Flagler County, Florida
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Flagler County Courthouse in Bunnell
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 Location in the U.S. state of Florida |
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 Florida's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | April 28, 1917 |
| Named for | Henry Morrison Flagler |
| Seat | Bunnell |
| Largest city | Palm Coast |
| Area | |
| • Total | 571 sq mi (1,479 km2) |
| • Land | 485 sq mi (1,256 km2) |
| • Water | 85 sq mi (220 km2), 15.0% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 105,392 |
| • Density | 197/sq mi (76/km²) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Flagler County is a county on the east coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 95,696. Its county seat is Bunnell. Created in 1917 from portions of Saint Johns and Volusia Counties, it was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, who built the Florida East Coast Railway.
Flagler County is included in the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area, and is also included in the Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL Combined Statistical Area.
In 1974, Marco Polo Park, a theme park off Interstate 95 opened. It was never profitable and closed soon after.
In 1998, when two brush fires threatened to become one huge brush fire in Flagler County, a mandatory evacuation was ordered for the entire county. This was the first and so far the only time a whole county was evacuated in Florida.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 571 square miles (1,480 km2), of which 485 square miles (1,260 km2) is land and 85 square miles (220 km2) (15.0%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,832 people, 21,294 households, and 15,672 families residing in the county. The population density was 103 people per square mile (40/km²). There were 24,452 housing units at an average density of 50 per square mile (19/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 87.27% White, 8.83% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.17% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.96% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. 5.09% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 90.1% spoke English, 5.0% Spanish and 1.2% German as their first language.
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