List Of Florida County Name Etymologies

• Alachua County, Florida: Alachua is named from a word meaning "sinkhole" in either the Muskogee or Timucua Native American language.
• Baker County, Florida: Baker is named after James McNair Baker, a Confederate senator.
• Bay County, Florida: Bay is named after St. Andrews Bay.
• Bradford County, Florida: Bradford is named after Richard Bradford, a captain in the American Civil War who was killed in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.
• Brevard County, Florida: Brevard is named after either Ephraim Brevard, who wrote the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, or George Washington Brevard, who served as Florida State Controller from 1854 to 1860.
• Broward County, Florida: Broward is named after Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, the nineteenth state governor of Florida.
• Calhoun County, Florida: Calhoun is named after John Caldwell Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States.
• Charlotte County, Florida: Charlotte is named after the Bay of Charlotte Harbor.
• Citrus County, Florida: Citrus is named from the county's citrus trees and the economic importance of those fruits.
• Clay County, Florida: Clay is named after Henry Clay, the Kentucky statesman, presidential candidate, and ninth secretary of state of the United States.
• Collier County, Florida: Collier is named after Barron Collier, a land owner and developer.
• Columbia County, Florida: Columbia is named after Christopher Columbus, the famous explorer.
• De Soto County, Florida: De Soto is named after Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer (Hernando County is also named after de Soto).
• Dixie County, Florida: Dixie is named from Dixie, a common nickname for the Southern United States.
• Duval County, Florida: Duval is named after William Pope DuVal, a territorial Governor of Florida.
• Escambia County, Florida: Escambia is named after the Escambia River.
• Flagler County, Florida: Flagler is named after Henry Morrison Flagler, a famous railroad and real estate tycoon who helped develop eastern Florida's seaboard.
• Franklin County, Florida: Franklin is named after Benjamin Franklin, the famous Founding Father, statesman, printer, and scientist.
• Gadsden County, Florida: Gadsden is named after James Gadsden, a soldier in territorial Florida, railroad builder, and diplomat.
• Gilchrist County, Florida: Gilchrist is named after Albert Waller Gilchrist, the twentieth governor of Florida.
• Glades County, Florida: Glades is named after the Florida Everglades.
• Gulf County, Florida: Gulf is named after the Gulf of Mexico.
• Hamilton County, Florida: Hamilton is named after Alexander Hamilton, the famous statesman and first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• Hardee County, Florida: Hardee is named after Cary Augustus Hardee, the twenty-third governor of Florida.
• Hendry County, Florida: Hendry is named after Francis A. Hendry, an early settler.
• Hernando County, Florida: Hernando is named after Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer (De Soto County is also named after de Soto).
• Highlands County, Florida: Highlands is named from its terrain.
• Hillsborough County, Florida: Hillsborough is named after the Hillsborough River, which is named after Wills Hill, Viscount Hillsborough, a British politician during the period of the American Revolutionary War who ordered the mapping of the river's course.
• Holmes County, Florida: Holmes is named after Thomas J. Holmes, an early settler in the region.
• Indian River County, Florida: Indian River is named after the Indian River, not a real river, but a long, narrow saltwater lagoon between the mainland and the barrier islands that extends above and below the county.
• Jackson County, Florida: Jackson is named after Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States and the military governor of Florida in 1821.
• Jefferson County, Florida: Jefferson is named after Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
• Lafayette County, Florida: Lafayette is named after the Marquis de Lafayette, the French general in the American Revolutionary War.
• Lake County, Florida: Lake is named from the numerous lakes in the area.
• Lee County, Florida: Lee is named after Robert Edward Lee, the leading Confederate general in the American Civil War.
• Leon County, Florida: Leon is named after Juan Ponce de Len, the Spanish explorer.
• Levy County, Florida: Levy is named after David Levy, an United States senator from Florida in the mid-nineteenth century.
• Liberty County, Florida: Liberty is named from the privilege and right of liberty.
• Madison County, Florida: Madison is named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.
• Manatee County, Florida: Manatee is named after the manatee, an endangered sea mammal indigenous to Florida.
• Marion County, Florida: Marion is named after Francis Marion, the general of the American Revolutionary War who was nicknamed the "Swamp Fox".
• Martin County, Florida: Martin is named after John W. Martin, the twenty-fourth governor of Florida.
• Miami-Dade County, Florida: Miami-Dade is named jointly after the county seat and main city of Miami and Francis L. Dade, a major killed at the Dade Battlefield at the start of the Second Seminole War in 1835. Previously just Dade County, the name was officially changed by referendum in 1997.
• Monroe County, Florida: Monroe is named after James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.
• Nassau County, Florida: Nassau is named after the Duchy of Nassau, in Germany.
• Okaloosa County, Florida: Okaloosa is named from the Choctaw words oka (water) and lusa (black).
• Okeechobee County, Florida: Okeechobee is named from the Hitchiti words oki (water) and chobi (big), a reference to Lake Okeechobee, the largest lake in Florida.
• Orange County, Florida: Orange is named after the orange fruit, the main product in the early county. Formerly known as Mosquito County.
• Osceola County, Florida: Osceola is named after Osceola, the Native American leader who led the Second Seminole War.
• Palm Beach County, Florida: Palm Beach is named from the palm trees and beaches in the county.
• Pasco County, Florida: Pasco is named after Samuel Pasco, a United States senator in the late nineteenth century.
• Pinellas County, Florida: Pinellas is named from the Spanish words Punta Pial ("Point of Pines" or "Piney Point").
• Polk County, Florida: Polk is named after James Knox Polk, the eleventh president of the United States.
• Putnam County, Florida: Putnam is named after either Israel Putnam, a general in the American Revolutionary War, or Benjamin A. Putnam, an officer in the First Seminole War and a local Florida politician.
• Santa Rosa County, Florida: Santa Rosa is named after Saint Rosa de Viterbo, a Roman Catholic saint.
• Sarasota County, Florida: Sarasota is named from a Calusa word which possibly means "Point of Rocks".
• Seminole County, Florida: Seminole is named after the Seminole Native American tribe.
• St. Johns County, Florida: St. Johns is named after Saint John the Baptist.
• St. Lucie County, Florida: St. Lucie is named after Saint Lucie of Syracuse, a Roman Catholic Saint and martyr for her faith in 304.
• Sumter County, Florida: Sumter is named after Thomas Sumter, a general in the American Revolutionary War.
• Suwannee County, Florida: Suwannee is named after the Suwannee River, the same river made famous by Stephen Foster in his song Old Folks at Home.
• Taylor County, Florida: Taylor is named after Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States.
• Union County, Florida: Union is named from the concept of unity.
• Volusia County, Florida: Volusia is named after a settlement on the St. Johns River.
• Wakulla County, Florida: Wakulla is possibly named from a Timucuan word meaning "spring of water".
• Walton County, Florida: Walton is named after George Walton, a secretary for the territory of Florida.
• Washington County, Florida: Washington is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States.

See also

• Florida
• List of counties in Florida
• Lists of U.S. county name etymologies
• County (United States)

Source

• Florida county name origins A-I
• Florida county name origins J-Z

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