50
YEARS BEFORE FLORIDA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
1796
Francisco de
Paula Gelabert, appointed governor of West Florida.
Vicente Folch
y Juan, appointed governor of West Florida (1796-1811).
March, Bartolomé
Morales, appointed governor of East Florida (1796-June
1796).
June, Enrique
White, appointed governor of East Florida (1796-March
1811).
1799
William Augustus
Bowles was shipwrecked near St.
George Island in Florida. Making his way on the
Ochlockonee River he moved inland, and organized the
State of Muskogee.
1803
LOUISIANA
PURCHASE
1808
Fernandina Beach,
became a free port, in Nassau County, Florida.
1810
October 2,
Florida became the Republic of West Florida.
November 26,
Fulwar Skipwith, appointed governor of West Florida
(1810-December 10, 1810).
December 10,
Florida incorporated into Louisiana.
1811
Francisco San
Maxent, appointed governor of West Florida (1811-1812).
Congress gave
President James Madison authorization to use covert
force to seize Florida.
March, Juan
José de Estrada, appointed governor of East Florida
(1811-June 1812).
1812
Mauricio de
Zuniga, appointed governor of West Florida (1812-1813).
June,
Sebastian Kindelan y Oregon, appointed governor of East
Florida (1812-June 1815).
1813
Mateo Gonzalez
Manrique, appointed governor of West Florida (1813-1815).
1815
José
de Soto, appointed governor of West Florida (1815-1816).
Key West in
Monroe County, Florida, granted to Juan Pablo Sales.
June, Juan
José de Estrada, appointed second term governor
of East Florida (1815-January 1816).
1816
Mauricio de
Zuñiga, appointed second-term governor of West
Florida.
Francisco Maximiliano
de San Maxent, appointed governor of West Florida.
José
Fascot, appointed governor of West Florida (1816-1819).
January, José
Coppinger, appointed governor of East Florida (1816-July,
1821).
1817
The Scottish
miliatry adventurer, Sir Gregor MacGregor captured Fernandina
Beach a couple of months, in Nassau County, Florida.
Pirate Luis
Aury claimed Amelia Island in Nassau County, Florida,
for Mexico.
1818
Settlement established
in Alachua
County in Florida, known a Newnansville.
The United
States took over Amelia Island in Nassau County, Florida,
from Mexico.
1819
José
Maria Callava, appointed governor of West Florida (1819-1821).
February
22, Florida ceded to the United States by the Adams-Onis
Treaty. The treaty was signed in Washington, negotiated
and named for the U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy
Adams and the Spanish Minister Louis de Onís.
1821
Yellow fever
epidemic brought death in today's Florida.
Fort Clinch
built in Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida.
March 10, Florida
became a United States teritory.
March 10,
Andrew
Jackson appointed commisioner of Florida Territory (1821-November
13, 1821). Seventh President of the United States (March
4, 1829-March 4, 1837). Born on March 15, 1767 in the
Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina, died on June 8,
1845 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
July 10, Spain
ceded the territory of Florida to the United States.
1822
Duval County
established in Florida, seat Jacksonville.
Escambia County
established in Florida, seat Pensacola.
Jackson County
established in Florida, seat Marianna.
St. Johns County,
established in Florida, seat Saint Augustine.
March 25, Keywest
renamed Thompson's Island, in Monroe County, Florida.
April 17, William
Pope Duval, appointed governor of Florida (1822-April
24, 1834).
August 12,
Jacksonville founded in Duval County, Florida.
1823
Gadsden County
established in Florida, seat Quincy.
Monroe County
established in Florida, seat Key West.
1824
Alachua County
created in Florida. Originally part of the the
Arredondo grant, county seat Gainesville(original Newnansville).
Cities, Towns :
Alachua, Archer, Gainesville, Hawthorne, High Springs,
La Crosse, Micanopy, Newberry, Waldo.
The Bellamy
Road, constructed by engineer/surveyor John Bellamy,
near the city of Alachua, was the first federally financed
road in Florida.
