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Known at the "Keystone County" Jefferson County is the only county that extends from Georgia on the north to the Gulf of Mexico on the south. In contrast to most of the Nature Coast it experiences the four distinct seasons.
The northern two-thirds of the county (the Northern Highlands) is where most of the crop and livestock farming occurs. The southern one-third (the Coastal Lowlands) is flat with poorly drained sands and used mostly for commercial timber production. There are about eight miles of coastline.
Thousands of wooded acres and rolling hills with ponds and lakes cover the area. Three major rivers, the Wacissa, Aucilla and St. Marks traverse miles of pristine forest and marshlands.
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