THE BRADFORD COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sea Island Flatwoods setting.
Bradford County has 294 square miles of land in Florida. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Bradford County: Sea Island Flatwoods, Central Florida Ridges and Uplands, Eastern Florida Flatwoods.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Bradford County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sea Island Flatwoods97.2%
- Central Florida Ridges and Uplands1.6%
- Eastern Florida Flatwoods1.1%
Finding your parcel within Bradford County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Bradford County, including Starke, Lawtey, Hampton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Bradford County by land and water
The Census records 6.53 square miles of water within Bradford County, or 2.2% of its total area. That share is close to Bradford County’s 2.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bradford County has 41 times the land area of nearby Starke city (7.18 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Alachua County, Baker County, Clay County, Putnam County, Union County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

