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Richard W. Ervin, Jr. (1905–2004), born in Carrabelle, was the Florida Attorney General from 1949 to 1964, and he served as chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1969 to 1971 [14] Caroline Hall, after whom the town was named and who served as the town's first postmistress, was one of the eight founders of The Grange.
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
Tourism plays a major role in the economy as in any Florida beachside community. The largest hotel in Brevard County is located in the city. It has 284 rooms and 30,000 square feet (2,800 m 2) of meeting space. [24]
World's largest deep-sea coral reef mapped 100 miles off coast of Florida. How big is it? Gannett. C. A. Bridges and Julia Gomez, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida. January 23, 2024 at 8:55 AM.
Florida spans 65,758 square miles (170,310 km 2), ranking 22nd in area among the states. The Miami metropolitan area, anchored by the cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, is the state's largest metropolitan area, with a population of 6.138 million; the most populous city is Jacksonville.
The Banana River is a 31-mile-long (50 km) [1] lagoon that lies between Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the United States.It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River; it is the only part of the lagoon system not in the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Florida panhandle (also known as West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida. It is a salient roughly 200 miles (320 km) long, bordered by Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Its eastern boundary is arbitrarily defined.
The Census Bureau defined 485 Florida CDPs for the 2000 census [2] and 509 CDPs for the 2010 census. [3] As of the 2020 census, there were 41 new CDPs added and 3 CDPs removed/merged into others for a total of 547.