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Tallahassee (/ ˌtæləˈhæsi / TAL-ə-HASS-ee) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2022, the estimated population was 201,731, [5] making it the eighth-most populous city in ...
The counties of the Tallahassee Metropolitan Area cover an area of around 2,604 sq mi (6,750 km 2), of which around 2,390 sq mi (6,1890 km 2) is land. Much of that water area is in Wakulla and Jefferson counties along the coastline of Apalachee Bay. Only 141.33 sq mi (366.04 km 2), or 5.92%, of the area is urbanized, with nearly 80% of said ...
max. 96.2 feet (29.3 m) Lake Jackson is a shallow, prairie lake on the north side of Leon County, Florida, United States, near Tallahassee, with two major depressions or sinkholes known as Porter Sink and Lime Sink. The lake is located in the Red Hills Region, and has fluctuated from periods of being dry to a maximum elevation of 96 feet (29 m ...
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Early history. Tallahassee is situated within the Apalachee Province, home of the Apalachee, a Mississippian culture of agrarian people who farmed vast tracts of land. Their capital, Anhaica, was located within Tallahassee's city limits. The name "Tallahassee" is a Muskogean Indian word often translated as "old fields", or "old town."
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens is a 1,176-acre (4.76 km 2) Florida State Park, botanical garden and historic site, located in Tallahassee, in northeastern Florida. The address is 3540 Thomasville Road. The gardens are also a U.S. historic district known as the Killearn Plantation Archeological ...
Geography of Florida. A map of Florida, as seen from outer space. Much of the state of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. Spanning two time zones, it extends to the northwest into a panhandle along the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is bordered on the north by the states ...