Editing List of counties in Florida (section)

==Counties==
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{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=001 |Name= Alachua |Seat= Gainesville |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[Duval County, FL|Duval]] and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]|Data4=From a Seminole-Creek word meaning "jug", apparently in reference to the sinkholes common in the area<ref>Morris, Allen, ''Florida Place Names''</ref>  |Data5= 333.85 |Population= 291782|Area= 874 |Alt=A state map highlighting Alachua County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=003 |Name= Baker |Seat= Macclenny |Data2= 1861  |Data3=[[Bradford County, Florida|New River]]|Data4=[[James McNair Baker]] (1821–1892), a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[senator]] and later a [[judge]] in the fourth judicial district | |Data5= 50.13 |Population= 29325|Area= 585 |Alt=A state map highlighting Baker County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=005 |Name= Bay |Seat= Panama City |Data2= 1913  |Data3=[[Calhoun County, FL|Calhoun]] and [[Washington County, Florida|Washington]]|Data4=[[St. Andrews Bay (Florida)|St. Andrew's Bay]], the central geographic feature of the county |Data5= 261.41|Population=199718|Area= 764 |Alt=A state map highlighting Bay County in the panhandle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=007 |Name= Bradford |Seat= Starke |Data2= 1858  |Data3=[[Columbia County, Florida|Columbia]]<br>named New River until 1861|Data4=Richard Bradford, the first officer from Florida to die in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]; he was killed during the [[Battle of Santa Rosa Island]] |Data5= 95.82 |Population= 28075 |Area= 293 |Alt=A state map highlighting Bradford County in the corner part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=009 |Name= Brevard |Seat= Titusville |Data2= 1844  |Data3=[[Hillsborough County, FL|Hillsborough]] and [[Mosquito County, Florida|Mosquito]]<br>named [[St. Lucie County, Florida (1844-1855)|St. Lucie]] until 1855<ref name="bcf">Eriksen, John M., ''Brevard County, Florida...A Short History to 1955''</ref>|Data4=[[Theodorus W. Brevard|Theodore Washington Brevard]], early settler and later [[Florida Comptroller|state comptroller]] from 1853 to 1861<ref name="bcf"/> |Data5= 646.80|Population= 658447|Area= 1018 |Alt=A state map highlighting Brevard County in the southeastern part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=011 |Name= Broward |Seat= Fort Lauderdale |Data2= 1915 |Data3=[[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]] and [[Palm Beach County, FL|Palm Beach]]|Data4=[[Napoleon Bonaparte Broward]] (1857–1910), [[List of Governors of Florida|19th governor of Florida]] from 1905 to 1909 |Data5= 1685.25|Population= 2037472|Area= 1209 |Alt=A state map highlighting Broward County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size and shaped like a rectangle.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=013 |Name= Calhoun |Seat= Blountstown |Data2= 1838  |Data3=[[Franklin County, Florida|Franklin]], [[Jackson County, FL|Jackson]], and [[Washington County, FL|Washington]]|Data4=[[John C. Calhoun]] (1782–1850) leading [[Southern United States|Southern]] politician from [[South Carolina]] |Data5= 23.42|Population= 13278 |Area= 567 }}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=015 |Name= Charlotte |Seat= Punta Gorda |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]]|Data4=Probably a corruption of the name of the [[Calusa]], a group of Native Americans from the area |Data5= 305.65 |Population= 212122 |Area= 694 |Alt=A state map highlighting Charlotte County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=017 |Name= Citrus |Seat= Inverness |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando]]|Data4=The county's [[citrus]] trees |Data5= 291.39 |Population= 170174|Area= 584 |Alt=A state map highlighting Citrus County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=019 |Name= Clay |Seat= Green Cove Springs |Data2= 1858  |Data3=[[Duval County, Florida|Duval]]|Data4=[[Henry Clay]] (1777–1852), [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] from 1825 to 1829 under [[John Quincy Adams]] |Data5= 393.94 |Population= 236760|Area= 601 |Alt=A state map highlighting Clay County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=021 |Name= Collier |Seat= East Naples |Data2= 1923  |Data3=[[Lee County, Florida|Lee]]|Data4=[[Barron Collier]] (1873–1939), an [[advertising]] [[entrepreneur]] who developed much of the land in southern Florida  |Data5= 205.45|Population= 416233|Area= 2026 |Alt=A state map highlighting Collier County in the southern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=023 |Name= Columbia |Seat= Lake City |Data2= 1832  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]]|Data4=[[Christopher Columbus]] ({{circa|1451}}–1506), [[explorer]] of the [[Americas]] |Data5= 92.82 |Population= 73977|Area= 797 |Alt=A state map highlighting Columbia County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=027 |Name= DeSoto |Seat= Arcadia |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee]]|Data4=[[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] ({{circa|1496}}/1497–1542), a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] explorer