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Florida County Histories

The story of each county, from the first people to 2026, with the sources for every part.

Alachua CountyFrom the first peoples to the Gators' 2025 basketball title, in order, with the sources for every part.Bay CountyFrom the Deptford culture people at Camp Helen to Glenwood's new historical markers, in order, with the sources for every part.Brevard CountyFrom the first people about 12,000 years ago to the Artemis II launch in 2026, in order, with the sources for every part.Broward CountyFrom Tequesta camps in what is now Fort Lauderdale to the Florida Panthers' Stanley Cups in 2024 and 2025, in order, with the sources for every part.Charlotte CountyFrom the Calusa of Charlotte Harbor to Babcock Ranch's solar power, in order, with the sources for every part.Clay CountyFrom the first people on Black Creek to Keystone Heights at 100, in order, with the sources for every part.Collier CountyFrom the Calusa to the Key Marco Cat's farewell in 2026, in order, with the sources for every part.Duval CountyFrom the first peoples to the opening of Riverfront Plaza in 2025, in order, with the sources for every part.Escambia CountyFrom Luna's colony of 1559 to a 2024 marker for the 1955 Pensacola Jaycees, in order, with the sources for every part.Hernando CountyFrom the first peoples to the return of Nova the mermaid statue, in order, with the sources for every part.Hillsborough CountyFrom the Tocobaga shell mounds to the 2021 Super Bowl and Stanley Cup boat parades, in order, with the sources for every part.Indian River CountyFrom Ice Age bones and the Ais people to the county's 100th anniversary in 2025, in order, with the sources for every part.Lake CountyFrom the Timucua people to Montverde Academy's 2024 national basketball title, in order, with the sources for every part.Lee CountyFrom the Calusa to the Florida Everblades' three Kelly Cups in a row, in order, with the sources for every part.Leon CountyFrom the Lake Jackson mound builders to a replica of the first log Capitol, in order, with the sources for every part.Manatee CountyFrom the mound builders to Bradenton's 123rd birthday, in order, with the sources for every part.Marion CountyFrom the first peoples to the World Equestrian Center, in order, with the sources for every part.Miami-Dade CountyFrom the first people to Art Basel, the Heat's NBA titles and the Miami Grand Prix, in order, with the sources for every part.Okaloosa CountyFrom the builders of the Fort Walton temple mound to the Indian Temple Mound Museum's 2026 reopening, in order, with the sources for every part.Orange CountyFrom the St. Johns people to the opening of Epic Universe in 2025, in order, with the sources for every part.Osceola CountyFrom the Jororo missions of the late 1600s to America's 250th birthday in 2026, in order, with the sources for every part.Palm Beach CountyFrom the first people at Jupiter Inlet to the Norton Museum of Art's new West Wing in 2019, in order, with the sources for every part.Pasco CountyFrom the Tocobaga people to the Chasco Fiesta's 100th anniversary in 2022, in order, with the sources for every part.Pinellas CountyFrom the first peoples to Dolphin Tale and the Rays' 2026 return to Tropicana Field, in order, with the sources for every part.Polk CountyFrom the first peoples to the Detroit Tigers' 90th spring training in Lakeland in 2026, in order, with the sources for every part.Santa Rosa CountyFrom Creek hunting grounds on the Blackwater River to the last flight of a TH-57 Sea Ranger in 2025, in order, with the sources for every part.Sarasota CountyFrom the first people at Warm Mineral Springs to the Echoes of Sarasota exhibit, in order, with the sources for every part.Seminole CountyFrom a 5,000-year-old Native American site to a Liberty Tree planted in 2026, in order, with the sources for every part.St. Johns CountyFrom the Timucua to the lighthouse's 150th birthday, in order, with the sources for every part.St. Lucie CountyFrom the Ais people to Mets spring training and the Sunrise Theatre, in order, with the sources for every part.Volusia CountyFrom the first peoples to the rebuilt Speedway and new trail of recent years, in order, with the sources for every part.
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