ch. 3771, secs. 1-2/pp. 154-155)1887072618890530
COLUMBIA30 May 18891953-12-31 00:00:00COLUMBIA exchanged with SUWANNEE.(Fla. Laws 1889, ext. sess., ch. 3948/p. 181)1889053019531231
SUWANNEE30 May 18892000-12-31 00:00:00SUWANNEE exchanged with COLUMBIA.(Fla. Laws 1889, ext. sess., ch. 3948/p. 181)1889053020001231
ORANGE31 May 18891913-04-24 00:00:00ORANGE lost small area to LAKE.(Fla. Laws 1889, ext. sess., ch. 3944/p. 176)1889053119130424
LAKE31 May 188909 Jun 1891LAKE gained small area from ORANGE.(Fla. Laws 1889, ext. sess., ch. 3944/p. 176)1889053118910609
SUMTER31 May 18892000-12-31 00:00:00SUMTER lost to POLK.(Fla. Laws 1889, ext. sess., ch. 3932/p. 167)1889053120001231
POLK31 May 188909 Jun 1891POLK gained from SUMTER.(Fla. Laws 1889, ext. sess., ch. 3932/p. 167)1889053118910609
PASCO10 Jun 18911942-07-28 00:00:00PASCO lost to POLK.(Fla. Laws 1891, 3d sess., ch. 4066/p. 108)1891061019420728
POLK10 Jun 18911942-07-28 00:00:00POLK gained small area from LAKE and gained from PASCO.(Fla. Laws 1891, 3d sess., ch. 4066/p. 108)1891061019420728
LAKE10 Jun 18912000-12-31 00:00:00LAKE lost small area to POLK.(Fla. Laws 1891, 3d sess., ch. 4066/p. 108)1891061020001231
WASHINGTON02 Jun 1893WASHINGTON boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 14 February 1873 [no change].(Fla. Laws 1893, 4th sess., ch. 4236/p. 169)18930602
JACKSON31 May 18971915-08-07 00:00:00JACKSON exchanged with CALHOUN.(Fla. Laws 1897, 6th sess., ch. 4576/p. 119)1897053119150807
CALHOUN31 May 189703 Jun 1897CALHOUN exchanged with JACKSON.(Fla. Laws 1897, 6th sess., ch. 4576/p. 119)1897053118970603
WASHINGTON04 Jun 18971913-05-16 00:00:00WASHINGTON exchanged with CALHOUN.(Fla. Laws 1897, 6th sess., ch. 4577/p. 119)1897060419130516
CALHOUN04 Jun 18971913-06-30 00:00:00CALHOUN exchanged with WASHINGTON.(Fla. Laws 1897, 6th sess., ch. 4577/p. 119)1897060419130630
VOLUSIA24 May 18991917-06-11 00:00:00VOLUSIA gained small area from ST. JOHNS.(Fla. Laws 1899, 7th sess., ch. 4811, secs. 1-2/pp. 209-210)1899052419170611
ST. JOHNS24 May 18991917-06-11 00:00:00ST. JOHNS lost small area to VOLUSIA.(Fla. Laws 1899, 7th sess., ch. 4811, secs. 1-2/pp. 209-210)1899052419170611
BREVARD1905-07-01 00:00:001959-11-02 00:00:00BREVARD lost to creation of ST. LUCIE.(Fla. Laws 1905, 10th sess., ch. 5567, secs. 1, 22/pp. 404, 408)1905070119591102
ST. LUCIE1905-07-01 00:00:001917-08-06 00:00:00ST. LUCIE created from BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1905, 10th sess., ch. 5567, secs. 1, 22/pp. 404, 408)1905070119170806
ST. JOHNS1907-06-03 00:00:00Boundary between ST. JOHNS and VOLUSIA was clarified [no change].(Fla. Laws 1907, 11th sess., ch. 5730, secs. 1-2/pp. 244-245)19070603
VOLUSIA1907-06-03 00:00:00Boundary between VOLUSIA and ST. JOHNS was clarified [no change].(Fla. Laws 1907, 11th sess., ch. 5730, secs. 1-2/pp. 244-245)19070603
CLAY1909-05-05 00:00:00CLAY lost small area to PUTNAM in the town of Melrose [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1909_pt. for location].(Fla. Laws 1909, 12th sess., ch. 5978/p. 184)19090505
PUTNAM1909-05-05 00:00:00PUTNAM gained small area from CLAY in the town of Melrose [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1909_pt. for location].(Fla. Laws 1909, 12th sess., ch. 5978/p. 184)19090505
COLUMBIA1909-05-29 00:00:00COLUMBIA boundaries were clarified [no change].(Fla. Laws 1909, 12th sess., ch. 5979/p. 184)19090529
DADE1909-07-01 00:00:001915-09-30 00:00:00DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) lost to creation of PALM BEACH.(Fla. Laws 1909, 12th sess., ch. 5970, sec. 1/p. 174)1909070119150930
PALM BEACH1909-07-01 00:00:001915-09-30 00:00:00PALM BEACH created from DADE (now MIAMI-DADE).(Fla. Laws 1909, 12th sess., ch. 5970, sec. 1/p. 174)1909070119150930
LIBERTY1910-01-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00LIBERTY exchanged with GADSDEN.(Fla. Laws 1909, 12th sess., ch. 5966, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 169-171)1910010120001231
GADSDEN1910-01-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00GADSDEN exchanged with LIBERTY.(Fla. Laws 1909, 12th sess., ch. 5966, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 169-171)1910010120001231
