Counties in Florida that I have Visited

There are 67 Counties in Florida – “The Sunshine State“

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 43 Counties = 64.2% of Counties in Florida

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Florida

Markers designate the Florida locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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Counties in Florida

Below are the 67 counties in Florida. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Alachua: Where’s Waldo?; Lost Rivers
2. Baker
3. Bay
4. Bradford
5. Brevard
6. Broward: South Florida Lighthouses; Sports Facilities I Never Imagined; Sunrise; Venice of Whatever
7. Calhoun: Panhandle Pioneer Settlement
8. Charlotte: Rotonda West; Corona’s Corona
9. Citrus
10. Clay: Sesame & Hemp
11. Collier: Big Cyprus National Preserves; Ochopee Post Office
12. Columbia
13. De Soto
14. Dixie
15. Duval: Low Clearance
16. Escambia: Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States; Pensacola Time Zone Anomaly; Westernmost Spot in Florida
17. Flagler: Move the Road
18. Franklin: Eastpoint; Forgotten Coast; Last Place in the U.S.; St. George Island Lighthouse; Tate’s Hell
19. Gadsden: Florida I-10 Time Zone Crossing
20. Gilchrist: Cut the Corner
21. Glades: Lake Okeechobee’s Five Counties
22. Gulf: Florida Time Zone Anomaly; Port St. Joe
23. Hamilton
24. Hardee
25. Hendry: Lake Okeechobee’s Five Counties
26. Hernando: Public Street
27. Highlands: Archbold Biological Station
28. Hillsborough Florida Highlands?:
29. Holmes
30. Indian River: David and Goliath
31. Jackson: Florida I-10 Time Zone Crossing
32. Jefferson: First Name, Surname Symmetry; Presidential Places
33. Lafayette
34. Lake: Gary Coleman on the Grassy Knoll
35. Lee
36. Leon: Beer Can Pond; Natural Bridges
37. Levy
38. Liberty: Smallest county population in Florida (7,021 people in 2000 Census); Florida River Island
39. Madison
40. Manatee
41. Marion: Residential Airparks
42. Martin: Lake Okeechobee’s Five Counties
43. Miami-Dade: Largest county population in Florida (2,253,362 people in 2000 Census); Moorish Revival; Panther Crossing; Versace Mansion
44. Monroe: Florida’s Southern Keys, Part I, Florida’s Southern Keys, Part II, Practically Insignificant; Dry Tortugas Ferry, Dry Tortugas Lighthouses, Fort Thomas Jefferson, Fort Zachary Taylor; Key West Lighthouses, South Florida Lighthouses
45. Nassau: Saint Marys River
46. Okaloosa
47. Okeechobee: Lake Okeechobee’s Five Counties
48. Orange: Cheesy Orlando; Gargantuan Garages; I Went Backstage at Disney World; My First Helicopter Ride; Fort Christmas
49. Osceola: Just Keep Turning; New Urbanism Viewed through Maps; NOT as the Crow Flies; Worst Commutes in the USA; Yeehaw Junction
50. Palm Beach: Largest county in Florida (2,386 square miles); High Point; Lake Okeechobee’s Five Counties; Ultralineamentum (Jupiter); Directional Upstart Eclipses Namesake
51. Pasco: For Aficionados of Counties
52. Pinellas
53. Polk: Spook Hill; Worst Commutes in the USA
54. Putnam
55. Santa Rosa: Blue Angel Rest Stop
56. Sarasota
57. Seminole: Penciling-In Reagan
58. St. Johns: Castillo de San Marcos; Saint Augustine Lighthouse; On the Feast Day
59. St. Lucie
60. Sumter
61. Suwannee
62. Taylor
63. Union: Smallest county in Florida (240 square miles).
64. Volusia
65. Wakulla
66. Walton: New Urbanism Viewed through Maps; Britton Hill
67. Washington

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Quick Facts About Florida

• Location: South Eastern United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 53,625 square miles. Florida is the 26th largest state. The next larger state is Wisconsin and the next smaller state is Arkansas.
• Population⁽²⁾: 21,299325 people. Florida is the 3rd most populous state. The next more populous state is Texas and the next less populous state is Pennsylvania.
• Population Density: 397.2 people per square mile. Florida is the 8th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is New York and the next less densely populated state is Pennsylvania.
• Bordering States: Florida shares a border with 2 states: Georgia and Alabama.
• Admission to the Union: March 3, 1845. Florida was the 27nd state admitted to the Union, after Michigan and before Texas.
• Capital: Tallahassee.
• Highest Point: 345 feet at Britton Hill. It is the lowest of any State high point. See SummitPost’s Britton Hill page.
• Lowest Point: Sea Level at the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
• Government website: MyFlorida.com.
• Official Tourism website: VISIT FLORIDA.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Florida page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.