Fernandina
Beach on Amelia Island incorporated as town and appointed
seat of Nassau County, Florida. Coordinates 30°40'N-81°27'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Fort Clinch State Park
Leon County
established in Florida, seat Tallahassee.
Nassau County
established in Florida, seat Fernandina Beach.
Orange County
established in Florida, seat Orlando.
Seminole Native
Americans of Florida, in the Alachua County area, signed
a treaty and moved to a 'reservation'.
Walton County
established in Florida, seat Defuniak Springs.
1825
Washington
County established in Florida, seat Chipley.
1826
Post Office
'Dell's Post Office' established in Alachua, Florida.
Named for the Dell brothers who came to Alachua diring
the 'Patriot War'.
1827
Hamilton County
established in Florida, seat Jasper.
Jefferson County
established in Florida, seat Monticello.
Madison County
established in Florida, seat Madison.
Wespoint (later
renamed Apalachicola) incorporated as town in Franklin
County, Florida.
1828
Newnansville,
became the first seat of Alachua County in Florida.
Edgar Macon,
appointed mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida.
Edgar Macon,
appointed President of the Town Council of Key West
in Monroe County, Florida (1828-1830).
January 8,
City of Key West incorporated in Monroe County, Florida.
November 8,
Incorporation of Key West City in Monroe County, Florida,
repealed.
1830
Florida population,
34,730 residents.
1831
West Point
renamed Apalachicola, seat of Franklin County, located
at the Apalachicola River in Florida. Coordinates 29°44'N-84°59'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Apalachicola National Forest, St. George
Island.
D.C. Pinkham,
appointed President of the Town Council of Key West
in Monroe County, Florida (1831-1832).
1832
Columbia County
established in Florida, seat Lake City.
Franklin County
established in Florida, seat Apalachicola.
William John
Mills, appointed mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1832-1835).
Oliver O'Hara,
appointed mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1832-1833).
February 9,
Jacksonville city, incorporated in Duval County, Florida.
March 29, Key
West, re-incorporated as city in Monroe County, Florida.
County seat and Southernmost city of continental U.S.
Nickname 'The Conch Republic', motto 'One Human Family'.
Area 7,4 sq.mi. (19km²). The Calusa Native Americans
were the first inhabitants.
1833
Fielding A.
Brown, appointed mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1833-1834).
1834
Hillsborough
County established in Florida, seat Tampa.
Adam Gordon,
appointed mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1834-1835).
April 24, John
Henry Eaton, appointed governor of Florida (1834-March
16, 1836). Lawyer, democrat and close friend of President
Andrew Jackson who appointed him as Secretary of War.
Famous for his marriage with Margaret "Peggy"
O'Neale, a controversial woman, not accepted by the
Washington society women. He participated in the War
of 1812, served in the Tennessee legislature and entered
in 1818 the United States Senate as youngest Senator
in U.S. history. Born on June 18, 1790 near Scotland
Neck in Halifax County, North Carolina, died on November
17, 1856 in Washington D.C. interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
1835
Fielding A.
Brown, appointed second-term mayor of Key West in Monroe
County, Florida (1835-1837).
1836
Miami-Dade
County established in Florida, seat Miami.
March 16,
Virginia native Richard Keith Call, appointed territorial
governor of Florida (1836-December 2, 1839). Born on
October 24, 1792 in Pittsfield, Prince George County,
died on September 14, 1862 at The Grove Plantation,
Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida.
1837
William A.
Whitehead, appointed mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1837-1838).
1838
Apalachicola
incorporated as city, seat of Franklin County in Florida.
Calhoun County
established in Florida, seat Blountstown.
Fort Lauderdale
built in Broward County, Florida, named for Major William
Lauderdale.
Fort Pierce
built during the Seminole Wars, in St. Lucie County,
Florida. Coordinates 27°27'N-80°20'W.
Tomaso Saccheti,
appointed mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1838-1839).
1839
Stephen Eddy,
appointed mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1839-1841).
Fort Myers
built on the Caloosahatchee River by U.S. troops in
Lee County, Florida. Coordinates 26°37'N-81°54'W.