NASSAU1911-05-19 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00NASSAU gained from BAKER.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6244/p. 216)1911051920001231
BAKER1911-05-19 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00BAKER gained from DUVAL, lost to NASSAU.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6244/p. 216)1911051920001231
DUVAL1911-05-19 00:00:001976-06-30 00:00:00DUVAL lost to BAKER.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6244/p. 216)1911051919760630
TAYLOR1911-05-24 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00TAYLOR lost to LAFAYETTE.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6246/p. 218)1911052420001231
LAFAYETTE1911-05-24 00:00:001921-04-24 00:00:00LAFAYETTE gained from TAYLOR.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6246/p. 218)1911052419210424
CITRUS1911-06-02 00:00:00CITRUS gained non-county area in the Withlacoochee River along the LEVY line when the boundary shifted from the middle of the river to the north bank [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6245/p. 217)19110602
ALACHUA1911-06-03 00:00:001913-06-06 00:00:00ALACHUA exchanged with LEVY.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6243/p. 215)1911060319130606
LEVY1911-06-03 00:00:001913-06-06 00:00:00LEVY exchanged with ALACHUA.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6243/p. 215)1911060319130606
HILLSBOROUGH1911-11-14 00:00:001939-05-14 00:00:00HILLSBOROUGH lost to creation of PINELLAS.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6247, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 219, 223; Grismer, St. Petersburg, 35; HRS Fla., Pinellas, 9)1911111419390514
PINELLAS1911-11-14 00:00:001939-05-14 00:00:00PINELLAS created from HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Laws 1911, 13th sess., ch. 6247, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 219, 223; Grismer, St. Petersburg, 35; HRS Fla., Pinellas, 9)1911111419390514
ORANGE1913-04-25 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00ORANGE lost to creation of SEMINOLE [mistake in description corrected 22 June 1961].(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6511, sec. 1/p. 365)1913042520001231
SEMINOLE1913-04-25 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00SEMINOLE created from ORANGE [mistake in description corrected 31 May 1961].(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6511, sec. 1/p. 365)1913042520001231
WALTON1913-05-17 00:00:001915-09-06 00:00:00WALTON gained from WASHINGTON.(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6508, sec. 1/p. 359)1913051719150906
WASHINGTON1913-05-17 00:00:001913-06-30 00:00:00WASHINGTON lost to WALTON.(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6508, sec. 1/p. 359)1913051719130630
DADE1913-06-06 00:00:00Legislature authorized creation of BROWARD (proposed) from DADE (now MIAMI-DADE), dependent on local referendum that failed [no change].(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6504, secs. 1, 22/pp. 341, 346; McIver, 64)19130606
BROWARD (proposed)1913-06-06 00:00:001913-06-06 00:00:00Legislature authorized creation of BROWARD (proposed) from DADE (now MIAMI-DADE), dependent on local referendum that failed; boundaries differed from present BROWARD.(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6504, secs. 1, 22/pp. 341, 346; McIver, 64)1913060619130606
ALACHUA1913-06-07 00:00:001925-12-31 00:00:00ALACHUA lost small area to LEVY.(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6509/p. 363)1913060719251231
LEVY1913-06-07 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00LEVY gained small area from ALACHUA.(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6509/p. 363)1913060720001231
WASHINGTON1913-07-01 00:00:001915-08-07 00:00:00WASHINGTON lost to creation of BAY.(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6505, secs. 1, 24/pp. 347, 353; ch. 6506/p. 354; and ch. 6508/p. 359)1913070119150807
CALHOUN1913-07-01 00:00:001925-07-06 00:00:00CALHOUN lost to creation of BAY.(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6505, secs. 1, 24/pp. 347, 353; ch. 6506/p. 354; and ch. 6508/p. 359)1913070119250706
