List of Florida county name etymologies

This is a list of Florida county name etymologies.

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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 or Brigadier General Theodore Washington Brevard who led the Florida brigade at Appomattox.^[1]
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 Charlotte Harbor estuary.
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.

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.

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 León, the Spanish explorer.
Levy County, Florida: Levy is named after David Levy Yulee, 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.

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.