December 2,
Robert Raymond Reid, appointed governor of Florida (1839-March
19, 1841).
1840
Florida population,
54,477 residents.
1841
Fort Harrison
established in Pinellas County, Florida.
Alexander Patterson,
appointed mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1841-1842).
March 19, Richard
Keith Call, appointed second-term governor of Florida
(1841-August 11, 1844).
1842
Manatee founded
in Florida.
Santa Rosa
County established in Florida, seat Milton.
1843
Hernando County
established in Florida, seat Brooksville.
Wakulla County
established in Florida, seat Crawfordville.
1844
Brevard County
established in Florida, seat Titusville.
Marion County
established in Florida, seat Ocala.
St. Lucie County
established in Florida, seat Fort Pierce.
Benjamin Sawyer,
appointed mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1844-1846).
Obediah Congar,
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1844-1845).
August 11,
John Branch appointed governor of Florida (1844-June
25, 1845).
1845
March
3, Florida FL, 27th state
admitted to the Union
Florida Today
: nickname 'Sunshine State', capital
Tallahassee, area 65,758 sq.mi.(170.313km²)
22th largest state.Counties
67 : Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard,
Broward, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier,
Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler,
Franklin, Gadsden,Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf,
Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough,
Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette,
Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee,
Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okaloosa,
Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas,
Polk, Putnam, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Santa Rosa, Sarasota,
Seminole, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia,
Wakulla, Walton, Washington.Attractions
& Recreation : Alfred
B. Maclay Gardens State Park, Apalachicola National
Estuarine Research Reserve, Archie Carr National Wildlife
Refuge, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge, Bald Point State Park, Big Cypress National
Preserve, Big Lagoon State Park, Biscayne National
Park, Blackwater River State Park, Caloosahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge, Camp Helen State Park, Constitution
Convention Museum State Park, Deer Lake State Park,
Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park,
Econfina River State Park,
The capital of East Florida was moved from St. Augustine
to Tallahassee.
Levy
County established in Florida, seat Bronson.
June 25, William Dunn Moseley, elected governor of Florida
(1845-October 1, 1849).
1846
Joseph B. Lancaster,
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1846-1847).
Fort Jefferson
National Monument on Dry Tortugas Island, is the site
of an uncompleted fort, started in 1846, in Monroe County,
Florida. Coordinates 24°45'N-81°00'W.
1847
Florida Beacon
College established in Clearwater, Pinellas County,
Florida.
Oliver Wood,
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1847-1848).
1848
Holmes County
established in Florida, seat Bonifay.
Alexander Patterson,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1848-1852).
1849
Putnam County
established in Florida, seat Palatka.
Rodney Dorman
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1849-1850).
October 1,
Thomas Brown, elected governor of Florida (1849-October
3, 1853).
1850
Florida population,
87,445 residents.
J. McRobert
Baker, appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval
County, Florida (1850-1851).
1851
Fort Blount
built, on the site what is today Bartow, by the Readding
Blount family in Polk County, Florida.
Rodney Dorman,
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1851-1852).
1852
Henry D. Holland,
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1852-1853).
Fernando J.
Moreno, elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1852-1853).
1853
Sumter County
established in Florida, seat Bushnell.
Isaac Swart
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1853-1854).
John W. Porter,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1853-1854).
September 6,
seat of Alachua County in Florida, Newnansville moved
to Gainesville.
October 3,
James Emilius Broome, elected governor of Florida (1853-October
5, 1857).
1854
Joseph Braden,
first permanent settler of Bradenton in Manatee County,
Florida. Coordinates 27°29'N-82°34'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Judah P. Benjamin Memorial, (Gamble Mansion),
South Florida Museum.
Gainesville
in Florida founded and became the seat of Alachua County,
replacing Newnansville. Coordinates
28°40'N-82°20'W.Attractions
& Recreation : Newman's Lake, Payne's
Prairie.
Volusia County
established in Florida, seat De Land.
F.C. Barrett,
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1854-1855).
William Curry,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1854-1855).
1855
Liberty County
established in Florida, seat Bristol.
