Flagler County was created in 1917 from portions of southern St.
Today, the County thrives upon successful real estate and service industries..
In the late 1960s, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT) purchased 22,000 acres of timberland and established the retirement community of Palm Coast.
The economic driving force in the County until the early 1970s was its agriculture and forestry industry.
Marine Studios, later named Marineland, opened in 1938 as the world\'s first underwater motion picture studio.
Joseph Marion Hernandez, the first Hispanic to serve in the US Congress, had three successful sugar plantations in Flagler County until they were burned down by Native Americans in 1836, during the Second Seminole War.
Augustine, was established as the County seat.
Bunnell, located 30 miles south of St.
The County was named after Henry Morrison Flagler, a railroad and oil tycoon, who was a developer of the Florida East Coast Railway during the 1880s and 1900s.
Johns County and northern Volusia County.
Flagler County was created in 1917 from portions of southern St
