 St.
Lucie County
It is believed that the name "St. Lucie" was first
introduced to the area by the Spanish. In 1565 Fort Santa
Lucia was built by the Spanish, at the Jupiter Inlet.
Construction for this fort began on December 13th, the feast
day of the Roman Catholic Saint Lucia.
Pedro Menendez de Aviles established a colony in 1567 called
"Santa Lucia" somewhere between Vero Beach and Stuart. Old
Spanish maps identify the area as Santa Lucia.
The current Saint Lucie County was known as East Florida in
1810.
In 1821 the area was renamed St. Johns County. St. Johns was
split into several counties in 1840 and this area became
Mosquito County. Ten years later the Mosquito County area
was slashed into two new counties and our area became St.
Lucie for the first time.
Thirty more years pass and in 1880 the borders were again
changed and St. Lucie became Brevard County.
On July 1, 1905 St. Lucie County, Florida was established
with Fort Pierce as the county seat. Portions were stripped
away over the years, first in 1917 western acres were taken
away to become Okeechobee County. In 1925 a northern chunk
of land was removed and became Indian River County and the
southern part of St. Lucie as well as a portion of Palm
Beach County became Martin County that same year.
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