Seminole County, Florida, USA

Seminole County lies in Florida, linking established communities with the surrounding rural and suburban landscape. Sanford is the county seat in a compact Central Florida county of lakes, suburbs and Saint Johns River wetlands. Indigenous history, rail expansion, agriculture and twentieth-century migration shaped the peninsula, and later roads broadened the community’s ties to the region. Tourism, health care, trade, construction, agriculture and services anchor the economy. Local traditions and access to the outdoors add another dimension to life in Seminole County.