Welcome to Seminole County
 

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  Peoka wife of Osceola
On July 21, 1821, there were two counties that formed Florida: Escambia to the west and St. Johns to the east. In 1824, the area to the south of St. Johns County became Mosquito County, and Enterprise was named the County Seat. This large county was renamed Orange County in 1845 when Florida became a state.

For the next 70 years, Orange County would split into numerous other counties. Seminole County was one of the last counties to emerge from Orange County.

 

Seminole County was created on April 25, 1913 out of part of the northern portion of Orange County by the Florida Legislature. It was named for the Seminole tribe of Indians. The name "Seminole" is thought to be derived from the Spanish word cimarron, meaning "wild" or "runaway."


It is surrounded by counties Orange, Lake, Volusia
and Brevard. Seminole was formed Orange County in 1913
 

 

 





State Coordinator:

Asst. State Coordinator: Jeff Kemp

Seminole County Coordinator: Jeff Kemp

     
 

Seminole County Site Menu...

     
1900 Census FindAGrave Seminole County Government
Death Indexes 1913-1922 USGenWeb Seminole County Clerk - Marriage, Land & Probate
Cemeteries FLGenWeb Counties Bureau of Vital Statistics - Birth & Death
Published Resources FLGenWeb County Map  
Seminole Ephemera Seminole County Archives  
Folk History Tombstone Project  
GenForum - Seminole County Seminole Tribe of Florida  
Ancestry Seminole Co.Message Board Seminole & Miccosukee Tribes of Florida  
     
     

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