and [[conquistador]] |Data5= 57.68|Population= 36744 |Area= 637 |Alt=A state map highlighting DeSoto County in the southern part of the state. It is small in size and rectangular in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=029 |Name= Dixie |Seat= Cross City |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[Lafayette County, Florida|Lafayette]]|Data4=[[Dixie]], the common nickname for the [[Southern United States]]  |Data5= 25.02|Population= 17614 |Area= 704 |Alt=A state map highlighting Dixie County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=031 |Name= Duval |Seat= Jacksonville |Data2= 1822  |Data3=[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]|Data4=[[William Pope Duval]] (1784–1854), the first governor of the [[Florida Territory]] |Data5= 1363.25|Population= 1055159|Area= 774 |Alt=A state map highlighting Duval County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=033 |Name= Escambia |Seat= Pensacola |Data2= 1821  |Data3=One of the two original counties|Data4=Disputed origin; possibly from the [[Muscogee language|Creek]] or [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]]word ''Shambia'', meaning "clear water", or from Spanish word "cambiar", meaning to barter |Data5= 498.91|Population= 331275 |Area= 664 |Alt=A state map highlighting Escambia County in the westernmost part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=035 |Name= Flagler |Seat= Bunnell |Data2= 1917  |Data3=[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]] and [[Volusia County, Florida|Volusia]]|Data4=[[Henry Morrison Flagler]] (1830–1913), founder of the [[Florida East Coast Railway]] |Data5= 281.95|Population= 136744|Area= 485 |Alt=A state map highlighting Flagler County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=037 |Name= Franklin |Seat= Apalachicola |Data2= 1832  |Data3=[[Gadsden County, Florida|Gadsden]] and [[Washington County, FL|Washington]]|Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]] (1706–1790), one of the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]] of the [[United States|United States of America]] |Data5= 24.31|Population= 12979|Area= 534 |Alt=A state map highlighting Franklin County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=039 |Name= Gadsden |Seat= Quincy |Data2= 1823  |Data3=[[Jackson County, Florida|Jackson]]|Data4=[[James Gadsden]] (1788–1858), American diplomat and namesake of the [[Gadsden Purchase]] |Data5= 85.56|Population= 44151 |Area= 516 |Alt=A state map highlighting Gadsden County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=041 |Name= Gilchrist |Seat= Trenton |Data2= 1925  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]]|Data4=[[Albert W. Gilchrist]] (1858–1926), the [[List of Governors of Florida|20th governor of Florida]] |Data5= 57.97|Population= 20233 |Area= 349 |Alt=A state map highlighting Gilchrist County in the corner part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=043 |Name= Glades |Seat= Moore Haven |Data2= 1921 |Data3=[[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]]|Data4=The [[Florida Everglades]] |Data5= 16.97|Population=13132 |Area= 774 |Alt=A state map highlighting Glades County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=045 |Name= Gulf |Seat= Port St. Joe |Data2= 1925  |Data3=[[Calhoun County, Florida|Calhoun]]|Data4=The [[Gulf of Mexico]] |Data5= 28.10|Population= 15876|Area= 565 |Alt=A state map highlighting Gulf County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=047 |Name= Hamilton |Seat= Jasper |Data2= 1827  |Data3=[[Jefferson County, Florida|Jefferson]]|Data4=[[Alexander Hamilton]] (1757–1804), the first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] and a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] |Data5= 27.83|Population= 14334 |Area= 515 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hamilton County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=049 |Name= Hardee |Seat= Wauchula |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]]|Data4=[[Cary A. Hardee]] (1876–1957), governor of Florida at the time of creation of Hardee County |Data5= 40.92|Population= 26068|Area= 637 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hardee County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size and shaped like a rectangle.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=051 |Name= Hendry |Seat= LaBelle |Data2= 1923  |Data3=[[Lee County, Florida|Lee]]|Data4=[[Francis A. Hendry]] (1833–1917), early Floridian pioneer and politician |Data5= 40.01|Population= 46130 |Area= 1153 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hendry County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=053 |Name= Hernando |Seat= Brooksville |Data2= 1843  |Data3=[[Alachua County, FL|Alachua]] and [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]]<br>named Benton from 1844 to 1850|Data4=[[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] ({{circa|1496}}/1497–1542), a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] explorer and [[conquistador]] |Data5= 456.38|Population= 218150 |Area= 478 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hernando County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=055 |Name= Highlands |Seat= Sebring |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]]|Data4=Named for the county's hilly terrain  |Data5= 106.79|Population= 109778 |Area= 1028 |Alt=A state map highlighting Highlands County in the southern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=057 |Name= Hillsborough |Seat= Tampa |Data2= 1834  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]]<!