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Hernando County, FL Census Data

Florida Hernando County, Florida People QuickFactsHernando CountyFloridaPopulation, 2005 estimate 158,40917,789,864Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 21.1%11.3%…

Tallahassee

(Encyclopedia) TallahasseeTallahasseetăləhăsˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 124,773), state capital and seat of Leon co., NW Fla.; inc. 1825. Tallahassee is a wholesale trade and distribution center for…

De Soto, Hernando

(Encyclopedia) De Soto, HernandoDe Soto, Hernandodĭsōˈtō, Span. ĕrnänˈdō dā sōˈtō [key], c.1500–1542, Spanish explorer. After serving under Pedro Arias de Ávila in Central America and under Francisco…

Hernando De Soto

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador who landed in present-day Florida in 1539, then tore around the southeastern and midwestern parts of North America until he died in 1542. Little is known…

Florida

  Florida State Information Capital: Tallahassee Official Name: State of Florida Entered Union (rank): March 3, 1845 (27th state) Present constitution adopted: 1969 State abbreviation/Postal…

Bradenton

(Encyclopedia) Bradenton Bradenton brāˈdəntən [key], city (2020 pop. 55,698), seat of Manatee co., SW Fla., on Tampa…

Pizarro, Hernando

(Encyclopedia) Pizarro, HernandoPizarro, Hernandoĕrnänˈdō [key]Pizarro, Hernando pēthärˈrō [key], fl. 1530–60, Spanish conquistador, half-brother of Francisco Pizarro. Much older than his half-…

Dumaguete

(Encyclopedia) Dumaguete Dumaguete d&oomacr;mägāˈtā [key], city, capital of Negros Oriental prov., SE Negros, the…

Malé

(Encyclopedia) MaléMalémäˈlā [key], small island and town (1995 pop. 62,937) of Malé Atoll, capital of the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. A ship anchorage, Malé is a center of interisland trade with…