Leon County: Historical Note
Leon County, location of The Florida State University,
is named for Juan Ponce de Leon,
the Spanish explorer who gave Florida its name.
Leon County was the seventh county created in the Florida Territory,
established in December 1824.
The current seal of the state was first designated by the 1868 Legislature.
The specifications included -
That a Seal of the size of the American silver dollar,
having in the center thereof a view of the sun's rays
over a highland in the distance,
a cocoa tree, a steamboat on water, and an
Indian female scattering flowers in the foreground, encircled by the words
"Great Seal of the State of Florida: In God we trust..."
one official change has been made since 1868,
the 1970 legislature changing the cocoa tree to the
Sabal palmetto palm which
had been designated as the State Tree in 1953.
Stylistic changes were made through the years, one example being the
replacement of the steamboat
by more modern vessels. The mountains in the background of the original
seal were removed since mountains do not exist anywhere
in Florida. The clothing worn by the Indian maiden has also changed
to be more historically authentic, for instance,
removing the feather headdress shown
initially since only Indian males wore headdresses.
Tallahassee/Leon County Weather Facts
The mean average temperature for Tallahassee is 67.2 degrees Fahrenheit;
the average high is 78.7 degrees and the average low 55.7.
Rainfall for 1992, measured at the airport, was 68.8 inches.
The average snowfall is officially a trace; it does snow on occasion,
the last recorded snowfall taking place on December 22, 1989.
The record snowfall for Tallahassee is 2.8 inches, in 1958.
(Snow was seen in the air during the 1993 Superstorm, March 13, 1993.)
The official record high temperature
for Tallahassee is 104 degrees recorded in 1932.
The official record low temperature is -2 degrees recorded in 1899.
(To report severe weather in the Tallahassee vicinity,
call the National Weather Service at 576-6318.)
Click below for more Leon County School Information:
http://www.leon.k12.fl.us/
Click below for more Demographic Information:
http://tallytown.com/tlh/community/demog.html