Happy Birthday Manatee County!

MANATEE COUNTY, Fl (WWSB) - Happy Birthday to Manatee County as they turn 164 years old today!

Manatee County was founded in 1855 and used to be the size of Connecticut.

Happy Birthday, Manatee County! 🎂 Today we turn 164 years old. When Manatee County was founded in 1855, it was about the size of Connecticut, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Kissimmee River and Lake Okeechobee and from the present northern boundary to Charlotte Harbor.
— 🧼👏🧼ManateeGov 😷 (@ManateeGov) January 9, 2019