THE WAKULLA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf Coast Flatwoods setting.
Wakulla County has 606.4 square miles of land in Florida. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Wakulla County: Gulf Coast Flatwoods, Big Bend Coastal Marsh, Floodplains and Low Terraces.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Wakulla County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods88.4%
- Big Bend Coastal Marsh8.1%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces3.4%
Finding your parcel within Wakulla County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Wakulla County, including Crawfordville, St. Marks, Sopchoppy. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Wakulla County by land and water
The Census records 310.5 square miles of water within Wakulla County, or 33.9% of its total area. That share is close to Wakulla County’s 33.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wakulla County has 363.6 times the land area of nearby Panacea CDP (1.67 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Franklin County, Jefferson 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.

