County · code 12121
Suwannee CountyFlorida
Suwannee County is a county in Florida with its seat in Live Oak, founded in 1858.
- Founded1858
- County seatLive Oak
- Land area689 sq mi + 3.7 sq mi water
- Population43,474 2020 Census
- Parcels mapped31,842 checked 14 October 2026
Where it is
Suwannee on the map of Florida
Florida has 67 counties and county equivalents, each with its own records office. Shapes with a page are links.
History
Founded in 1858
An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.
Suwannee County was created from Columbia County in February 1859. The county experienced multiple boundary adjustments with Columbia County over the following decades, including losing territory in December 1859, gaining a small area in 1863 to include the town of Wellborn, and exchanging land in 1889.
- 1859Suwannee County created In February 1859, Suwannee was created from Columbia. · Fla. Laws 1858, 9th sess., ch. 895, secs. 1-4/p. 37
- 1859
- 1863Gained territory Suwannee gained small area from Columbia so as to include the entire town of Wellborn in Suwannee. · Fla. Laws 1863, 12th sess., ch. 1391/p. 11
- 1889Exchanged territory Suwannee exchanged with Columbia. · Fla. Laws 1889, ext. sess., ch. 3948/p. 181
Land and parcels
What the maps cover in Suwannee
Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.
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Parcels Good enough
Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 31,842 parcels from Suwannee County. Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
checked 14 October 2026 -
Address points Missing
No public address points layer found for Suwannee County yet.
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Buildings Reference
Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026
- Official
- from the office that keeps the record
- Good enough
- a reliable statewide or national copy
- Fallback
- a guide only; check the official record
- Missing
- nothing public found yet
People and land
Suwannee by the Census
Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Rules and offices
Who to ask before you build, dig or sell
Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.
Inside a city or town, permits usually come from that city rather than the county.
Records
Zoning and code
County government
- County government
The official website of Suwannee County.
See your own lot on these maps
Open Suwannee County on Parcel Chart's free map and click your parcel. Save it with a free account; the full record of your place (site map, projects, documents) is Pro, in early access.
Questions
Common questions about Suwannee County
- When was Suwannee County founded?
- Suwannee County was founded in 1858.
- What is the county seat of Suwannee County?
- The county seat of Suwannee County is Live Oak.
- Is there an online parcel map for Suwannee County?
- Yes. Suwannee County publishes a parcel map of 31,842 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
- Has Suwannee County's boundary or name changed?
- Suwannee County was created in 1859. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 3 later changes, chiefly involving Columbia County.
- Is my lot in a flood zone?
- We do not have flood maps for Suwannee County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.
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