THE MADISON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink setting.
Madison County has 696.5 square miles of land in Florida. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Madison County: Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink, Gulf Coast Flatwoods.
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
Madison County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink66.6%
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods33.4%
Southern Coastal Plain in Madison 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 Madison County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Madison County, including Madison, Lee, Greenville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Madison County by land and water
The Census records 19.2 square miles of water within Madison County, or 2.7% of its total area. That share is close to Madison County’s 2.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Madison County has 264.2 times the land area of nearby Madison city (2.64 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hamilton County, Jefferson County, Lafayette County, Suwannee County, Taylor County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