BAY1913-07-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00BAY created from CALHOUN and WASHINGTON.(Fla. Laws 1913, 14th sess., gen., ch. 6505, secs. 1, 24/pp. 347, 353; ch. 6506/p. 354; and ch. 6508/p. 359)1913070120001231
MARION1915-06-01 00:00:00Legislature authorized the creation of BLOXHAM (proposed) from LEVY and MARION, dependent on local referendum that failed [no change].(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6936, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 298-303; Morris, 25; "Battle of Bloxham")19150601
LEVY1915-06-01 00:00:00Legislature authorized the creation of BLOXHAM (proposed) from LEVY and MARION, dependent on local referendum that failed [no change].(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6936, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 298-303; Morris, 25; "Battle of Bloxham")19150601
BLOXHAM (proposed)1915-06-01 00:00:001915-06-01 00:00:00Legislature authorized the creation of BLOXHAM (proposed) from LEVY and MARION, dependent on local referendum that failed.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6936, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 298-303; Morris, 25; "Battle of Bloxham")1915060119150601
HOLMES1915-08-08 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00HOLMES gained from WASHINGTON.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6935, secs. 1-2, 16/pp. 292-293, 297)1915080820001231
JACKSON1915-08-08 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00JACKSON lost to WASHINGTON.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6935, secs. 1-2, 16/pp. 292-293, 297)1915080820001231
WASHINGTON1915-08-08 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00WASHINGTON gained from JACKSON, lost to HOLMES.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6935, secs. 1-2, 16/pp. 292-293, 297)1915080820001231
WALTON1915-09-07 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00WALTON lost to creation of OKALOOSA.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6937, secs. 1, 24-25/pp. 303, 310; HRS Fla., Okaloosa, 6)1915090720001231
OKALOOSA1915-09-07 00:00:001947-05-30 00:00:00OKALOOSA created from SANTA ROSA and WALTON.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6937, secs. 1, 24-25/pp. 303, 310; HRS Fla., Okaloosa, 6)1915090719470530
SANTA ROSA1915-09-07 00:00:001951-06-10 00:00:00SANTA ROSA lost to creation of OKALOOSA.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6937, secs. 1, 24-25/pp. 303, 310; HRS Fla., Okaloosa, 6)1915090719510610
DADE1915-10-01 00:00:001961-05-12 00:00:00DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) lost to creation of BROWARD.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6934, secs. 1, 23/pp. 285, 292)1915100119610512
BROWARD1915-10-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00BROWARD created from DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) and PALM BEACH. On 6 June 1913 an attempt was made to create BROWARD in the same general area, but creation did not take effect.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6934, secs. 1, 23/pp. 285, 292)1915100120001231
PALM BEACH1915-10-01 00:00:001917-08-06 00:00:00PALM BEACH lost to creation of BROWARD.(Fla. Laws 1915, 15th sess., gen., ch. 6934, secs. 1, 23/pp. 285, 292)1915100119170806
FLAGLER1917-06-12 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00FLAGLER created from ST. JOHNS and VOLUSIA.(Fla. Laws 1917, 16th sess., gen., ch. 7399, secs. 1, 22-23/pp. 277, 284)1917061220001231
ST. JOHNS1917-06-12 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00ST. JOHNS lost to creation of FLAGLER.(Fla. Laws 1917, 16th sess., gen., ch. 7399, secs. 1, 22-23/pp. 277, 284)1917061220001231
VOLUSIA1917-06-12 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00VOLUSIA lost to creation of FLAGLER.(Fla. Laws 1917, 16th sess., gen., ch. 7399, secs. 1, 22-23/pp. 277, 284)1917061220001231
OKEECHOBEE1917-08-07 00:00:001963-05-28 00:00:00OKEECHOBEE created from OSCEOLA, PALM BEACH, and ST. LUCIE.(Fla. Laws 1917, 16th sess., gen., ch. 7401, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 285, 289-290; Van Landingham and Hetherington, 66)1917080719630528
