Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between 1938 and 1975, Florida assigned each of its 67 counties a number that was based on its population rank in the 1935 census.

You may be prudent about making sure to renew your license plate, but even if you do it on time every year, you could still ...

Editor's note: This story first ran in Eliot Kleinberg's Florida Time column in July 2019. Between 1938 and 1975, Florida assigned each of its 67 counties a number that was based on its population ...

Florida used a county-based numbering system on license plates from 1938 to 1975, with numbers assigned based on the 1935 census population rank. The numbering system designated Dade County as 1, ...