--and "Indian lands"-->|Data4=[[Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire|Wills Hill]], [[Earl of Hillsborough]] (1718–1793), former [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] |Data5= 1504.69|Population= 1581426|Area= 1051 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hillsborough County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=059 |Name= Holmes |Seat= Bonifay |Data2= 1848  |Data3=[[Jackson County, Florida|Jackson]] and [[Walton County, Florida|Walton]]|Data4=Holmes Creek, which forms the eastern boundary of the county |Data5= 41.24|Population= 19876|Area= 482 |Alt=A state map highlighting Holmes County in the northwestern part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=061 |Name= Indian River |Seat= Vero Beach |Data2= 1925  |Data3=[[St. Lucie County, Florida|St. Lucie]]|Data4=The [[Indian River Lagoon]], which flows through the county |Data5= 342.22|Population= 172139 |Area= 503 |Alt=A state map highlighting Indian River County in the eastern part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=063 |Name= Jackson |Seat= Marianna |Data2= 1822  |Data3=[[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]]|Data4=[[Andrew Jackson]] (1767–1845), the [[List of Presidents of the United States|seventh]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 54.56|Population= 49980 |Area= 916 |Alt=A state map highlighting Jackson County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=065 |Name= Jefferson |Seat= Monticello |Data2= 1827  |Data3=[[Leon County, Florida|Leon]]|Data4=[[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743–1826), the [[List of Presidents of the United States|third]] [[President of the United States]] and principal author of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] |Data5= 26.62|Population= 15921 |Area= 598 |Alt=A state map highlighting Jefferson County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=067 |Name= Lafayette |Seat= Mayo |Data2= 1856  |Data3=[[Madison County, Florida|Madison]]|Data4=[[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette]] (1757–1834), [[French people|French]] aristocrat and general in the [[American Revolutionary War]] |Data5= 15.91|Population= 8640 |Area= 543 |Alt=A state map highlighting Lafayette County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=069 |Name= Lake |Seat= Tavares |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Orange County, Florida|Orange]] and [[Sumter County, Florida|Sumter]]|Data4=Named for the many lakes in the region |Data5= 466.11|Population= 444204 |Area= 953 |Alt=A state map highlighting Lake County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=071 |Name= Lee |Seat= Fort Myers |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe]]|Data4=[[Robert E. Lee]] (1807–1870), commander of the Confederate [[Army of Northern Virginia]] in the [[American Civil War]] |Data5=  1070.84  |Population= 860959 |Area= 804 |Alt=A state map highlighting Lee County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=073 |Name= Leon |Seat= Tallahassee |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[Gadsden County, Florida|Gadsden]]<!--and a bit of Duval-->|Data4=[[Juan Ponce de León]] (1474–1521), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[explorer]] who named Florida |Data5= 450.51|Population= 300488 |Area= 667 |Alt=A state map highlighting Leon County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=075 |Name= Levy |Seat= Bronson |Data2= 1845  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]]|Data4=[[David Levy Yulee]] (1810–1886), one of the state's original United States Senators |Data5= 42.72|Population= 47765|Area= 1118 |Alt=A state map highlighting Levy County in the corner part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=077 |Name= Liberty |Seat= Bristol |Data2= 1855  |Data3=[[Gadsden County, Florida|Gadsden]]|Data4=The patriotic ideal of [[liberty]] |Data5= 9.52|Population= 7955 |Area= 836 |Alt=A state map highlighting Liberty County in the northwestern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=079 |Name= Madison |Seat= Madison |Data2= 1827  |Data3=[[Jefferson County, Florida|Jefferson]]|Data4=[[James Madison]] (1751–1836), [[List of Presidents of the United States|fourth]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 26.54|Population= 18364|Area= 692 |Alt=A state map highlighting Madison County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=081 |Name= Manatee |Seat= Bradenton |Data2= 1855  |Data3=[[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]]|Data4=The [[West Indian manatee|manatee]], or sea cow, is native to Florida waters. |Data5= 618.56|Population= 458352 |Area= 741 |Alt=A state map highlighting Manatee County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=083 |Name= Marion |Seat= Ocala |Data2= 1844  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]], [[Hillsborough County, FL|Hillsborough]], and [[Mosquito County, FL|Mosquito]]<!