PALM BEACH1917-08-07 00:00:001925-05-07 00:00:00PALM BEACH lost to creation of OKEECHOBEE.(Fla. Laws 1917, 16th sess., gen., ch. 7401, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 285, 289-290; Van Landingham and Hetherington, 66)1917080719250507
ST. LUCIE1917-08-07 00:00:001925-06-28 00:00:00ST. LUCIE lost to creation of OKEECHOBEE.(Fla. Laws 1917, 16th sess., gen., ch. 7401, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 285, 289-290; Van Landingham and Hetherington, 66)1917080719250628
OSCEOLA1917-08-07 00:00:001967-12-31 00:00:00OSCEOLA lost to creation of OKEECHOBEE.(Fla. Laws 1917, 16th sess., gen., ch. 7401, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 285, 289-290; Van Landingham and Hetherington, 66)1917080719671231
CHARLOTTE1921-04-23 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00CHARLOTTE created from DE SOTO.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8513, sec. 1/pp. 279-281)1921042320001231
HARDEE1921-04-23 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00HARDEE created from DE SOTO.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8513, sec. 1/pp. 279-281)1921042320001231
GLADES1921-04-23 00:00:001925-05-07 00:00:00GLADES created from DE SOTO.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8513, sec. 1/pp. 279-281)1921042319250507
DE SOTO1921-04-23 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00DE SOTO lost to creation of CHARLOTTE, GLADES, HARDEE, and HIGHLANDS.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8513, pp. 279-281)1921042320001231
HIGHLANDS1921-04-23 00:00:001949-06-12 00:00:00HIGHLANDS created from DE SOTO.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8513, sec. 1/pp. 279-281)1921042319490612
LAFAYETTE1921-04-25 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00LAFAYETTE lost to creation of DIXIE.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8514, sec. 1/p. 289)1921042520001231
DIXIE1921-04-25 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00DIXIE created from LAFAYETTE.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8514, sec. 1/p. 289)1921042520001231
SARASOTA1921-06-15 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00SARASOTA created from MANATEE.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8515, secs. 1, 22-23/pp. 294, 300; Grismer, Sarasota, 200-201)1921061520001231
MANATEE1921-06-15 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00MANATEE lost to creation of SARASOTA.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8515, secs. 1, 22-23/pp. 294, 300; Grismer, Sarasota, 200-201)1921061520001231
UNION1921-10-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00UNION created from BRADFORD.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8516, secs. 1, 27/pp. 301, 307)1921100120001231
BRADFORD1921-10-01 00:00:001927-06-05 00:00:00BRADFORD lost to creation of UNION.(Fla. Laws 1921, 18th sess., gen., ch. 8516, secs. 1, 27/pp. 301, 307)1921100119270605
MADISON1923-05-31 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00In May 1923, MADISON exchanged with JEFFERSON.(Fla. Laws 1923, 19th sess., gen., ch. 9361/p. 467)1923053120001231
JEFFERSON1923-05-31 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00In May 1923, JEFFERSON exchanged with MADISON.(Fla. Laws 1923, 19th sess., gen., ch. 9361/p. 467)1923053120001231
COLLIER1923-07-07 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00COLLIER created from LEE.(Fla. Laws 1923, 19th sess., gen., ch. 9362, secs. 1, 26/pp. 468, 476)1923070720001231
LEE1923-07-07 00:00:001923-07-09 00:00:00LEE lost to creation of COLLIER.(Fla. Laws 1923, 19th sess., gen., ch. 9362, secs. 1, 26/pp. 468, 476)1923070719230709
HENDRY1923-07-10 00:00:001925-05-13 00:00:00HENDRY created from LEE.(Fla. Laws 1923, 19th sess., gen., ch. 9360, secs. 1, 26/pp. 459, 467)1923071019250513
LEE1923-07-10 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00LEE lost to creation of HENDRY.(Fla. Laws 1923, 19th sess., gen., ch. 9360, secs. 1, 26/pp. 459, 467)1923071020001231
PALM BEACH1925-05-08 00:00:001925-05-13 00:00:00PALM BEACH lost part of Lake Okeechobee to GLADES.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., spec., ch. 10596/p. 1860)1925050819250513
