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Leon County is included in the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Tallahassee is home to two of Florida's major public universities, Florida State University and Florida A&M University, as well as Tallahassee Community College. Together these institutions have a combined enrollment of more than 70,000 students annually, creating both economic and social effects.
Leon County Schools ( LCS) is a school district headquartered in the LCS Admin Complex in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. [1] It is the sole school district of Leon County.
SAIL High School, also known as School for Arts and Innovative Learning [2] and formerly School for Applied Individualized Learning, [3] is a public secondary school, serving grades 9-12 for the Leon County Schools in Tallahassee, Florida. A magnet school, it has a focus on arts and applied humanities.
The annual Leon County Property Appraiser office's food truck event is back.
Join our call to address Leon County’s homeless student population. The Tallahassee Democrat recently reported that over 1,000 schoolchildren in Leon County qualify as homeless; and that is an ...
Burgesstown Plantation. Burgesstown Plantation was a large forced-labor farm of 8,100 acres (3,300 ha) in northern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Frederich R. Cotten between 1850 and 1855. Cotten used the forced labor of enslaved people to work his land, which was primarily devoted to growing cotton as a cash crop .
Both provisions apply automatically upon the establishment of a primary residence in Florida, but to reap the tax assessment benefits, the homestead exemption must be claimed by a filing with the local county property appraiser's office. Homestead can be lost if the homeowner abandons use of the real property as a homestead.
Live Oak Plantation was originally a small cotton plantation of 1,560 acres (630 ha) located in central Leon County, Florida, United States established by John Branch who arrived in Florida in 1832 and served as Florida Territorial Governor while living at Live Oak for 15 years.
Leon County Schools received sharp criticism from some parents for decisions made in opening and closing schools in the aftermath of the May 10 storms.
Chaires (pronounced as / tʃaɪrɛs /) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located just east of Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida, United States. [1] The population was 308 at the 2020 census [2]. It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located near the intersection of Chaires ...