Julia Tuttle subsequently convinced Henry Flagler, a railroad tycoon, to expand his Florida East Coast Railway to the region, for which she became known as " the mother of Miami.

It is named for oil tycoon and Florida railroad developer Henry Morrison Flagler.

Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, Henry Flagler built his railroad along the east coast of Florida passing through Hobe Sound.

When Henry Flagler brought his railroad down to Lemon City ( a year or so before he extended it to Miami in 1896 ), he placed depots at numerous spots along the route, and small towns quickly developed around those stops.

In 1894, two years before Henry Morrison Flagler built his railroad, a former American Civil War major named Nathan Boynton first set eyes on the area that now bears his name.

Florida experienced a population boom in the early 20th century when the Flagler railroad to Miami was completed.

The architects were John Carrere and Thomas Hastings, working for Henry Morrison Flagler, the industrialist, oil magnate and railroad pioneer.

His strongest opponent was Robert W. Davis, the railroad ( and hence Flagler ) candidate ; two other candidates presented smaller threats.

* The repeal of the Florida Railroad Commission, at the urging of railroad baron Henry Flagler ;

The Florida East Coast Railway ( FEC ) was developed by Henry Morrison Flagler, an American tycoon, real estate promoter, railroad developer and John D. Rockefeller's partner in Standard Oil.

Before Flagler bought the line, the railroad stretched only between South Jacksonville and St. Augustine and lacked a depot sufficient to accommodate travelers to his St. Augustine resorts.

Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks ; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.

Flagler obtained a charter from the state of Florida authorizing him to build a railroad along the Indian River to Miami, and as the railroad progressed southward, cities such as New Smyrna and Titusville began to develop along the tracks.

Palm Beach was to be the terminus of the Flagler railroad, but during 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit all of Central Florida, whereas the Miami area remained unaffected, causing Flagler to rethink his original decision not to move the railroad south of Palm Beach.

" To convince Flagler to continue the railroad to Miami, both Julia Tuttle and William Brickell offered half of their holdings north and south of the Miami River to Mr. Flagler.

Mrs. Tuttle added for shops and yards if Mr. Flagler would extend his railroad to the shores of Biscayne Bay and build one of his great hotels.

To further develop the area surrounding the Miami railroad station, Flagler dredged a channel, built streets and The Royal Palm Hotel, instituted the first water and power systems, and financed the town's first newspaper, the Metropolis.

Flagler began his railroad building in 1892.

Flagler County is coexistent with the Palm Coast, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area ( MSA ) designated by the Office of Management and Budget and used for statistical purposes by the Census Bureau and other agencies Palm Coast is designated as the MSA's principal city.

This includes the Metropolitan Statistical Areas of Orlando – Kissimmee – Sanford and Palm Coast ( Flagler County ), as well as the micropolitan area of The Villages ( Sumter County ).

Chuluota was originally laid out by Flagler and his Chuluota Land Company to compete with Orlando as the center of trade in the area.

The fable that Julia Tuttle, one of two main landowners in the Miami area along with the Brickell family, sent orange blossoms to Flagler to prove to him that Miami, unlike the rest of the state, was unaffected by the frost is untrue.

This includes the Metropolitan Statistical Areas of Deltona – Daytona Beach – Ormond Beach ( Volusia County ) and Palm Coast ( Flagler County ), as well as the micropolitan area of The Villages ( Sumter County ).

It also led to the federal decision in the late 1890s to construct Fort Worden, Fort Casey, and Fort Flagler around Admiralty Inlet as a " Triangle of Fire " for the protection of Puget Sound from a hostile fleet.

* The St. Johns River creates a large peninsula over 75 miles in length that stretches from eastern Jacksonville down to the border of Flagler and Volusia counties, where the river emanates from Lake George.

The ritual takes place every Easter weekend at Fort Flagler State Park in Washington State.

* Public Defender, 7th Judicial Circuit of Florida serving Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia counties

Flagler County is a county on the east coast of the U. S. state of Florida.

Created in 1917 from portions of Saint Johns and Volusia counties, it was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, who built the Florida East Coast Railway.

Bunnell is the county seat of Flagler County.

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.

Flagler is also a sports town.

Three Flagler baseball teams have made it to the State Tournament in the last 2 years.

Flagler county was ranked the fastest-growing county in the nation by the US Census Bureau from 2000 to 2005, boasting a 53. 3 % change, with a July 1, 2005 population estimate at 76, 410.

* Flagler Estates ( also in St. Johns County )

Due in large part to its rapidly changing demographics, Flagler County is often an unpredictable county in presidential and other elections, although the general trend has been towards the Democratic party in recent years.

Flagler Avenue, corner of St. Lucie, Stuart, 1913

Flagler College is a private liberal arts college located in downtown St. Augustine.

* Public Defender, 7th Judicial Circuit of Florida serving Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia counties

* 25px SR 11, a scenic south to north road that runs from US 17 north of Deland to US 1 in Bunnell in Flagler County.

The IIF was able to invest in development projects due to Disston's purchase, and an opportunity to improve transportation presented itself when oil tycoon Henry Flagler began purchasing land and building rail lines along the east coast of Florida, as far south as Palm Beach in 1893.