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   Genealogy Atlas has images of old American atlases during the years 1795, 1814, 1822, 1823, 1836, 1838, 1845, 1856, 1866, 1879 and 1897 for Florida and other states.
   You can view rotating animated maps for Florida showing all the county boundaries for each census year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries. You can view a list of maps for other states at Census Maps
   You can view rotating animated maps for Florida showing all the county boundary changes for each year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries . You can view a list of maps for other states and State Department of Transportation Maps at County Maps. The Florida Department of Transportation has county maps the show the locations of churches, cemeteries, roads, ect... free for viewing or download here

  Federal Population Schedules that exist for Florida are 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. There are Industry and Agriculture Schedules availible for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Slave Schedules exist for 1850 & 1860. The Mortality Schedules for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Union Veterans Schedules were conducted in 1890.

  State Schedules: The state of Florida conducted its own censuses in 1845, 1855, and every ten years from 1875 through 1945. Unfortunately, very few enumeration schedules have survived.

In the holdings of the Florida State Archives are some fragmentary census returns of families with school-aged children. One for Franklin County dates from 1855, and another for Franklin from 1866 has been published; The archives has census returns for 1867 from Hernando, Madison, Orange, and Santa Rosa counties. The 1875 Alachua County census also survives at the state archives.

Fortunately, Florida accepted partial funding from the federal government for a census taken as of 1 June 1885. There were schedules for population, agriculture, manufactures, and mortality. They are arranged alphabetically by name of county and thereunder numerically by type of schedule. Arrangement within the schedules is by enumeration district, precinct, or city. Thirty-five of the thirty-nine counties of the state in 1885 are included on the thirteen rolls of National Archives Microfilm Publication M845 (the schedules for Alachua, Clay, Columbia, and Nassau appear to have been lost).

The Florida State Archives has the original schedules of the state censuses of 1935 and 1945, accessible alphabetically by county and thereunder by numbered election precincts. The schedules give name, address (and whether inside or outside city limits), age, sex, race, relation to family, place of birth, degree of education, and occupation. There is no index to these records. A personal visit is required. 

  Spanish Schedules: The Spanish took a number of censuses during their periods of colonial control (1565-1763 and 1784-1821). Most have been published, though some may be hard to find.

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