Flagler County, Florida

Flagler County
County
Flagler County Courthouse in Bunnell
Location within the U.S. state of Florida
Florida's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 29°28′N 81°18′W / 29.47°N 81.3°W / 29.47; -81.3
Country	United States
State	Florida
Founded	April 28, 1917
Named for	Henry Flagler
Seat	Bunnell
Largest city	Palm Coast
Area
• Total	571 sq mi (1,480 km2)
• Land	485 sq mi (1,260 km2)
• Water	85 sq mi (220 km2)  15.0%
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	115,378
• Density	238/sq mi (92/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Website	www.flaglercounty.org

Flagler County, in Florida, United States, was created in 1917. It was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, a famous railroad builder who built the Florida East Coast Railway. At the 2020 census, 115,378 people lived in the county.^[1]

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.^[2] Flagler is also a sports town. Three Flagler baseball teams have made it to the State Tournament in the last 2 years.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "QuickFacts: Flagler County, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
2. ↑ "Special report - newsjournalonline.com". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2011-04-15.