Complete Florida county guide

Gadsden
County

Historic towns, agriculture and proximity to Tallahassee give Gadsden a distinct cultural and commuter role.

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Northwest FloridaPanhandle & Emerald Coast

REGIONPanhandle & Emerald Coast

COMMUNITIES TO START WITHQuincy · Havana · Chattahoochee

LIFESTYLE SIGNALSHistoric towns · Tallahassee reach · Agriculture

Start with daily life

What Gadsden County feels like before you choose a neighborhood.

Historic towns, agriculture and proximity to Tallahassee give Gadsden a distinct cultural and commuter role.

Use this guide as a first-pass planning tool. On a scouting trip, compare actual commute routes, insurance requirements, medical access, school or training options and the places you would use in an ordinary week—not only the best-known attraction.

The numbers that matter if you are moving

Population: 43,710Census estimate
At the last full count: 43,8262020 Census
Median age: 42.4
Aged 65 and over: 19.9%
Under 18: 22.1%
Median household income: $48,801
Median home value: $174,900what owners estimate
Homeownership: 70.7%
People per household: 2.36
Average commute: 30.3 minutes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026, read September 19, 2026. Survey figures are estimates; median home value is what owners estimate their home is worth, not a sale price.

COUNTY LIFESTYLE THEMES

Historic townsTallahassee reachAgriculture

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Communities to compare

Begin with the county’s major places.

These are starting points, not a ranking. Add nearby towns and neighborhoods as you learn your daily route and housing priorities.

Quincy

Start with Quincy to understand the established center, nearby services and everyday rhythm within Gadsden County.

Havana

Use Havana to compare housing patterns, main-road access and the shopping or medical stops used during a normal week.

Chattahoochee

Walk or drive through Chattahoochee at different times of day to judge traffic, neighborhood character and access to outdoor space.

Hospitals in Gadsden County

One hospital with an emergency room.

From the state's own hospital list. Each card opens the state's record for that hospital: its address, phone, services and inspection reports.

Quincy

HCA Florida Gadsden Emergency

4 licensed beds

The state's record ↗

The state licenses one more hospital in Gadsden County with no emergency room; its list names it.

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Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder, Locate a Facility (hospitals), read September 25, 2026.

Evergreen county experiences

8 places that reveal the county.

Use enduring natural, historic and cultural places to understand the area beyond a real-estate showing.

WATER & COAST

Lake Talquin State Park

Lake Talquin is not a natural lake. It was made when the Jackson Bluff Dam was built across the Ochlockonee River, and the hydroelectric plant there still helps supply Tallahassee. The state park on its shore sits west of the city at 14850 Jack Vause Landing Road, with the entrance off State Road 20 near Fort Braden.

See the complete guide →Official site ↗Map ↗

HISTORY & HERITAGE

Quincy Historic District

Quincy was laid out in 1828, the same year Governor William Duval brought Cuban tobacco to Florida. What grew out of that was shade tobacco, the leaf used to wrap fine cigars, and only this part of Florida and the Connecticut River Valley could grow it well.

See the complete guide →Official site ↗Map ↗

MUSEUM & CULTURE

Gadsden Arts Center & Museum

The Gadsden Arts Center and Museum began in 1989 as Art in Gadsden, a juried exhibition put together by the local artist Beth Appleton and her husband David Harbaugh. It was incorporated as the Gadsden Arts Center in 1994, took on its first executive director, Zoe Golloway, in 1997, and has been led by Grace Robinson since 2005.

See the complete guide →Official site ↗Map ↗

WATER & COAST

Chattahoochee River Landing

Chattahoochee River Landing Park sits on the east bank of the Apalachicola River at 269 River Landing Road, just below the Jim Woodruff Dam. It is run by the city of Chattahoochee and it is free.

See the complete guide →Official site ↗Map ↗

HISTORY & HERITAGE

Havana Historic District

Havana was incorporated in 1906 and named for what it grew. Shade tobacco, used to wrap fine cigars, would only do well in two places in the United States: this part of north Florida and the Connecticut River Valley.

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FLORIDA PLACE TO EXPLORE

Quincy Music Theatre

The Leaf Theater was built in Quincy in 1949 and named for the shade tobacco that made the town's money. Roy Rogers hosted the grand opening. It had air conditioning and a cry room for parents with babies, and, as was the practice then, separate segregated entrances.

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WATER & COAST

Bear Creek Educational Forest

Bear Creek Educational Forest lies just south of Quincy at 8125 Pat Thomas Parkway, off State Road 267, about half an hour from Tallahassee. It covers 492 acres inside the Lake Talquin State Forest and exists to teach rather than simply to be walked, with free guided programs run by the Florida Forest Service.

See the complete guide →Map ↗

PARKS & OUTDOORS

Pat Thomas Park at Hopkins Landing

Pat Thomas Park, which older maps and local people still call Hopkins Landing, sits on the shore of Lake Talquin at 949 Hopkins Landing Road near Quincy. It is a Gadsden County park and it is built around the water.

See the complete guide →Map ↗

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