--and a tiny bit of St. Johns-->|Data4=[[Francis Marion]] ({{circa|1732}}–1795), military officer during the [[American Revolution]] |Data5= 271.63|Population= 428905|Area= 1579 |Alt=A state map highlighting Marion County in the corner part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=085 |Name= Martin |Seat= Stuart |Data2= 1925  |Data3=[[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]]|Data4=[[John W. Martin]] (1884–1958), governor of Florida at time of creation of the county |Data5= 297.96|Population= 165666|Area= 556 |Alt=A state map highlighting Martin County in the southern part of the state. It is small in size and shaped like a rectangle.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=086 |Name= Miami-Dade |Seat= Miami |Data2= 1836  |Data3=[[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe]]<br>named Dade until 1997|Data4=City of [[Miami]] and [[Francis L. Dade]] ({{circa|1793}}–1835), [[Major (United States)|Major]] in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Second Seminole War]] |Data5= 1458.61|Population= 2838461 |Area= 1946 |Alt=A state map highlighting Miami-Dade County in the southernmost part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=087 |Name= Monroe |Seat= Key West |Data2= 1823  |Data3=[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]|Data4=[[James Monroe]] (1758–1831), [[List of Presidents of the United States|fifth]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 81.15|Population= 80908 |Area= 997 |Alt=A state map highlighting Monroe County in the southernmost part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=089 |Name= Nassau |Seat= Fernandina Beach |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[Duval County, Florida|Duval]]|Data4=[[Duchy of Nassau]] in Germany  |Data5= 160.09|Population= 104376 |Area= 652 |Alt=A state map highlighting Nassau County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=091 |Name= Okaloosa |Seat= Crestview |Data2= 1915  |Data3=[[Santa Rosa County, Florida|Santa Rosa]] and [[Walton County, Florida|Walton]]|Data4=A [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]] word meaning "a pleasant place", "black water", or "beautiful place" |Data5= 235.56|Population= 220483 |Area= 936 |Alt=A state map highlighting Okaloosa County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size and shaped like a narrow rectangle.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=093 |Name= Okeechobee |Seat= Okeechobee |Data2= 1917  |Data3=[[Osceola County, Florida|Osceola]] and [[St. Lucie County, Florida|St. Lucie]]<!--and a tiny bit of Palm Beach-->|Data4=[[Lake Okeechobee]], which was in turn  is from the [[Hitchiti]] words for "big water" |Data5= 54.74|Population= 42369 |Area= 774 |Alt=A state map highlighting Okeechobee County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=095 |Name= Orange |Seat= Orlando |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]<br>named [[Mosquito County, Florida|Mosquito]] until 1845|Data4=The [[Orange (fruit)|fruit]] that was the county's main product |Data5= 1689.04|Population= 1533646 |Area= 908 |Alt=A state map highlighting Orange County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=097 |Name= Osceola |Seat= Kissimmee |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]] and [[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]|Data4=[[Osceola]] (1804–1838), a leader of the [[Seminole]] during the [[Second Seminole War]] |Data5= 354.05|Population= 468058 |Area= 1322 |Alt=A state map highlighting Osceola County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=099 |Name= Palm Beach |Seat= West Palm  Beach |Data2= 1909  |Data3=[[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami Dade County]]|Data4=The county's large amounts of [[palm tree]]s |Data5= 777.80|Population= 1582055 |Area= 2034 |Alt=A state map highlighting Palm Beach County in the southern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=101 |Name= Pasco |Seat= Dade City |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando]]|Data4=[[Samuel Pasco]] (1834–1917), [[United States Senator]] at the time of creation of the county |Data5= 884.72 |Population= 659114 |Area= 745 |Alt=A state map highlighting Pasco County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=103 |Name= Pinellas |Seat= Clearwater |Data2= 1912  |Data3=[[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]]|Data4=From the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''Punta Piñal'', or "Point of Pines" |Data5= 3449.54|Population= 965870 |Area= 280 |Alt=A state map highlighting Pinellas County in the middle part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=105 |Name= Polk |Seat= Bartow |Data2= 1861  |Data3=[[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]] and [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]]|Data4=[[James K. Polk]] (1795–1849), the [[List of Presidents of the United States|11th]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 454.87|Population= 852878 |Area= 1875 |Alt=A state map highlighting Polk County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=107 |Name= Putnam |Seat= Palatka |Data2= 1849  