Flagler County, Florida

Founding: 1917
Parent counties: St. Johns and Volusia

Namesake: Henry Flagler, founder of Standard Oil
Seat: Bunnell (1917–)

Land area: 485 square miles

Population (2020): 115,378

Population (historic): 2,442 (1920); 2,466 (1930); 3,008 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1960; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; two towns

National Register listings: 12

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 180 (0.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 47.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 48.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $996
Average outbuilding value (1930): $962
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 187
Average farm size (1920): 21.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Florida and Georgia
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Bunnell

Namesake: Alvah Bunnell, local businessman

Founding: 1892 (post office); 1913 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,276

Population (historic): 682 (1920); 671 (1930); 1,030 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1930–1960; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 96 (7.6%)
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