Limestone Florida Map

About Limestone, Florida

Limestone is a locality in Jefferson County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 157. The population density is 2.6 people per km². Limestone is located at 27.3672°N, 81.9048°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 32344, 33865.

Limestone emerges from the flat, humid expanse of the Florida interior, where the heavy air clings to the skin like a damp linen sheet. It lies 16.2 miles east-southeast of Tallahassee, FL (from Tallahassee, FL: bearing 112°T), and is situated 18.4 miles southeast of Bradfordville. The landscape surrounding Limestone is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Limestone Creek, which carves a modest path through the dense palmetto scrub just a mile from the center. To the north, the terrain rises slightly toward the modest elevation of Calico Hill, while the earth occasionally dips into the limestone-pitted depressions of Gray Sink, a silent reminder of the porous stone beneath the surface. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, syrupy quality, turning the deep greens of the vegetation into dark, obsidian silhouettes that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has vanished.

Limestone maintains a quiet existence tethered to the rhythms of the land, drawing its character from the proximity of the Aucilla Wildlife Management Area where the wild, unmanaged thickets remain undisturbed. The local economy relies on the stubborn persistence of the soil, with small-scale agriculture and timber providing a steady, if modest, pulse to the daily routines of the residents. History is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring tracks of old roads and the way the community has adapted to the seasonal rains that feed the nearby Lake Catherine. People here move with the measured pace of those who understand that nature is the primary architect, finding a quiet beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying fields before the subtropical sun burns it away.

About This Limestone Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Limestone, Florida. Coordinates: 27.367249, -81.904786. 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 Limestone includes the ZIP code (32344, 33865), telephone area code (850, 561), county seat of Jefferson County (Monticello), and school district assignment (Hardee 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.