Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Madison (1827): Named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. The area developed as part of the Antebellum ...

Many Florida counties are named after historical figures, including U.S. presidents and war heroes. Several county names have Spanish origins, often related to saints or geographical features. Some ...

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 ...