Welcome to Okeechobee County ...

Time Zone: Okeechobee County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Okeechobee is the Seat for Okeechobee County.

Okeechobee County was founded May 8, 1917. Okeechobee was created by taking area from Osceola, Palm Beach and Saint Lucie Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Okeechobee had a population of 42,168 people. This is an increase of 5.35% since the last Census (which gave a population of 40,025 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Okeechobee represented 0.21% of the total population of Florida.

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to Florida
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  • Website for the State Archives of Florida

• Websites specific to Okeechobee County
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• Websites for nearby counties
  • Glades County
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  • Saint Lucie County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
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  • Cemeteries of Florida
  • Cemeteries of Okeechobee County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Florida
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Florida