Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.
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—digitized titles
72historic places
—earliest paper
1824formed
292,198pop. 2020
49cemeteries
1CW battlefields
At a glance
Summary
The National Register of Historic Places includes 72 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Tallahassee, Miccosukee, Chaires.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
Leon County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).
1830
1840
1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1950
1960
1980
2000
2020
6,494
10,713
12,343
19,662
19,887
18,059
31,646
51,590
74,225
148,655
239,452
292,198
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
Cemeteries & historical places
USGS GNIS
49 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
Cemeteries — 49 of 49 listed
Name
Lat
Lon
Aenon Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
None
None
Airport Cemetery
None
None
Barrow Hill Cemetery
30.49436
-84.1171
Belair Cemetery
None
None
Bell Cemetery
30.65325
-84.25768
Boatwright Cemetery
None
None
Bradford - Eppes Cemetery
30.56446
-84.21121
Capitola Cemetery
None
None
Chaires Cemetery
None
None
Fort Braden Cemetery
30.43445
-84.52258
Geddie Cemetery
None
None
Greenwood Cemetery
None
None
Halls Cemetery
30.61771
-84.04122
Kelley Cemetery
30.32131
-84.16739
Kelley Cemetery
None
None
Lamonia Cemetery
30.66075
-84.26601
Lester Cemetery
30.5613
-84.21906
Levy Cemetery
None
None
Meadow Wood Cemetery
None
None
Meadowwood Memorial Park
30.50477
-84.26336
Miccosukee Cemetery
30.59285
-84.05537
Mitchell Cemetery
30.61333
-84.23108
Moody Cemetery
None
None
Moore Cemetery
30.56019
-84.36962
Moore-Johnson Cemetery
None
None
Mount Pisgah American Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
None
None
New Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Cemetery
None
None
New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
None
None
Oakland Cemetery
30.45187
-84.28573
Old City Cemetery
30.44273
-84.28697
Old Pisgah Methodist Cemetery
None
None
Paupers Cemetery
None
None
Rhodes Cemetery
30.32909
-84.23017
Rhodes Cemetery
30.34131
-84.24739
Roselawn Cemetery
30.48686
-84.26712
Runner Cemetery
30.54408
-84.01405
Russell Cemetery
None
None
Russells Cemetery
30.44492
-84.43462
Saint Philips Cemetery
30.5535
-84.16648
Skipper Cemetery
30.42016
-84.09195
Soda Field Cemetery
30.4129
-84.23526
Southside Cemetery
30.39658
-84.331
Strickland-Ferrell Cemetery
None
None
Tallahassee Memory Gardens
30.45158
-84.28323
Tallahassee Memory Gardens Cemetery
30.50992
-84.33796
Tallahassee National Cemetery
30.42092
-84.1873
Thomas Cemetery
None
None
Van Brunt Cemetery
30.65797
-84.20128
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3308 Cemetery
None
None
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
Name
Lat
Lon
Cohowfoochee
30.33353
-84.50824
Ocklockonee
30.66686
-84.2999
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
Civil War battlefields nearby
ABPP
American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.
Battlefield
Study acres
Dist.
Site ID
Natural Bridge
544
23.8 km
FL006
Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).
Historical markers
HMdb link
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