THE GADSDEN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tifton Upland setting.
Gadsden County has 516.4 square miles of land in Florida. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Gadsden County: Tifton Upland, Southern Pine Plains and Hills, Gulf Coast Flatwoods, among others.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Gadsden County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tifton Upland86.9%
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills8.7%
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods3.5%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces0.9%
Southern Coastal Plain in Gadsden County
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Gadsden County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Gadsden County, including Quincy, Midway, Gretna. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Gadsden County by land and water
The Census records 12.2 square miles of water within Gadsden County, or 2.3% of its total area. That share is close to Gadsden County’s 2.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gadsden County has 44.3 times the land area of nearby Quincy city (11.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Calhoun County, Jackson County, Leon County, Liberty County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

