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Florida is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 267 cities, 123 towns, and 21 villages in the U.S. state of Florida, a total of 411 municipalities. They are distributed across 67 counties, in addition to 66 county governments. Jacksonville has the only consolidated city–county government in the state, so there is no Duval County government. However, smaller municipal governments exist within the consolidated municipality, e.g., Baldwin and the Jacksonville Beaches. All but two of Florida's county seats are municipalities (the exceptions are Crawfordville, county seat of rural Wakulla County; and East Naples, county seat of Collier County).

Municipalities in Florida may be called cities, towns, or villages, but there is no legal distinction between the different terms. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, more than 10 million Floridians, 55% of the state's total population of 18,801,310, lived in municipalities. The remainder lived in unincorporated areas. However, 92% of the population lives in urban areas, thus the actual number of residents living in truly rural areas is small. There are ten counties in the state with just one municipality and ten counties with only two.

In 1822, St. Augustine and Pensacola became the first municipalities to incorporate. The most recent incorporation was Indiantown in 2017. The largest municipality by population and land area is Jacksonville with 949,611 residents and 874.6 square miles (2,265 km). The smallest by population is Marineland with 15 people, while the smallest by land area is Lazy Lake at 0.022 square miles (0.057 km).

The formation and dissolution of municipalities is governed by Chapter 165 of the Florida Statutes. All Florida municipalities must be operated under a municipal charter approved by a majority of the registered voters in the geographic area of the municipality, which must be confirmed by the state legislature through special legislation.

The largest cities in Florida (population over 200,000) utilize the strong mayor–council form of government. The mayor typically appoints a chief administrative officer who performs the same function as a city manager which is utilized by 70% of Florida's municipalities, whose mayors are primarily symbolic and ceremonial.

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See also

• List of counties in Florida
• List of places in Florida
• List of former municipalities in Florida
• List of census-designated places in Florida

References

1. "Municipal Directory". Florida League of Cities. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
2. "Local Governments and Public School Systems by Type and State: 2007". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
3. "List of Consolidated City-County Governments". National League of Cities. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
4. Rinaman, Jim. "Jacksonville's Consolidated Government". Jacksonville Historical Society. Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
5. "Demographics". Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
6. "Board of County Commissioners". Collier County, Florida. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
7. "Municipal codes and ordinances". Municode Legal Publishing. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
8. "Local Government Vocabulary-City". Florida League of Cities. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
9. ^ "US Census Data".
10. ^ "Municipal directory". Florida League of Cities. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
11. "Municipal Officials' Manual Section 2-2 The Municipal Charter" (PDF). Florida League of Cities. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 10, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
12. Edwards III, George C.; Robert L. Lineberry; Martin P. Wattenberg (2006). Government in America. Pearson Education. pp. 677–678. ISBN 0-321-29236-7.
13. "Forms of Local Government Structure". International City/County Management Association. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
14. Rice, Bradley R. "Handbook of Texas Online/Commission Form of City Government". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
15. T.R. Dye, A. Jewett, S.A. MacManus (2007). Politics in Florida. John Scott Dailey Florida Institute of Government. pp. 247–250.
16. "State & County QuickFacts". State & County QuickFacts.
17. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 2018 Population Estimates". United States Census Burea. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
18. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
19. Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (2001), Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida (PDF), LCIR Report, Tallahassee, archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Bibliography

• Florida House of Representatives Local Government & Veterans Affairs Committee (2003), Local Government Formation Manual (PDF), Tallahassee{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Robert E. Lang (2003), Beyond Edge City: Office Sprawl in South Florida (PDF), Washington, DC: Brookings Institution

External links

• Florida League of Cities
• Florida State Government Website
• US Geological Survey: Geographic names in Florida
• List of Florida Beaches
• "Municipal & Home Rule Resources". Tallahassee: Florida League of Cities.

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