THE LEON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink setting.
Leon County has 668.4 square miles of land in Florida. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Leon County: Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink, Gulf Coast Flatwoods, Tifton Upland, 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
Leon County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink52.6%
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods45.2%
- Tifton Upland1.8%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces0.4%
Southern Coastal Plain in Leon 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 Leon County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Leon County, including Tallahassee, Bradfordville, Woodville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Leon County by land and water
The Census records 33.4 square miles of water within Leon County, or 4.8% of its total area. That share is close to Leon County’s 4.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Leon County has 6.5 times the land area of nearby Tallahassee city (102.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Gadsden County, Jefferson County, Liberty County, Wakulla County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