Manatee County
established in Florida, seat Bradenton.
Philip Frazer,
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1855-1856).
Philip J. Fontaine,
elected third-term mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1855-1856).
June 16, South
Carolina born John Gorrie, died in Apalachicola, Florida.
Physician, discovered the cold-air process of refrigeration.
1856
Lafayette County
established in Florida, seat Mayo.
Taylor County
established in Florida, seat Perry.
George C. Gibbs
and F.I. Wheaton, appointed intendants of Jacksonville
in Duval County, Florida (1856-1857).
Alexander Patterson,
elected third-term mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1856-1857).
1857
John P. Baldwin,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1857-1861).
October 5, Madison
Starke Perry, elected governor of Florida (1857-October
7, 1861).
1858
Bradford County
established in Florida, seat Starke.
Clay County
established in Florida, seat Green Cove Springs.
Suwannee County
established in Florida, seat Live Oak.
John S. Murdock,
appointed intendant of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1858-1859).
1859
Holms Steele,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1859-1861).
1860
Florida population,
140,424 residents.
The Florida
Railroad linked Cedar Key with Fernandina in Nassau
County, Florida.
Jonesboro (later
Dunedin), settled in Pinellas County, Florida. Coordinates
28°00'N-82°47'W.
1861
Polk
County established in Florida, seat Bartow.
Bartow, appointed seat of Polk County, located near
Lake Hancock and the Peace River in Florida. Coordinates
27°54'N-81°50'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Peace River Park, Phosphate
Valley Exposition.
Fort Clinch seized by Confederate troops in Fernandina
Beach, Nassau County, Florida.
Halstead H. Hoeg, elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval
County, Florida (1861-1866).
William Marvin, elected mayor of Key West in Monroe
County, Florida.
Alexander Patterson, elected fourth-term mayor of Key
West in Monroe County, Florida (1861-1864).
January 13, Key West occupied by Federal troops in Monroe
County, Florida.
February 8, Baker County in Florida established. Named
for Confederate senator Judge James McNair Baker. County
seat Macclenny.
APRIL
- BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR
October 7, John Milton, elected governor of Florida
1861-April 1, 1865).
1862
Civil War period
Federal navy
captured Fort Clinch from Confederate forces in Nassau
County, Florida.
1864
Civil War Period
E.O. Gwynn,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1864-1865).
February 14,
Civil War skirmish in Gainesville, a Confederate Commissary
in Alachua County, Florida.
August 17,
Civil War battle in Gainesville, a Confederate Commissary
in Alachua County, Florida.
1865
Alexander Patterson, elected fifth-term mayor of Key
West in Monroe County, Florida (1865-1866).
April 1, Abraham Kurkindolle Allison appointed acting
governor of Florida (1865-May 19, 1865).
MAY - END OF THE CIVIL
WAR
July 13, William Marvin, appointed provisional governor
of Florida (1865-December 20, 1865).
December 20, David Shelby Walker, elected governor of
Florida (1865-July 4, 1868).
1866
Holmes Steele,
elected second-term mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1866-1867).
William Marvin,
elected second term mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida.
E.O. Gwynn,
elected second-term mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1866-1867).
1867
Bartow, incorporated
as a municipality in Polk County, Florida.
John Clark,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1867-1868).
Alexander Patterson,
elected 6th-term mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida.
1868
Edward Hopkins,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1868-1870).
Henry Mulrennan,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida.
W.S. Allen,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida.
D.W. Whitehurst,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1868-1869).
June 25, Florida
readmitted to the United States.
July 4, Harrison
Reed, elected governor of Florida (1868-January 7, 1873).
1869
Gainesville,
incorporated as town in Alachua County, Florida.
1870
Florida population,
187,748 residents.
Daytona, founded
by Mathias Day in Volusia County, Florida. Coordinates
29°12'N-80°60'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Daytona International
Speedway
Peter Jones,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1870-1873).
Henry Mulrennan,
elected second-term mayor of Key West in Monroe County.
1871
William D. Cash,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1871-1872).
