THE SUWANNEE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink setting.
Suwannee County has 688.6 square miles of land in Florida. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Suwannee 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
Suwannee County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink98.4%
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods1.6%
Southern Coastal Plain in Suwannee 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 Suwannee County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Suwannee County, including Live Oak, Branford. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Suwannee County by land and water
The Census records 3.67 square miles of water within Suwannee County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Suwannee County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Suwannee County has 90.3 times the land area of nearby Live Oak city (7.63 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Columbia County, Gilchrist County, Hamilton County, Lafayette County, Madison County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

