Waukeenah Florida Map

About Waukeenah, Florida

Waukeenah is a locality in Jefferson County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 259. The population density is 31.7 people per km². Waukeenah is located at 30.3955°N, 83.9755°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 32344.

Waukeenah emerges from the dense, subtropical verdure as a quiet intersection of red-clay roads and ancient, overarching oaks. It lies 18.9 miles east-southeast of Bradfordville, FL (from Bradfordville, FL: bearing 123°T), and is situated 19.6 miles east of Tallahassee. Bailey Mill Creek moves with a deliberate, tea-colored sluggishness through the low-lying terrain, its banks choked with ferns and the gnarled roots of cypress trees that seem to hold the earth in a permanent, damp embrace. Nearby, the stillness of Lake Catherine reflects the heavy, golden light of late afternoon, a mirror for the towering clouds that gather with predictable, thunderous intensity. The landscape here is defined by these gentle depressions and the rising ground toward Calico Hill, creating a terrain that feels both sequestered and vast under the weight of the humid air.

Waukeenah carries the quiet residue of nineteenth-century agrarian life, where the rhythm of the day is dictated more by the cycles of the soil than the frantic pace of the modern world. Long ago, the economy relied upon the bounty of the surrounding woods and small-scale farming, leaving behind a legacy of weathered barns and homesteads that slowly yield to the encroaching palmetto scrub. Access to the nearby Aucilla Wildlife Management Area ensures that the wilder character of the region remains intact, a buffer against the encroaching sprawl found elsewhere in the state. Even as the distance to the landscape beyond The Cascade grows, Waukeenah persists as a distinct point in the interior, defined by the deliberate, slow-motion labor of those who tend to the land and the persistent, humid breath of the forest.

About This Waukeenah Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Waukeenah, Florida. Coordinates: 30.395482, -83.97552. 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 Waukeenah includes the ZIP code (32344), telephone area code (850), county seat of Jefferson County (Monticello), and school district assignment (Jefferson 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.