1872
Bethune-Cookman
College, established in Daytona, Volusia County, Florida.
A Masonic Lodge
founded by Dr. Robert Morris in Hawthorne, Alachua County,
Florida.
1873
J.C. Greeley,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1873-1874).
W.S. Allen,
elected second-term mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1873-1874).
January 7,
Ossian Bingley Hart, elected governor of Florida (1873-March
18, 1874).
1874
Fort Jefferson
(National Monument) abandoned, on Dry Tortugas Island
in Monroe County, Florida.
Luther McConihe,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1874-1876).
E.O. Gwynn,
elected third-term mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1874-1875).
March 18, Maine
native Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns, appointed acting governor
of Florida (1874-January 2, 1877). Born on April 29,
1839 in Lovell, Oxford County ME, died on December 8,
1891 in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery County, New York.
1875
Rockledge,
established and incorporated in Brevard County, Florida.
Part of twin cities Cocoa-Rockledge. Coordinates 28°21'N-80°44'W.
Carlos M. de
Cespedes, elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1875-1876).
1876
Daytona, incorporated
in Volusia County, Florida.
De Land, founded
by Henry A. De Land in Volusia County, Florida. Coordinates
29°02'N-81°18'W.Attractions
& Recreation : Ocala National Forest
Luther McConihe,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1876-1877).
Livingston
W. Bethel, elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1876-1880).
1877
Sanderson
court house burned in Baker County, Florida.
W.
Stokes Boyd, elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval
County, Florida (1877-1878).
January
2, George Franklin Drew, elected governor of Florida
(1877-January 4, 1881).
1878
Luther McConihe,
elected second-term mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1878-1879).
1879
Peter Jones,
elected third-term mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1879-1880).
1880
Florida population,
269,493 residents.
J. Ramsey Dey,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1880-1881).
Robert Jasper
Perry, elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1880-1881).
1881
Hawthorne incorporated
in Alachua County, Florida. Named
in honor of James M. Hawthorn.
Morris A. Dzialynski,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1881-1883).
E.O. Gwynn,
elected fourth-term mayor of Key West in Monroe County,
Florida (1881-1882).
January 4,
William Dunningston Bloxham, elected governor of Florida
(1881-January 7, 1885).
1882
Bartow,
incorporated as town in Polk County, Florida.
De Land, incorporated
as town in Volusia County, Florida.
William McClintock,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1882-1883).
Jonesboro renamed
Dunedin by Scottish settlers in Pinellas County, Florida.
1883
Academy established
by Henry A. De Land and co-financed by John B. Stetson(hat
maker), in De Land, Volusia County, Florida.
W. McClaws
Dancy, elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1883-1885).
Alfred R. Monsalvatage,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1883-1885).
Clay Cut (present
Haines City) settled in Polk County, Florida. Coordinates
28°07'N-81°37'W.
1885
The arrival
of Henry Flagler ( co-founder with John Rockefeller
of the Standard Oil Company) marked the beginning of
a golden era for St. Augustine in Florida.
M.C. Rice,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1885-1886).
James G. Jones,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1885-1886).
January 7,
Edward Aylesworth Perry, elected governor of Florida
(1885-January 8, 1889).
1886
Patrick McQuaid,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1886-1887).
J.W.V.R. Plummer,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1886-1888).
February 22,
Baker County seat moved from Sanderson to Darbyville
(today Macclenny), Florida.
April 1, a
fire destroyed most of Key West city in Monroe County,
Florida.
1887
Fires destroyed
many historic buildings in St. Augustine, Florida.
Citrus County
establishe in Florida, seat Inverness.
Clay Cut, renamed
Haines City in Polk County, Florida.
DeSoto County
established in Florida, seat Arcadia.
Lake County
established in Florida, seat Tavares.
Lee County
established in Florida, seat Fort Myers.
Osceola County
established in Florida, seat Kissimmee.
Pasco County
established in Florida, seat Dade City.
J.Q. Burbridge,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1887-1889).
1888
De Land, appointed
seat of Volusia County in Florida.
The Orange
Belt Railroad arrived near Clearwater, in Pinellas County,
Florida.
