Wacissa is a small

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and

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(CDP) in Jefferson County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 362. It shares its name with the

Wacissa River The Wacissa River is a large, spring-fed stream located in south-central Jefferson County, Florida. Its headwaters are located about a mile south of the town of Wacissa, where the river emerges crystal clear from a group of large limestone spri ...

, the headwaters of which are about one mile to the south.

Geography

Wacissa is in western Jefferson County, southwest of

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, the

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, and southeast of

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, the state capital.

Florida State Road 59 State Road 59 (SR 59) runs north to south through the eastern Florida Panhandle, with a northern terminus at US 90 near Lloyd, one major intersection at Interstate 10 at exit 217, and a southern terminus at US 98 in rural Jefferson County. The ...

runs through the community, leading north to

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and south to U.S. Route 98. According to the

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, the Wacissa CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.53%, are water.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, Wacissa had a population of 386 and 197 housing units. The Wacissa Census Designated Place (CDP) had a population of 418 and 215 housing units as of July 1, 2021.Florida home town locator
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Cemeteries

*Bethpage Cemetery *Broomsage Cemetery *Walker Cemetery *Story Cemetery

Churches

*Bethpage Church *Wacissa Pentecostal Holiness Church *United Methodist Church *Welaunee Church *Union Hill AME Church

Education

Jefferson County Schools operates public schools, including

Jefferson County Middle / High School Jefferson County Middle / High School (JCMHS) is a public school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Florida, with a Monticello postal address. A part of Jefferson County Schools, it serves grades 6 - 12. The school's mascot is a tiger and the s ...

References

External links

Wacissa local community website
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Florida Tallahassee metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Florida Census-designated places in Florida {{JeffersonCountyFL-geo-stub