Oakleaf Plantation Florida Map

About Oakleaf Plantation, Florida

Oakleaf Plantation is a locality in Clay County, Florida, United States. It has a population of 32,070. The population density is 722.6 people per km². Oakleaf Plantation is located at 30.1689°N, 81.8337°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 32068.

Oakleaf Plantation sprawls across the flat, sandy terrain of Clay County, a landscape where the air hangs thick and humid, carrying the scent of pine needles and the distant, faint promise of brackish water. It lies 4.8 miles north-west of Lakeside, FL (from Lakeside, FL: bearing 305°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-west of Fleming Island. Magnolia trees, their waxy leaves catching the sun like polished jade, punctuate the otherwise uniform stretches of scrub oak and palmetto, their gnarled limbs reaching out as if in perpetual, slow motion. The roads here are ribbons of pale asphalt, cutting through swathes of verdant growth that seem to swallow them whole during the long, languid afternoons. Even the sky seems to possess a certain weight, a vast, pale blue dome that presses down with the heat, broken only by the occasional, slow-moving cumulus cloud that drifts with the imperceptible currents of the atmosphere. The very ground beneath your feet, a loose, sandy loam, feels porous, as though it might absorb any passing sound, leaving only the hum of cicadas and the occasional, sharp cry of a distant bird. The history of Oakleaf Plantation is a quiet one, etched not in grand monuments but in the slow evolution of its economy and the subtle shifts in its character. Once a place where agriculture, particularly the cultivation of timber and naval stores, held sway, its fortunes have gradually turned towards residential development and the services that support it. The nearby St. Johns River, a broad, slow-moving artery, has always been a silent witness, its waters once plied by schooners and now by recreational craft. The spirit of Oakleaf Plantation is one of quiet resilience, a place where the past is not forgotten but rather assimilated into the present, like the ancient roots of the very oaks that give the plantation its name, still anchoring themselves deep within the sandy soil, unseen but ever present.

About This Oakleaf Plantation Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakleaf Plantation, Florida — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 30.1689, -81.8337. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Oakleaf Plantation and Clay County.

Detailed location data for Oakleaf Plantation includes the ZIP code (32065), telephone area code (850), county seat of Clay County (Green Cove Springs), and school district assignment (Clay County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Oakleaf Plantation is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.