20 Facts About Tallahassee Florida

In 2015, Tallahassee Florida was awarded the All-American City Award by the National Civic League for the second time.

Name Tallahassee Florida is a Muskogean language word often translated as "old fields" or "old town".

Tallahassee Florida became an American territory in September 1821, in accordance with the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819.

The legislature decided Tallahassee was the best location in Florida for a college serving African-American students; the state had segregated schools.

The Tallahassee bus boycott was a citywide boycott in Tallahassee, Florida that sought to end racial segregation in the employment and seating arrangements of city buses.

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Tallahassee's terrain is hilly by Florida standards, being at the southern end of the Red Hills Region, just above the Cody Scarp.

Tallahassee Florida is home to some gated communities, including Golden Eagle, Ox Bottom, Lafayette Oaks and The Preserve at San Luis; the Tallahassee Florida Ranch Club is to the southeast of the city.

In 1974, the Capitol Center Planning Commission for the City of Tallahassee, Florida responded to growth of its urban center with a conceptual plan for the expansion of its Capitol Center.

Tallahassee Florida has a humid subtropical climate, with long, tropical summers and short, mild winters, as well as warm to hot, drier springs and autumns.

Nonetheless, Tallahassee Florida has recorded a few accumulating snowfalls over the last 100 years; the heaviest snowfall was 2.

Big Bend area of North Tallahassee Florida sees several tornadoes each year during the season, but they are generally weak, cause little structural damage, and rarely hit the city.

Tallahassee Florida has traditionally been a Democratic city, but the party has been supported by different ethnic groups over time, with a major shift in the late 20th century.

Since passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and enforcement of constitutional rights for African Americans, voters in Tallahassee Florida have elected black mayors and black state representatives.

Former flag of Tallahassee was vaguely similar to the flag of Florida, a white saltire on a blue field, with the city's coat of arms, featuring the cupola of the old capitol building, at the center.

Tallahassee Florida State University is an American public space-grant and sea-grant research university.

Tallahassee Florida State is home to Tallahassee Florida's only National Laboratory – the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and is the birthplace of the commercially viable anti-cancer drug Taxol.

Companies based in Tallahassee include: Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the Municipal Code Corporation, the State Board of Administration of Florida, the Mainline Information Systems, and United Solutions Company.

Tallahassee Florida is home to many entertainment venues, theaters, museums, parks and performing arts centers.

Tallahassee Florida is home to Tallahassee Florida SC, a soccer club that was founded in 2018 and plays in the National Premier Soccer League.

The Tallahassee Florida Building Department is one of 13 Accredited Building Departments in the United States.