Several Florida counties are named after former U.S. presidents, including James Madison and James Monroe. Some county names, like Okaloosa and Okeechobee, are derived from Native American words ...

Editor's note: This story first ran in Eliot Kleinberg's Palm Beach Post Florida Times column as part of a four-part series in 2019. It has been edited and broken into five parts for this go-round.

Editor's note: This story originally ran in Eliot Kleinberg's Palm Beach Post Florida Times column in 2019. Years refer to each county's formation. Did you know Palm Beach County was carved out of ...