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]] and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]|Data4=Benjamin A. Putnam (1801–1869), soldier during the [[Second Seminole War]] and Floridian legislator |Data5= 107.07|Population= 77301|Area= 722 |Alt=A state map highlighting Putnam County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=109 |Name= St. Johns |Seat= St. Augustine |Data2= 1821  |Data3=One of the two original counties|Data4=Name derived from the [[St. Johns River]], which in turn derives its name from [[San Juan del Puerto, Florida|San Juan del Puerto]] |Data5= 549.96|Population= 334928|Area= 609 |Alt=A state map highlighting St. Johns County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=111 |Name= St. Lucie |Seat= Fort Pierce |Data2= 1905  |Data3=[[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]]|Data4=[[Saint Lucy]] (283–304), the [[Christian martyrs|Christian martyr]] |Data5= 682.99|Population= 390670 |Area= 572 |Alt=A state map highlighting St. Lucie County in the southern part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=113 |Name= Santa Rosa |Seat= Milton |Data2= 1842  |Data3=[[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]]|Data4=[[Santa Rosa Island, Florida|Santa Rosa Island]], which is in turn named for [[Saint Rosa de Viterbo]] (1235–1252), a [[saint]] born in [[Viterbo]], [[Italy]] |Data5= 204.38|Population= 207653 |Area= 1016 |Alt=A state map highlighting Santa Rosa County in the northwestern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=115 |Name= Sarasota |Seat= Sarasota |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee]]|Data4=[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word, of uncertain meaning, for the area |Data5= 833.22|Population= 476604 |Area= 572 |Alt=A state map highlighting Sarasota County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=117 |Name= Seminole |Seat= Sanford |Data2= 1913  |Data3=[[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]|Data4=The [[Seminole]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe |Data5= 1605.86|Population= 494605|Area= 308 |Alt=A state map highlighting Seminole County in the middle part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=119 |Name= Sumter |Seat= Bushnell |Data2= 1853 |Data3=[[Marion County, Florida|Marion]]|Data4=[[Thomas Sumter]] (1734–1832), general in the [[American Revolution]] |Data5= 283.32|Population= 154693 |Area= 546 |Alt=A state map highlighting Sumter County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=121 |Name= Suwannee |Seat= Live Oak |Data2= 1858  |Data3=[[Columbia County, Florida|Columbia]]|Data4=The [[Suwannee River]], a 266-mile long river in northern Florida |Data5= 69.09|Population= 47536 |Area= 688 |Alt=A state map highlighting Suwannee County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=123 |Name= Taylor |Seat= Perry |Data2= 1856  |Data3=[[Madison County, Florida|Madison]]|Data4=[[Zachary Taylor]] (1784–1850), [[List of Presidents of the United States|12th]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 20.96|Population= 21843 |Area= 1042 |Alt=A state map highlighting Taylor County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=125 |Name= Union |Noseat= [[Lake Butler, Union County, Florida|Lake Butler]] |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[Bradford County, Florida|Bradford]]|Data4=Named for the area's residents united desire to split into a separate county |Data5= 65.58|Population= 15738|Area= 240 |Alt=A state map highlighting Union County in the corner part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=127 |Name= Volusia |Seat= DeLand |Data2= 1854  |Data3=[[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]|Data4=The port of [[Volusia, Florida|Volusia]], whose etymology is uncertain; possibly derived from the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word for "Land of the [[Yuchi|Euchees]]", the term for the area's native inhabitants |Data5= 545.00|Population= 602772 |Area= 1106 |Alt=A state map highlighting Volusia County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=129 |Name= Wakulla |Seat= Crawfordville |Data2= 1843  |Data3=[[Leon County, Florida|Leon]]|Data4=The [[Wakulla River]], itself named for a  Spanish corruption of a [[Timucua]]n word used to describe the body of water, but that is of uncertain meaning |Data5= 61.14  |Population= 37115|Area= 607 |Alt=A state map highlighting Wakulla County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=131 |Name= Walton |Seat= DeFuniak Springs |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]] and [[Jackson County, FL|Jackson]]|Data4=George Walton, first Secretary of Florida Territory |Data5= 84.75|Population= 89666 |Area= 1058 |Alt=A state map highlighting Walton County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=133 |Name= Washington |Seat= Chipley |Data2= 1825 |Data3=[[Jackson County, Florida|Jackson]] and [[Walton County, Florida|Walton]]|Data4=[[George Washington]] (1732–1799), [[List of Presidents of the United States|first]] [[President of the United States]]  |Data5= 45.69|Population= 26503 |Area= 580 |Alt=A state map highlighting Washington County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
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