page_title: Leon County, Florida
section_title: Major highways
hierarchical_section_title: Leon County, Florida / Transportation / Major highways
caption_attribution_description: English: The sign for Leon County, Florida on Florida State Road 20, taken in Liberty County.
context_page_description: Leon County is a county in the Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of the 2010 census, the population was 275,487.
  The county seat is Tallahassee, which is also the state capital and home to many politicians, lobbyists, jurists, and attorneys.
  Leon County is included in the Tallahassee metropolitan area. Tallahassee is home to two of Florida's major public universities, Florida State University and Florida A&M University, as well as Tallahassee Community College. Together these institutions have a combined enrollment of more than 70,000 students annually, creating both economic and social effects.
context_section_description: Interstate 10
   U.S. Highway 27
   U.S. Highway 90
   U.S. Highway 319
   State Road 20
   State Road 61
   State Road 155
   State Road 263
   State Road 267
   State Road 363
caption: The sign for Leon County on State Road 20
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