GLADES1925-05-08 00:00:001937-09-06 00:00:00GLADES gained part of Lake Okeechobee from PALM BEACH.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., spec., ch. 10596/p. 1860)1925050819370906
HENDRY1925-05-14 00:00:001937-09-06 00:00:00HENDRY gained a small part of Lake Okeechobee from PALM BEACH.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10090/p. 112)1925051419370906
PALM BEACH1925-05-14 00:00:001925-08-03 00:00:00PALM BEACH lost small part of Lake Okeechobee to HENDRY.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10090/p. 112)1925051419250803
LEVY1925-06-04 00:00:00LEVY gained small area from DIXIE when the boundary shifted from the east bank to the middle of the Suwannee River [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., spec., ch. 10778/p. 2518)19250604
DIXIE1925-06-04 00:00:00DIXIE lost small area to LEVY when the boundary shifted from the east bank to the middle of the Suwannee River [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., spec., ch. 10778/p. 2518)19250604
ST. LUCIE1925-06-29 00:00:001925-08-03 00:00:00ST. LUCIE lost to creation of INDIAN RIVER.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10148, sec. 1/p. 294)1925062919250803
INDIAN RIVER1925-06-29 00:00:001959-11-02 00:00:00INDIAN RIVER created from ST. LUCIE.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10148, sec. 1/p. 294)1925062919591102
CALHOUN1925-07-07 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00CALHOUN lost to creation of GULF.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10132, secs. 1, 25-26/pp. 237, 244)1925070720001231
GULF1925-07-07 00:00:001972-03-29 00:00:00GULF created from CALHOUN.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10132, secs. 1, 25-26/pp. 237, 244)1925070719720329
PALM BEACH1925-08-04 00:00:001963-05-28 00:00:00PALM BEACH lost to creation of MARTIN.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10180, secs. 1, 25-26/pp. 359, 368; Hutchinson, front endpapers)1925080419630528
ST. LUCIE1925-08-04 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00ST. LUCIE lost to creation of MARTIN.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10180, secs. 1, 25-26/pp. 359, 368; Hutchinson, front endpapers)1925080420001231
MARTIN1925-08-04 00:00:001963-05-28 00:00:00MARTIN created from PALM BEACH and ST. LUCIE.(Fla. Laws 1925, 20th sess., gen., ch. 10180, secs. 1, 25-26/pp. 359, 368; Hutchinson, front endpapers)1925080419630528
ALACHUA1926-01-01 00:00:001953-12-31 00:00:00ALACHUA lost to creation of GILCHRIST.(Fla. Laws 1925, ext. sess., ch. 11371, secs. 1, 19-20/pp. 66, 70; McCarthy, 73)1926010119531231
GILCHRIST1926-01-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00GILCHRIST created from ALACHUA.(Fla. Laws 1925, ext. sess., ch. 11371, secs. 1, 19-20/pp. 66, 70; McCarthy, 73)1926010120001231
BRADFORD1927-06-06 00:00:001953-12-31 00:00:00BRADFORD lost small area to PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1927, 21st sess., gen., ch. 12489, sec. 1/p. 1585)1927060619531231
CLAY1927-06-06 00:00:001976-06-30 00:00:00CLAY lost small area to PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1927, 21st sess., gen., ch. 12489, sec. 1/p. 1585)1927060619760630
PUTNAM1927-06-06 00:00:001984-06-13 00:00:00PUTNAM gained small areas from BRADFORD and CLAY.(Fla. Laws 1927, 21st sess., gen., ch. 12489, sec. 1/p. 1585)1927060619840613
LEON1933-05-04 00:00:00LEON lost to GADSDEN when the boundary shifted from the west bank to the middle of the Ochlockonee River [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1933, 24th sess., spec., ch. 16436/p. 493)19330504
GADSDEN1933-05-04 00:00:00GADSDEN gained from LEON when the boundary shifted from the west bank to the middle of the Ochlockonee River [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1933, 24th sess., spec., ch. 16436/p. 493)19330504
HENDRY1937-09-07 00:00:001963-05-28 00:00:00HENDRY gained small area from GLADES.(Fla. Laws 1937, 26th sess., spec., ch. 18568, secs. 1, 6/pp. 535, 537)1937090719630528
GLADES1937-09-07 00:00:001949-06-12 00:00:00GLADES lost small area to HENDRY.(Fla. Laws 1937, 26th sess., spec., ch. 18568, secs. 1, 6/pp. 535, 537)1937090719490612
