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Leon County

County in Florida, United States
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Summary

Leon County is a county of Florida[1]. It draws 853 Wikipedia views per month (county of florida category, ranking #46 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Florida[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Tallahassee[5]
  • Shares border with: Grady County[6], Thomas County[7], Jefferson County[8], Wakulla County[9], Liberty County[10], Gadsden County[11]
  • Named after: Juan Ponce de León[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Tallahassee[13]
  • Flag: flag of Leon County[14]
  • Commons category: Leon County, Florida[15]
  • Inception: December 29, 1824[16]
  • Coordinate location: 30.46, -84.28[17]
  • Official website: http://www.leoncountyfl.gov[18], https://cms.leoncountyfl.gov/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Leon County, Florida[20]
  • Population: 275,487[21], 276,056[22], 278,258[23], 283,700[24], 281,845[25], 286,272[26], 292,198[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Leon County, Florida[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Leon County, Florida[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Leon County, Florida[30]
  • Number of households: 116,530[31]
  • Native label: Leon County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108043[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Leon County, Florida[34]
  • Different from: Leon County[35]
  • Area: 1818[36]
  • Water as percent of area: 5[37]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Leon County, Florida[38]
  • Social media followers: 13,978[39], 13,194[40], 14,631[41], 15,302[42]

Why It Matters

Leon County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

Florida Juan Ponce de León United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Leon County. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/leon-county
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_leon-county_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Leon County}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/leon-county}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Leon County, Florid
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Leon County, Florida.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential "
  2. 6w ago · Natsthename1 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikitree category or space → Category:Leon County, Florida
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Wikitree category or space: Category:Leon County, Florida"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Capital → Tallahassee
    Area → {'amount': '+1818'}
    Instance of → —
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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