Editing Osceola County, Florida (section)

==History==
Osceola County was created in 1887. On July 21, 1821, Florida was divided into two counties, named [[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia County]] to the west and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. John's County]] to the east. In 1824, the southern part of St. John's County became [[Orange County, Florida#History|Mosquito County]], with [[Enterprise, Florida|Enterprise]] as the [[county seat]]. In 1844, [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard County]] was carved out from Mosquito County. When Florida became a state in 1845, Mosquito County was renamed [[Orange County, Florida#History|Orange County]]. On May 12, 1887, Osceola was named a county, having been created from both Orange and Brevard Counties. Osceola County reached all the way down to [[Lake Okeechobee]] until 1917 when [[Okeechobee County, Florida|Okeechobee County]] was formed.

Since the late 20th century, Osceola County has experienced a significant influx of migrants from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the unincorporated territory of the United States,<ref>{{cite web|last=Rohter |first=Larry |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E0DB1539F932A05752C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=A Puerto Rican Boom for Florida |work=New York Times |date=January 31, 1994 |access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> and in the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 U.S. Census]] Puerto Rican was the largest self-reported ancestry group.<ref>[[:Image:Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.jpg]]</ref>