HILLSBOROUGH1939-05-15 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00HILLSBOROUGH lost small area (Mullet Key) to PINELLAS.(Fla. Laws 1939, 27th sess., gen., ch. 19058/p. 116)1939051520001231
PINELLAS1939-05-15 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00PINELLAS gained small area (Mullet Key) from HILLSBOROUGH.(Fla. Laws 1939, 27th sess., gen., ch. 19058/p. 116)1939051520001231
VOLUSIA1941-06-12 00:00:00Part of the boundary between VOLUSIA and SEMINOLE was clarified [no discernible change].(Fla. Laws 1941, 28th sess., gen., ch. 20888/p. 2358)19410612
SEMINOLE1941-06-12 00:00:00Part of the boundary between SEMINOLE and VOLUSIA was clarified [no discernible change].(Fla. Laws 1941, 28th sess., gen., ch. 20888/p. 2358)19410612
HENDRY1942-07-29 00:00:00HENDRY boundaries were redefined [mistake in description corrected 11 June 1945, no change].(Fla. Stat., 1941, 1:secs. 7.22, 7.26, 7.51, 7.53)19420729
PASCO1942-07-29 00:00:001949-12-30 00:00:00PASCO gained from POLK.(Fla. Stat., 1941, 1:secs. 7.22, 7.26, 7.51, 7.53)1942072919491230
POLK1942-07-29 00:00:001949-12-30 00:00:00POLK lost to PASCO.(Fla. Stat., 1941, 1:secs. 7.22, 7.26, 7.51, 7.53)1942072919491230
HENDRY1945-06-11 00:00:00HENDRY boundaries were clarified, correcting mistake of 29 July 1942 [no change].(Fla. Laws 1945, 30th sess., gen., ch. 22858, sec. 7/p. 862)19450611
OKALOOSA1947-05-31 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00OKALOOSA gained from ESCAMBIA on Santa Rosa Island.(Fla. Laws 1947, 31st sess., gen., ch. 23867/p. 483)1947053120001231
ESCAMBIA1947-05-31 00:00:001951-06-10 00:00:00ESCAMBIA lost to OKALOOSA on Santa Rosa Island.(Fla. Laws 1947, 31st sess., gen., ch. 23867/p. 483)1947053119510610
HIGHLANDS1949-06-13 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00HIGHLANDS lost small area to GLADES.(Fla. Laws 1949, 32d sess., gen., ch. 25612, sec. 1/p. 1342)1949061320001231
GLADES1949-06-13 00:00:001963-05-28 00:00:00GLADES gained small area from HIGHLANDS.(Fla. Laws 1949, 32d sess., gen., ch. 25612, sec. 1/p. 1342)1949061319630528
PASCO1949-12-31 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00PASCO lost to POLK.(Fla. Laws 1949, 32d sess., gen., ch. 25440, secs. 1-2/pp. 1055-1056; Fla. Laws 1949, ext. sess., ch. 26347/p. 125)1949123120001231
POLK1949-12-31 00:00:001967-12-31 00:00:00POLK gained from PASCO.(Fla. Laws 1949, 32d sess., gen., ch. 25440, secs. 1-2/pp. 1055-1056; Fla. Laws 1949, ext. sess., ch. 26347/p. 125)1949123119671231
SANTA ROSA1951-06-11 00:00:001957-06-28 00:00:00SANTA ROSA gained small area from ESCAMBIA on Santa Rosa Island.(Fla. Laws 1951, 33d sess., gen., ch. 26860/p. 742)1951061119570628
ESCAMBIA1951-06-11 00:00:001957-06-28 00:00:00ESCAMBIA lost small area to SANTA ROSA on Santa Rosa Island.(Fla. Laws 1951, 33d sess., gen., ch. 26860/p. 742)1951061119570628
ALACHUA1954-01-01 00:00:001973-12-30 00:00:00ALACHUA exchanged small areas with BRADFORD and COLUMBIA along the Santa Fe River.(Fla. Laws 1953, 34th sess., gen., ch. 28312, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 973-979)1954010119731230
BRADFORD1954-01-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00BRADFORD exchanged small areas with ALACHUA along the Santa Fe River.(Fla. Laws 1953, 34th sess., gen., ch. 28312, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 973-979)1954010120001231
COLUMBIA1954-01-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00COLUMBIA exchanged small areas with ALACHUA along the Santa Fe River.(Fla. Laws 1953, 34th sess., gen., ch. 28312, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 973-979)1954010120001231
SANTA ROSA1957-06-29 00:00:001991-04-26 00:00:00SANTA ROSA gained small area from ESCAMBIA along the right-of-way of the toll bridge and road on Santa Rosa Sound and Island.(Fla. Laws 1957, 36th sess., gen., ch. 57-834/p. 1181)1957062919910426
ESCAMBIA1957-06-29 00:00:001991-04-26 00:00:00ESCAMBIA lost small area to SANTA ROSA along the right-of-way of the toll bridge and road on Santa Rosa Sound and Island.(Fla. Laws 1957, 36th sess., gen., ch. 57-834/p. 1181)1957062919910426
FLAGLER1959-06-20 00:00:00Boundary between FLAGLER and PUTNAM in Crescent Lake was clarified [no discernible change].(Fla. Laws 1959, 37th sess., gen., ch. 59-488, secs. 1-2/pp. 1629-1630)19590620
