County directory
Levy County
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- Local places
- 16
- Population
- 48,520
- Planning millage
- 16.0399 mills
- Note paths
- 13
Data notes
Census GEOID: 12075. Population and place types come from the Florida Census place dataset used by this site. The planning millage is a Florida Revenue county-summary row, not a parcel rate, estimate, or bill. Open the property-tax guide for the limits and calculator.
Official county paths
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These links go to the county office or district listed by a statewide official directory. Use the exact address when a parcel, precinct, school assignment, or evacuation instruction is involved.
Property appraiser
Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value.
Open official site ->Tax collector
Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions.
Open official site ->Clerk and recorder
Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.
Open official site ->Supervisor of Elections
Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information.
Open official site ->Emergency management
Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions.
Open official site ->School district
Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.
Open official site ->County-office snapshot checked 2026-07-13. Office names, hours, contacts, and service details can change on the linked site.
Local pages
Places in Levy County
Cities, towns, and villages
Census-designated places (8)
These are named Census places, not incorporated city governments. County and special-district offices often own the practical record.
Direct local notes
Notes about Levy County and its places
These entries have been reviewed as directly about the county or one of the local places listed here.
Money and taxes
Cedar Key clams turned a rule change into a water business
Cedar Key's clam farming story grew from fishing families, water quality, job retraining, and a working waterfront that still shapes the town.
Read this note ->History and culture
Cedar Key became the Gulf end of an early Florida railroad
The Florida Railroad linked Fernandina and Cedar Key in 1861, making the Gulf port the western end of an early cross-state rail route.
Read this note ->Useful county context
Notes with examples, nearby ties, or broader rules
These notes create useful paths from Levy County, but they may describe a statewide rule, regional subject, neighboring place, or one county example rather than a rule unique to this county.
Outdoors
Devil's Den makes Williston feel underground
Devil's Den near Williston is a private prehistoric spring in a cave, giving Levy County one of Florida's stranger below-ground water stops.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Cedar Key refuge starts with a boat plan
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge gives Cedar Key island wildlife and old-Florida quiet, but access depends on water, rules, and timing.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Steinhatchee scallop season is a zone and date check
Bay scalloping around Steinhatchee and the Big Bend needs a current FWC check for dates, zones, limits, licenses, and safety.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Big Bend Seagrasses make the Nature Coast feel wide
Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve spans more than 150 miles from Apalachee Bay to the Withlacoochee River across Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, and Levy counties.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Cedar Key Scrub keeps Levy's coastal sand country visible
Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve sits east of Cedar Key with scrub, salt marsh, trails, wildlife, paddling nearby, and a quieter way to understand Levy County's coast.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Lower Suwannee Refuge is the coastal wild side
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge connects the Suwannee River mouth, coastal forests, wildlife drives, and refuge rules.
Read this note ->Rules and licenses
Florida aquaculture certificates help turn water into working farms
Florida aquaculture paperwork helps explain how clams, oysters, fish, aquatic plants, leases, clean water, and coastal jobs fit together.
Read this note ->Money and taxes
Florida Rural Areas of Opportunity keep small-place growth on the map
Florida's Rural Areas of Opportunity help explain why some smaller counties and farm towns get a separate economic-development lane.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Florida seagrass scars are a shallow-water warning
Florida seagrass beds can be hurt by prop scars, anchors, and groundings, so shallow-water boat days need a chart, channel, and tide check.
Read this note ->Rules and licenses
Florida designated paddling trails need mileage and manager checks
Florida's designated paddling trails can sound simple, but the real plan depends on mileage, skill level, launches, water, weather, and the local manager.
Read this note ->History and culture
Gilchrist County is Florida's newest county with older roots
Florida created Gilchrist County from part of Alachua County in 1925, while Trenton, Bell, Fanning Springs, and the surrounding communities have older histories.
Read this note ->Sources used for this page
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Last checked July 13, 2026. The place list comes from the Florida Census place data used by this site. Direct note relationships stay separate from broader contextual paths. County office links come from the statewide directories named on the linked sites, and county tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. Before relying on a rule, fee, deadline, public record, service, school assignment, storm instruction, or permit path, use the official source for the exact address.
County paths
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Local pages
Places in Levy County
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