James A. Waddell,
elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1888-1889).
1889
Academy established
by Henry A. De Land, chartered as Stetson University
in De Land, Volusia County, Florida. Named for co-financier
John B. Stetson (hat maker).
C.B. Smith,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1889-1891).
Walter C. Maloney,
Jr. elected mayor of Key West in Monroe County, Florida
(1889-1891).
January 8,
Francis Philip Fleming, elected governor of Florida
(1889-January 3, 1893).
1890
Florida population,
391,422 residents.
1891
Clear Water
Harbor (present Clearwater) incorporated as town, in
Pinellas County, Florida. Coordinates 27°58'N-82°48'W.
Attractions & Recreation : Sea-Orama
Patrick McQuaid,
elected second-term mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County,
Florida (1891-1893).
Robert Jasper
Perry, elected second-term mayor of Key West in Monroe
County, Florida (1891-1895).
1893
Bartow, incorporated
as city in Polk County, Florida.
Henry Robinson,
elected mayor of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida
(1893-1897).
January 3,
Henry Laurents Mitchell, elected governor of Florida
(1893-January 5, 1897).
1895
Boynton Beach settled, located in Palm Beach County.
Named for Major Nathan S. Boynton. Coordinates 26°32'N-80°03'W.
Cocoa, incorporated as town in Brevard County, Florida.
Part of twin cities Cocoa-Rockledge. Coordinates 28°21'N-80°44'W.
First settlers arrived by boat in the Delray Beach area
in Palm Beach County, Florida. Coordinates 26°28'N-80°04'W.
Fort Lauderdale town, established in Broward County,
Florida. Coordinates 26°07'N-80°08'W.
James A. Waddell, elected second-term mayor of Key West
in Monroe County, Florida (1895-1897).
50
YEARS AFTER FLORIDA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
FL
1795-1895 ALACHUA
COUNTY Timeline
11 Topics
1818
Settlement
established in Alachua
County in Florida, known a Newnansville.
1824
Alachua County
created in Florida. Originally part of the the
Arredondo grant, county seat Newnansville. Cities,
Towns : Alachua, Archer, Gainesville, Hawthorne,
High Springs, La Crosse, Micanopy, Newberry, Waldo.
The Bellamy
Road, constructed by engineer/surveyor John Bellamy,
near the city of Alachua, was the first federally financed
road in Florida.
Seminole Native
Americans of Florida, in the Alachua County area, signed
a treaty and moved to a 'reservation'.
1826
Post Office
'Dell's Post Office' established in Alachua, Florida.
Named for the Dell brothers who came to Alachua diring
the 'Patriot War'.
1828
Newnansville,
became the first seat of Alachua County in Florida.
1853
September 6,
seat of Alachua County in Florida, Newnansville moved
to Gainesville.
1864
Civil War Period
February 14,
Civil War skirmish in Gainesville, a Confederate Commissary
in Alachua County, Florida.
August 17,
Civil War battle in Gainesville, a Confederate Commissary
in Alachua County, Florida.
1872
A Masonic Lodge
founded by Dr. Robert Morris in Hawthorne, Alachua County,
Florida.
1881
Hawthorne incorporated
in Alachua County, Florida. Named
in honor of James M. Hawthorn.
FL
1795-1895 BROWARD
COUNTY Timeline
1 Topic
1895
Fort Lauderdale
town, established in Broward County, Florida. Coordinates
26°07'N-80°08'W.
FL
1795-1895
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Timeline
0 Topics
FL
1795-1895 LEE
COUNTY Timeline
1 Topic
1887
Lee County
established in Florida, seat Fort Myers.
FL
1795-1895
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Timeline
1 Topic
1836
Miami-Dade County
established in Florida, seat Miami.
CELEBRITIES
BORN IN FLORIDA
1956
- January 27, Mimi
Rogers (Miriam Spickler), born in Coral Gables,
Florida. Movie actress.
1962
-
July 31,Wesley
Trent Snipes, born in Orlando, Florida.
Actor, film producer, martial artist.
