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The county is named after Cary A Hardee, the Governor of Florida who served from 1921 to 1925 and who signed the act creating the county. [4] The settlement of what is now Hardee County, Florida began with the establishment of the Kennedy-Darling Indian-trading post on Paynes Creek in April 1849. The enterprise came to a tragic end on July 17 ...
Hardin County is the name of six counties in the United States of America: Hardin County, Illinois; Hardin County, Iowa; Hardin County, Kentucky; Hardin County, Ohio;
Counties and municipalities are authorized to pass laws (ordinances), levy taxes, and provide public services within their jurisdictions. Every area of Florida is in a county, but only some areas have been incorporated as municipalities. Every municipality is in a county, and the county jurisdiction overlays the municipal jurisdiction.
The population of Florida is 22,610,726, an increase of 5.0% from 2020. The average population of Florida's counties is 337,474; Miami-Dade County is the most populous (2,686,867) and Liberty County is the least (7,706). The average land area is 805 sq mi (2,085 km 2). The largest county is Collier County as per 2020 Census bureau of 1,998.32 ...
Taylor County, to be created in 1852 from parts of Hardin County and Wayne County. Webster County, to be created in 1873 from parts of Campbell County, Claiborne County, and Union County; Wisdom County, to be created in 1875 from parts of Hardeman County, Tennessee, McNairy County, Henderson County, and Madison County.
Beginning in the mid-19th century county homes were established across the state to take care of less fortunate residents. That care then extended to the end of the 20th century. The Hardin County Home operated at this location from 1877 to 1996. The historic district encompasses the buildings, farm fields, and cemetery associated with the home.
Tequesta Indians lived in the area. [12]The city's name is derived from the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), a fish found off the Atlantic coast. [13]There had been scattered settlers in the area since at least the mid-1880s, but the first documented permanent residents of the Pompano area were George Butler and Frank Sheen and their families, who arrived in 1896 as railway employees. [3]
Radcliff is a home rule-class city [4] in Hardin County, Kentucky, in the United States.The population was 23,042 as of the 2020 Census, up from 21,692 from the 2010 census.