Mosquito County, Florida
| Mosquito County | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County seat | near Ormond (1824–1835), New Smyrna (1835–1843), Enterprise (1843–1844) |
| Founded | December 29, 1824 |
| Disestablished | March 14, 1844 |
| Population (1830) | |
| • Total | 733 (15 heads of families) |
Mosquito County (also labeled on maps as Musquito County) is the historic name of one of the early counties that once comprised most of the east part of Florida. Originally Mosquito County covered the entire eastern part of Florida area presently including all of Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Seminole, Osceola, Orange, Lake, Polk and Palm Beach counties.
The whole east coast of central Florida was known as "Los Musquitos" starting from the 1500s until 1844.
After Andrew Jackson received authority to take possession of the Florida territory ceded by Spain in 1821, he divided the whole territory into two counties, along the Suwannee River. All of the area west formed Escambia, and all of it east formed St. Johns County. This was largely consistent with the previously existing British colonies of West Florida and East Florida.
Mosquito County was split off from St. Johns on December 29, 1824 and the county seat was designated at John Bunch's house just west of the present location of Tomoka State Park. At roughly 220 miles long by 90 miles wide, it was the largest county in the new territory.
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