St. Lucie County
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St. Lucie County
St. Lucie County is a county located in the state of Florida. The county seat is the city of Fort Pierce. As of 2000, the population was 192,695. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county was 241,305. According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 688.08 square miles (1,782.1 km2), of which 572.45 square miles (1,482.6 km2) (or 83.20%) is land and 115.63 square miles (299.5 km2) (or 16.80%) is water, much of it in the
Atlantic Ocean. St. Lucie County is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
HISTORY
The current St. Lucie County was created in 1905 from the southern part of Brevard County. Brevard County had been named St. Lucie County from 1844 until 1855 when it was renamed Brevard County. In 1925, Indian River County was created out of the northern part of St Lucie County, while northern Martin County was created from a small part of southeastern St. Lucie County and the northern part of Palm Beach County. Much of western St Lucie County had gone in 1917 to form Okeechobee County.
MUNICIPALITIES
St. Lucie County is composed of the incorporatedmunicipalities of the City of Fort Pierce, the City of Port St. Lucie, and the Village of St. Lucie, along with the unincorporated communities and census designated places of Ankona, Eden, Eldred, Fort Pierce North, Fort Pierce South, Hutchinson Island South, Indian River Estates, Lakewood Park, North Hutchinson Island, River Park, St. Lucie West, Tradition, Walton, and White City.
LOCAL LINKS:
St. Lucie County Government: http://www.stlucieco.gov/
St. Lucie County District Schools: http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/
St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce: http://www.stluciechamber.org/
(Source – Wikipedia.com, county and municipal websites)
