THE JEFFERSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink setting.
Jefferson County has 598.1 square miles of land in Florida. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Jefferson County: Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink, Gulf Coast Flatwoods, Big Bend Coastal Marsh.
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
Jefferson County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink58.8%
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods39.8%
- Big Bend Coastal Marsh1.4%
Southern Coastal Plain in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Jefferson County, including Wacissa, Monticello, Waukeenah. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Jefferson County by land and water
The Census records 74.5 square miles of water within Jefferson County, or 11.1% of its total area. That share is close to Jefferson County’s 11.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jefferson County has 189.4 times the land area of nearby Waukeenah CDP (3.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Leon County, Madison County, Taylor County, Wakulla County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

