Editing List of counties in Florida (section)

==Proposed counties==
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|[[Bloxham County, Florida|Bloxham County]]
|1915
|[[William D. Bloxham]] (1835–1911), [[List of Governors of Florida|13th and 17th governor of Florida]]
|Proposal to combine parts of Levy County and Marion County, with its county seat at [[Williston, FL|Williston]]<ref>{{cite act|title=An Act Providing for the Creation of Bloxham County in the State of Florida, and for the Organization and the Government Thereof|number=130 (Chapter 6936)|year=1915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yx2xAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA298}}</ref>
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|Gulf County
|1887
|[[Gulf of Mexico]]
|Proposal to split Hillsborough County roughly along modern Hillsborough-Pinellas boundaries<ref>{{Cite news |date=1887-05-31 |title=The Senate Fails to Pass |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/893124471 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The Palatka Daily News; Palatka, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Leigh Read County, Florida|Leigh Read County]]
|1842
|[[Leigh Read]] (1809–1841), Florida legislator
|Proposed renaming of [[Mosquito County, Florida|Mosquito County]]
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|Miami County
|1947
|City of [[Miami]]
|[[Consolidated city-county]]<ref>{{cite act|title=An Act Providing the Manner, Method and Means of the Election and Creation of a Charter Board in the Territory now Comprising Dade County; Providing for the Drafting and Adopting of the Charter Prepared by Said Board for Said Territory; Providing for the Election of Commissioners of a New Political Subdivision in the Territory now Comprising Dade County to be Known as the County of Miami; Providing the Effective Date of Said Charter and the Time the Board of Commissioners Shall Take Office; and Providing that This Act Shall not Become Effective Until the Joint Resolution No. 407 has Been Approved by the Qualified Electors of Dade County and of the State of Florida as a Whole|number=853 (Chapter 24467)|year=1947|url=}}</ref>
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|Ocean County
|1981
|[[Atlantic Ocean]]
|Proposal for [[barrier island]] beach communities from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida|Cape Canaveral]] to [[Sebastian Inlet]] to secede from Brevard County<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larson |first=Peter |date=1981-02-25 |title=Brevard man wants to form Ocean County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/236787267 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=Sentinel Star; Orlando, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|Ocean County
|1993
|[[Atlantic Ocean]]
|Proposal for the [[Jacksonville Beaches]] communities to secede from Duval County<ref>{{Cite news |date=1993-04-19 |title=Rebel residents propose new county |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/637651811 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The Miami Herald; Miami, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffin |first=Laura |date=1993-11-14 |title=A beach aches to break away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/324705267 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|Springs County
|2020
|City of [[High Springs, Florida|High Springs]]
|Proposal to split Alachua County along 34th Street in Gainesville<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Springs County? {{!}} Springs County |url=https://springscounty.com/why-springs-county/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=springscounty.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-16 |title=Springs County: Is there a feasible way to redraw county lines? |url=https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/govt-politics/springs-county-is-there-a-feasible-way-to-redraw-county-lines_id_8b38b76c-aff4-11ea-a2a6-4f3179e2482c |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.mainstreetdailynews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|Wilson County
|1917
|[[Woodrow Wilson]] (1856–1924), [[List of presidents of the United States|28th president of the United States]]
|Proposal to combine parts of Pinellas County north of [[Dunedin, Florida|Dunedin]] and the western half of Pasco County, with its county seat at [[Tarpon Springs]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1917-01-26 |title=Would Have Wilson County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/352503623 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The Pensacola Journal; Pensacola, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
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