Florida

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• Capital City: Tallahassee
• City Guides: Florida City Guides
• Location: 30.457N, 84.281W
• Capital Tour: Capitol Tour
• 50states School Directory: Find your school!  
• Admission to Statehood: March 3, 1845
• Ancestry and Genealogy: Florida State Database
• Area: 65758 sq.mi., 22th   Land 53997 sq.mi., 26th   Water 11761 sq.mi., 3rd   Coastline 1350 mi., 2nd   Shoreline 8,426 mi., 2nd
  
• Area Codes: 50states List
• Biographies: Famous Floridians
• Bird: Mockingbird   50states List
• Border States: Regional List   Alabama   Georgia
• Cam World: Live Web Cams
• City Guides: Florida City Guides
• Climate: Florida
• Colleges, Universities: Florida Colleges, Florida Business Schools, Florida Art Schools
• Community and Technical Colleges: Florida Community Colleges
• Community Pages: 50states List
• Constitution: 27th State
• County Profile: County Map   67 Counties
• Courts: Judicial System
• Current Events: Florida News Headlines
• Department of: Education   Certification
• Driving: DHS&MV
• Economy:
  • Agriculture: Citrus, vegetables, nursery stock, cattle, sugarcane, dairy products.
  • Industry: Tourism, electric equipment, food processing, printing and publishing, transportation equipment, machinery.
• Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
• Fast Facts: 50states List
• Flag:
  On a white field emblazoned with a red X and the state seal, Florida's flag represents the land of sunshine, flowers, palm trees, rivers and lakes. The seal features a brilliant sun, a cabbage palmetto tree, a steamboat sailing and a Native American Seminole woman scattering flowers. Flag adopted 1899. Get this Flag
  
• Flower: Orange blossom   Citrus sinensis
• Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List   Historical Societies      
• Geographic Center: Hernando, 12 miles northnorthwest of Brooksville
• Governor: Office of Governor
• Highest Point: Britton Hill; 345 feet, 50th
• Highway Markers: Florida  Resource Manual
• History: Exploring FloridaCivil War
• Internet Service Providers: Florida
• Largest Cities: Jacksonville   Miami   Tampa   Saint Petersburg   Hialeah   Orlando   Fort Lauderdale   Tallahassee   Hollywood   Pembroke Pines
• Library: Florida   Florida Libraries  
• License Plates: Florida
• Local Resources: Florida Courts Florida Fire Departments Florida Counseling Services Florida Police Departments Florida Government Offices
• Lottery: Florida Lottery
• Lowest Point: Atlantic & Gulf coasts; Sealevel, 3rd
• Maps: Rand McNally   DMOZ   Blank Outline Map   50states List
• Media: Radio   TV
• Motto: In God We Trust
• Museums: The Virtual Library
• National Forest: Florida
• Newspapers: Florida
• Nickname: Sunshine State
• Nursing Schools: Florida
• Origin of state's name: Named on Easter 1513 by Ponce de Leonfor Pascua Florida, meaning "Flowery Easter"
• Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
• Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
• Population: Quick facts   15,982,378; 4th, 12/00
• Public Records: Florida
• Real Estate: Florida Real Estate
• Representatives:
  • US House:   110th Congress
  • US Senate:   110th Congress
  • Florida House: Members
  • Florida Senate: Members
• Road Side America: Florida
• School Directory: Florida Schools     Public Schools   Private Schools
• Soil: Florida - Myakka
• Song: Swanee River   50states List   Sheet Music
  • music and words by: StephenC. Foster
• Sports: Florida Teams
• State Parks: Florida
• State Quarters: Florida
• Symbols: Florida Symbols
• Topography: Image   Land is mostly flat with rolling high in northwest.
• Travel: Florida Travel
• Tree: Cabbage Palmetto   Sabal palmetto  
• Unclaimed Funds: Florida
• Vacation Rentals: Florida Vacation Rentals
• Veteran Affairs: Florida VA   Military Links
• Vital Records: Florida Vital Records
• Weather: Tallahassee, Tallahassee Regional Airport
• White Pages: Florida White Pages
• Yellow Pages: Florida Yellow Pages
• Zip Codes: Florida Zip Codes