Crescent City Florida Map

About Crescent City, Florida

Crescent City is a locality in Putnam County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,654. The population density is 309.3 people per km². Crescent City is located at 29.4303°N, 81.5106°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Crescent City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 32112.

Crescent City unfolds across a landscape defined by the heavy, humid breath of the subtropics, where palmetto scrub and tangled cypress define the horizon. It lies 16.9 miles south-southeast of Palatka, FL (from Palatka, FL: bearing 153°T), and is situated 15.6 miles south-southwest of Flagler Estates. The light at dusk here possesses a thick, amber quality, catching the moisture in the air until the world seems to glow with the warmth of a dying ember. Eva Lyons Park serves as the quiet center of the terrain, offering a patch of green permanence amidst the shifting shadows of the pines. Two miles away, the dark waters of Grimsley Cove pull at the edges of the land, while the distant, winding path of Jumping Gully Branch marks the slow passage of water through the low-lying woods. Further out, the surface of Cow Pond remains a still mirror, reflecting a sky that is frequently lit by the sharp, electric suddenness of summer storms.

Crescent City carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, where the soil has been coaxed for generations to yield the bounty of citrus groves. The rhythm of daily life moves with the deliberate pace of those who work the earth, a steady labor that remains indifferent to the hurried transit of the outside world. Beyond the groves, the legacy of the region is written in the silence of the landscape, punctuated by the occasional silhouette of Shell Mound rising in the distance like a memory of older inhabitants. Bear Island sits in the nearby coastal periphery, a reminder of the proximity to the shifting tides that define this portion of the peninsula. Here, the economy remains rooted in the land and the water, sustaining a character that is as durable and unpretentious as the cypress roots gripping the banks of the local waterways.

About This Crescent City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crescent City, Florida. Coordinates: 29.430251, -81.510629. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Crescent City includes the ZIP code (32112), telephone area code (850), county seat of Putnam County (Palatka), and school district assignment (Putnam County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.