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Tallahassee, Florida Area DemographicsTallahassee, Florida real estate is located about half an hour’s drive north of the Gulf of Mexico and about 20 minutes south of the Florida-Georgia state line. With a population of 156,612 (2004 U.S. Census estimate), Tallahassee is the largest city in the 16-county region that comprises the Florida Panhandle and the eighth-largest city in the state. Another 40,000 students are enrolled at Florida State University, which are not included in official census data.
Tallahassee is both the state capital of Florida and the county seat of Leon County (population: 245,756). The people who live in Tallahassee are young and well-educated. The median age of residents is 26 years. Leon County residents are the most educated of any of Florida’s 67 counties, with 50 percent of the population holding a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than double the state and national averages.
Tallahassee is noted for its hilly terrain � the state capital is located on one of the highest hills in the city � and the elevation varies from sea level to 190 feet.
Temperatures vary more widely than most other areas of Florida. Although the average summer high is 91 degrees, Tallahassee occasionally tops 100 degrees. It also can get colder than other parts of Florida in the winter, when the average high is 65 degrees and the average low is 41 degrees. In 1899, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the state, 2 degrees below zero, was recorded at Tallahassee. Snow has fallen many times, about once every three or four years, and in February 1958 a three-inch snowfall was recorded. Azalea and dogwood blooms dot the city every March.
Tallahassee, Florida History and CultureTallahassee, Florida real estate is steeped in the history of the South and the city retains its Southern heritage, from the accents of its native residents to their general voting habits.
Tallahassee’s first residents were Paleo-Indians about 12,000 years ago. In modern times, the Apalachee and then the Creek (later called Seminole) Indians inhabited the area in the 17th and 18th centuries. The name “Tallahassee” is a Muskogee Indian word often translated as “old fields” or “old town.” Several mission sites were established with the aim of procuring food and labor for the colony at St. Augustine on Florida’s east coast. One of the most important mission sites, Mission San Luis de Apalachee, has been partially reconstructed as a state historic site in Tallahassee.
The Spanish missionaries were not the first Europeans to visit Tallahassee, however. The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto spent the winter of 1538-39 encamped at the Apalachee village of Anhaica, which he had taken by force. De Soto’s brutal treatment of the natives was fiercely resisted and by the following spring De Soto was eager to move on. The site of Anhaica, near present-day Myers Park in Tallahassee, was located by Florida archaeologist B. Calvin Jones in 1987.
The founding of Tallahassee was largely a matter of convenience. In 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. and a territorial government was established, but the impracticalities of alternately meeting in St. Augustine and Pensacola � the two largest cities in the territory at the time � led to the selection of the former Indian village of Tallahassee, roughly midway between the two cities, as a suitable place. Their decision hinged on Tallahassee’s location near a beautiful waterfall � now referred to as the Capital Cascades � and the old capital of the Apalachee. In 1824, Tallahassee was formally proclaimed the capital of the Florida territory, although Florida did not become a state until 21 years later. That year, 1845, saw the completion of a Greek Revival masonry structure that became the capital building. The “old capital” still stands today in front of a new high-rise tower (the “new capital”). Tallahassee has traditionally been a politically progressive city and has voted Democratic in at least the last 10 Presidential elections.
During the antebellum period, Tallahassee was at the center of the fast growing “middle counties” of Florida, which held the bulk of the antebellum state population. For several decades before the Civil War, nearby Gadsden County was the most populous in the state. Cotton and tobacco plantations and smaller farms were the main draw for population growth as well as economic and political power. Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi not captured by Union forces during the Civil War. The Battle of Natural Bridge was fought outside Tallahassee, mostly by students of what would later become Florida State University, which is the only non-military academy or service academy school to have such a claim.
Following the Civil War, much of Florida’s industry shifted to the south and east, a trend that continues to this day. The end of slavery caused the cotton and tobacco trade to suffer and the state’s major industry shifted to citrus, naval stores, cattle ranching and tourism, all of which occurred to the south and east due to climate and geography. However, Tallahassee was firmly entrenched as capital and in 1901 the old capital building was expanded with two new wings and a small dome.
Throughout much of the 20th century, Tallahassee remained a sleepy home to state government and academia, where politicians would meet to discuss spending money on grand public improvement projects to accommodate growth in places such as Miami and Tampa Bay, hundreds of miles away from the capital. But a movement to relocate the capital to centrally-located Orlando in the 1960s was defeated and the new capital was built in the 1970s.
Tallahassee has seen moderate growth in recent years, mainly in government and research services associated with the state and Florida State University. However, a growing number of retirees are finding Tallahassee an attractive alternative to South Florida’s high housing prices and urban sprawl.
Tallahassee, Florida Attractions, Activities and AmenitiesTallahassee, Florida real estate includes the capital of the nation’s fourth-largest state. With many of the people who live in Tallahassee consumed with either governmental or scholarly pursuits, the city is much less of a tourist destination than many other Florida locales, but there is much natural beauty to experience.
Tallahassee and the surrounding area offer a unique mix of science, technology, politics, nature, education, culture and history.
High Tech firms find Innovation Park a perfect location to grow and prosper. A diversified, well-educated work force and a business-friendly atmosphere combine to make the area a great choice for many companies seeking to relocate. Sophistication, Southern charm and historic landmarks define Tallahassee living.
Florida’s natural beauty is on display in and near Tallahassee. Azalea and dogwood blooms dot the city landscape each year in the early spring. Fishing and boating are popular endeavors in the many nearby lakes. Just east and south of Tallahassee is the 564,000-acre Apalachicola National Forest, which features crystal-clear lakes, clear springs, dense woods, saltwater ponds and marshes and where hiking, biking and fishing lead the list of popular outdoor pursuits. Adjacent to the forest is St. Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge in Wakulla County, with its famous white lighthouse on Apalachee Bay. Other attractions include Lake Jackson Mounds Agricultural State Park, Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park, Mission San Luis de Apalachee, the Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site near Woodville, Wakulla Springs State Park near Crawfordville and Florida Caverns to the west in Jackson County, the only place in the Sunshine State to explore above-ground caves.
Florida State University (FSU), which opened in 1851, is the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state. The city is also home to Florida A&M University, a historically black institution, as well as Tallahassee Community College.
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