PUTNAM1959-06-20 00:00:00Boundary between PUTNAM and FLAGLER in Crescent Lake was clarified [no discernible change].(Fla. Laws 1959, 37th sess., gen., ch. 59-488, secs. 1-2/pp. 1629-1630)19590620
BREVARD1959-11-03 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00BREVARD lost small area south of Sebastian Inlet to INDIAN RIVER.(Fla. Laws 1959, 37th sess., gen., ch. 59-486/p. 1626)1959110320001231
INDIAN RIVER1959-11-03 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00INDIAN RIVER gained small area south of Sebastian Inlet from BREVARD.(Fla. Laws 1959, 37th sess., gen., ch. 59-486/p. 1626)1959110320001231
DADE1961-05-13 00:00:001997-11-12 00:00:00DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) gained small area on Barnes Sound from MONROE.(Fla. Laws 1961, 38th sess., gen., ch. 61-16/p. 44)1961051319971112
MONROE1961-05-13 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00MONROE lost small area on Barnes Sound to DADE (now MIAMI-DADE).(Fla. Laws 1961, 38th sess., gen., ch. 61-16/p. 44)1961051320001231
SEMINOLE1961-05-31 00:00:00SEMINOLE boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 25 April 1913 [no change].(Fla. Laws 1961, 38th sess., gen., ch. 61-167, secs. 1-2/pp. 279-281)19610531
ORANGE1961-06-22 00:00:00ORANGE boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 25 April 1913 [no change].(Fla. Laws 1961, 38th sess., gen., ch. 61-483/p. 1075)19610622
HENDRY1963-05-29 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00HENDRY gained part of Lake Okeechobee from PALM BEACH.(Fla. Laws 1963, 39th sess., gen., ch. 63-200, secs. 1-5/pp. 451-454)1963052920001231
PALM BEACH1963-05-29 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00PALM BEACH lost parts of Lake Okeechobee to GLADES, HENDRY, MARTIN, and OKEECHOBEE.(Fla. Laws 1963, 39th sess., gen., ch. 63-200, secs. 1-5/pp. 451-454)1963052920001231
GLADES1963-05-29 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00GLADES gained part of Lake Okeechobee from PALM BEACH.(Fla. Laws 1963, 39th sess., gen., ch. 63-200, secs. 1-5/pp. 451-454)1963052920001231
OKEECHOBEE1963-05-29 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00OKEECHOBEE gained part of Lake Okeechobee from PALM BEACH.(Fla. Laws 1963, 39th sess., gen., ch. 63-200, secs. 1-5/pp. 451-454)1963052920001231
MARTIN1963-05-29 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00MARTIN gained part of Lake Okeechobee from PALM BEACH.(Fla. Laws 1963, 39th sess., gen., ch. 63-200, secs. 1-5/pp. 451-454)1963052920001231
HENDRY1963-06-12 00:00:00HENDRY gained small area from GLADES along Route 80 [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1963, 39th sess., gen., ch. 63-391/p. 1048)19630612
GLADES1963-06-12 00:00:00GLADES lost small area to HENDRY along Route 80 [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1963, 39th sess., gen., ch. 63-391/p. 1048)19630612
VOLUSIA1967-06-14 00:00:00VOLUSIA boundaries were redefined [no change].(Fla. Laws 1967, 41st sess., gen., ch. 67-190/p. 389)19670614
PINELLAS1967-08-04 00:00:00PINELLAS boundary in the Gulf of Mexico was clarified [no change].(Fla. Laws 1967, 41st sess., gen., ch. 67-601/p. 1789)19670804
POLK1968-01-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00POLK exchanged with OSCEOLA.(Fla. Laws 1967, 41st sess., gen., ch. 67-592, secs. 1-3/pp. 1728-1730)1968010120001231
OSCEOLA1968-01-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00OSCEOLA exchanged with POLK.(Fla. Laws 1967, 41st sess., gen., ch. 67-592, secs. 1-3/pp. 1728-1730)1968010120001231
FRANKLIN1972-03-30 00:00:001986-09-30 00:00:00FRANKLIN gained Forbes Island from GULF.(Fla. Laws 1972, reg. sess., gen., ch. 72-119/p. 388)1972033019860930
GULF1972-03-30 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00GULF lost Forbes Island to FRANKLIN.(Fla. Laws 1972, reg. sess., gen., ch. 72-119/p. 388)1972033020001231
ALACHUA1973-12-31 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00In 1973, ALACHUA lost to MARION when part of Lake Orange was drained.(Rand, McNally, 1972, pp. 158-159; Rand, McNally, 1973, pp. 158-159)1973123120001231
