Many special districts have similar functions but are grouped separately because of the statutory authority under which they operate and were created. The list below serves as a cross reference of similar functions.
- Affordable Housing (see also: Housing Finance)
- Airports / Air Navigation Facilities
- Aquatic Weed Control (see also: Environmental Protection / Management)
- Beach and Shore Preservation (see also: Erosion Control)
- Beach Facilities (see also: Erosion Control, Recreational Facilities / Programs)
- Business Improvement (see also: Community Redevelopment, Downtown Improvement, Economic Development, Municipal-Type Services and Improvements)
- Capital Improvements (see also County Development, Economic Development)
- Children's Services (see also: Juvenile Welfare)
- Civic Facilities / Activities / Services (see also: County Fine Arts)
- Collaborative Client Information Systems
- Common Facilities Maintenance (see also: Neighborhood Enhancement, Neighborhood Improvement - Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement)
- Community Development (see also: Infrastructure Development)
- Community Redevelopment (see also: Business Improvement, Downtown Development / Improvement, Economic Development)
- Conservation (see also: Environmental Protection / Management, Soil and Water Conservation, Watershed Improvements)
- County Development (see also: Economic Development, Capital Improvements, Industrial Development)
- County Fine Arts (see also: Civic Facilities / Activities / Services)
- County Health and Mental Health Care (see also: Health Care, Health Facilities)
- County Road and Bridge (see also: Expressway and Bridge, Regional Transportation, Transportation Systems / Services)
- County Water and Sewer (see also: Regional Water, Utility Systems / Services, Water and/or Wastewater Systems)
- Downtown Development / Improvement (see also: Business Improvement, Community Redevelopment, Economic Development)
- Drainage and/or Water Control
- Economic Development (see also: Business Improvement, Community Redevelopment, County Development, Downtown Development / Improvement, Industrial Development)
- Educational Facilities Benefit (see also: Higher Educational Facilities Financing)
- Emergency Medical Services (see also: Fire Control and Rescue)
- Environmental Protection / Management (see also: Aquatic Weed Control, Conservation)
- Erosion Control (see also: Beach and Shore Preservation, Soil and Water Conservation)
- Expressway and Bridge (see also: County Road and Bridge, Regional Transportation, Transportation Systems / Services)
- Fire Control and Rescue (see also: Emergency Medical Services)
- Gulf Environmental and Economic Recovery
- Health Care (see also: County Health and Mental Health Care, Hospital, Hospital - County, Hospital - Lease Oversight)
- Health Facilities (see also: Hospital, Hospital - County, Hospital - Lease Oversight, Nursing Home)
- Higher Educational Facilities Financing (see also: Educational Facilities Benefit)
- Historic Preservation
- Hospital (see also: Hospital - County, Hospital - Lease Oversight, Health Care, Health Facilities)
- Hospital - County (see also: Hospital, Hospital - Lease Oversight, Health Care, Health Facilities)
- Hospital - Lease Oversight (see also: Hospital, Hospital - County, Health Care, Health Facilities)
- Housing Authority
- Housing Finance (see also: Affordable Housing)
- Human Resources
- Industrial Development (see also: County Development, Economic Development)
- Infrastructure Development (see also: Community Development)
- Inland Navigation and Waterways (see also: Port Facilities)
- Juvenile Welfare (see also: Children's Services)
- Lake and Dam Maintenance
- Land Authority
- Library - Law
- Library - Local
- Library - Regional
- Licensing and Regulation
- Mobile Home Park Recreation
- Mosquito Control
- Municipal-Type Services and Improvements (see also: Business Improvements)
- Natural Gas Distribution and / or Transmission (see also: Utility Systems / Services)
- Neighborhood Enhancement (see also: Neighborhood Improvement - Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement, Common Facilities Maintenance)
- Neighborhood Improvement - Local Government (see also: Safety Enhancement)
- Neighborhood Improvement - Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement (see also: Neighborhood Enhancement, Common Facilities Maintenance)
- Neighborhood Improvement - Property Owners' Association
- Neighborhood Improvement - Special (Residential or Business)
- Nursing Home (see also: Health Facilities)
- Parking Facilities (see also: Municipal-Type Services and Improvements)
- Planning - Coordination (see also: Planning - Land Use and Transportation, Planning - Regulation)
- Planning - Land Use and Transportation (see also: Planning - Coordination, Planning - Regulation)
- Planning - Regulation (see also: Planning - Coordination, Planning - Land Use and Transportation)
- Port Facilities (see also: Inland Navigation and Waterways)
- Qualifying Improvements to Real Property
- Recreational Facilities / Programs
- Regional Transportation (see also: County Road and Bridge, Expressway and Bridge, Transportation Systems / Services)
- Regional Water (see also: Utility Systems / Services, Water and/or Wastewater Systems)
- Research and Development
- Road Maintenance (see also: County Road and Bridge, Expressway and Bridge, Regional Transportation, Transportation Systems)
- Safety Enhancement (see also: Neighborhood Improvement – Local Government)
- Soil and Water Conservation (see also: Erosion Control, Watershed Improvement)
- Solid Waste Disposal
- Street Lighting
- Transportation Systems / Services (see also: Expressway and Bridge, Regional Transportation, County Road and Bridge)
- Utility Systems / Services (see also: Natural Gas Transmission, Regional Water, Water and / or Wastewater Systems)
- Water and/or Wastewater Systems (see also: County Water and Sewer, Municipal-Type Services and Improvements, Regional Water, Utility Systems / Services)
- Water Management
- Watershed Improvement (see also: Soil and Water Conservation)