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Hernando County
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county in Florida, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Founded
- February 24, 1843
- Named after
- Hernando de Soto
- Seat
- Brooksville
- Largest community
- Spring Hill
- Total
- 589 sq mi (1,530 km )
- Land
- 473 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Water
- 116 sq mi (300 km ) 19.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 221,701
- Density
- 411/sq mi (159/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .hernandocounty .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Hernando de Soto
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Florida
- Contains
- Weeki Wachee
- Capital
- Brooksville
- Population
- 194515
- Area
- 1526
- Shares border with
- Sumter County
- Official website
- www.hernandocounty.us
- Image
- Hernando Cty Crths Brooksville03.jpg
- Households
- 76708
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hernando County, Florida
- Commons category
- Hernando County, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Hernando County, Florida
- inception
- 1843-02-24
- water as percent of area
- 19.8
- native label
- Hernando County
- per capita income
- 26520
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Encyclopedic overview
Hernando County (Spanish: Condado de Hernando) is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 194,515. Its county seat is Brooksville, and its largest community is Spring Hill. Hernando County is included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also part of the Nature Coast of Florida.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hernando County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.