MARION1973-12-31 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00In 1973, MARION gained from ALACHUA when part of Lake Orange was drained.(Rand, McNally, 1972, pp. 158-159; Rand, McNally, 1973, pp. 158-159)1973123120001231
DUVAL1976-07-01 00:00:001980-12-30 00:00:00DUVAL lost small area to CLAY along Interstate Highway 295.(Fla. Laws 1976, reg. sess., gen., ch. 76-17/p. 25)1976070119801230
CLAY1976-07-01 00:00:001980-12-30 00:00:00CLAY gained small area from DUVAL along Interstate Highway 295.(Fla. Laws 1976, reg. sess., gen., ch. 76-17/p. 25)1976070119801230
CLAY1978-06-27 00:00:00CLAY boundaries were redefined [no change].(Fla. Laws 1978, 2d reg. sess., gen., ch. 78-421/p. 1394)19780627
DADE1978-10-01 00:00:00DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) lost small area at Golden Beach to BROWARD [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1978_pt. for location].(Fla. Laws 1978, 2d reg. sess., gen., ch. 78-119, secs. 1-3/pp. 447-449)19781001
BROWARD1978-10-01 00:00:00BROWARD gained small area at Golden Beach from DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1978_pt. for location].(Fla. Laws 1978, 2d reg. sess., gen., ch. 78-119, secs. 1-3/pp. 447-449)19781001
DUVAL1980-12-31 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00DUVAL lost small area to CLAY along Interstate Highway 295.(Fla. Laws 1980, reg. sess., gen., ch. 80-9, secs. 1-3/pp. 64-66)1980123120001231
CLAY1980-12-31 00:00:001984-06-13 00:00:00CLAY gained small area from DUVAL along Interstate Highway 295.(Fla. Laws 1980, reg. sess., gen., ch. 80-9, secs. 1-3/pp. 64-66)1980123119840613
ESCAMBIA1983-06-14 00:00:00ESCAMBIA boundaries were clarified to extend into the Gulf of Mexico [no change].(Fla. Laws 1983, reg. and spec. sess., gen., ch. 83-130/p. 434)19830614
VOLUSIA1983-06-24 00:00:00VOLUSIA boundaries were redefined [no change].(Fla. Laws 1983, reg. and spec. sess., gen., ch. 83-217, sec. 1/p. 984)19830624
PUTNAM1984-06-14 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00PUTNAM lost small area to CLAY.(Fla. Laws 1984, reg. sess., gen., ch. 84-211, secs. 1-3/pp. 664-666)1984061420001231
CLAY1984-06-14 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00CLAY gained small area from PUTNAM.(Fla. Laws 1984, reg. sess., gen., ch. 84-211, secs. 1-3/pp. 664-666)1984061420001231
FRANKLIN1986-10-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00FRANKLIN lost to WAKULLA when the boundary shifted from the east bank to the middle of the Ochlockonee River and Bay.(Fla. Laws 1986, reg. sess., gen., ch. 86-288/p. 2109)1986100120001231
WAKULLA1986-10-01 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00WAKULLA gained from FRANKLIN when the boundary shifted from the east bank to the middle of the Ochlockonee River and Bay.(Fla. Laws 1986, reg. sess., gen., ch. 86-288/p. 2109)1986100120001231
SANTA ROSA1991-04-27 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00SANTA ROSA gained small area from ESCAMBIA on Santa Rosa Island.(Fla. Laws 1991, 12th leg., ch. 91-310/pp. 2983-2986)1991042720001231
ESCAMBIA1991-04-27 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00ESCAMBIA lost small area to SANTA ROSA on Santa Rosa Island.(Fla. Laws 1991, 12th leg., ch. 91-310/pp. 2983-2986)1991042720001231
INDIAN RIVER1991-04-30 00:00:00INDIAN RIVER boundaries were clarified [no change].(Fla. Laws 1991, 12th leg., ch. 91-39/p. 288)19910430
CITRUS1994-05-29 00:00:00CITRUS lost small area to LEVY when the boundary shifted from the north bank to the thread of the Withlacoochee River [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1994, 13th leg., ch. 94-313/pp. 2184-2186)19940529
LEVY1994-05-29 00:00:00LEVY gained small area from CITRUS when the boundary shifted from the north bank to the thread of the Withlacoochee River [not mapped].(Fla. Laws 1994, 13th leg., ch. 94-313/pp. 2184-2186)19940529
MIAMI-DADE1997-11-13 00:00:002000-12-31 00:00:00DADE renamed MIAMI-DADE.(Florida Department, Miami-Dade Public Library, telephone conversation, 27 October 2006)1997111320001231
NEW RIVER (see BRADFORD)
ST. LUCIE original (see BREVARD)
BENTON (see HERNANDO)
DADE (see MIAMI-DADE)
MOSQUITO (see ORANGE)

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