Lafayette County is a county in Florida, United States, along the Suwannee River in the Big Bend region of the state’s north-central interior. It had a population of 8,226 at the 2020 census, the second-lowest of any Florida county, and covers 548 square miles (1,420 km2), centred near 29\u00b059\u2032N 83\u00b011\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Mayo is the county seat, and its postal code is 32066. The county has one incorporated town, one census-designated place, and several unincorporated communities. Lafayette County is a dry county under Florida law, though beer may be sold at retail. The county sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n
Lafayette County has a single incorporated municipality — Mayo, the county seat — plus one census-designated place and a handful of unincorporated crossroads communities scattered through the surrounding pine flatwoods and river bottoms. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no municipal government.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo<\/td>\n | Town · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 32066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Day<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 32013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 32066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Airline<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 32066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Buckville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 32066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cooks Hammock<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 32066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hatchbend<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 32066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Midway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The old community names Chancey, Grady, Mayo Junction, Peterson, San Pedro Junction, and Townsend appear in older gazetteers but are not corroborated as standing communities in current sources, so they are omitted here rather than guessed at.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMidway has no dedicated ZIP code and is served by a neighboring post office.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nLafayette County lies in the Big Bend, a low, pine-and-hardwood-flatwoods region where the Florida peninsula meets the panhandle. The Suwannee River forms the county’s entire eastern boundary, and its tributary the Alapaha River touches the county’s northeast corner; both feed the karst spring systems at Lafayette Blue Springs State Park and Troy Spring State Park. The terrain is mostly flat to gently rolling, with extensive timberland and a scattering of sinkhole lakes.<\/p>\n |