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Escambia County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 297,619.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/12033.html )〕 Its county seat is Pensacola and the County Administrator is Jack Brown. Escambia County is included in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county population has continued to increase as the suburbs of Pensacola and other cities have developed. == History == (詳細はAmerican Indian tribes at the time of European-American settlement were the Pensacola and Creek. Escambia County was organized by European-Americans on July 21, 1821, after the United States bought East Florida and West Florida from Spain. It was named for the Escambia River. The name "Escambia" may have been derived from the Creek name ''Shambia'', meaning "clearwater",〔(Escambia County Alabama History ) - accessed August 18, 2009〕 or the Choctaw word for "cane-brake" or "reed-brake".〔(Alabama Department of Archives and History ) - accessed August 18, 2009〕 Created on the same date, Escambia and St. Johns counties were Florida's two original counties, covering the entire territory within modern state boundaries. The Suwanee River was the border between them,〔''Today in Florida History!'', July 21, 2012, www.myfloridahistory.org, Florida Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida〕 which follows a winding path from the northern border of the state to the Gulf of Mexico. Essentially, the Escambia county government had jurisdiction over the "panhandle" and "big bend" areas and St. Johns over the remainder of the entire state. As population increased in the frontier territory, 21 counties were later organized from Escambia county directly or indirectly. They include Jackson (1821), Gadsden (created from Jackson)(1823), Leon (1824), Walton (1824), Washington (created from Jackson and Walton)(1825), Hamilton (1827), Jefferson (1827), Madison (created from Jefferson) (1827), Franklin (1832), Calhoun (1838), Santa Rosa (1842), Wakulla (created from Leon) (1843), Holmes (created from Jackson and Walton) (1848), Liberty (created from Gadsden) (1855), Lafayette and Taylor (created from Madison) (1856), Bay (created from Washington) (1913), Okaloosa (created from Santa Rosa and Walton) (1915), Dixie (created from Lafayette) (1921), and Gulf (created from Calhoun) (1925). The total number of counties in Florida in 2013 is 67. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Escambia County, Florida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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