title: Wacissa, Florida
text: # Wacissa, Florida
  
  Wacissa is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 362. It shares its name with the Wacissa River, the headwaters of which are about one mile to the south.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Wacissa is in western Jefferson County, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Monticello, the county seat, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Tallahassee, the state capital. Florida State Road 59 runs through the community, leading north 4 miles (6 km) to U.S. Route 27 and south 14 miles (23 km) to U.S. Route 98.
  
  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Wacissa CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (10.9 $km^2),$ of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 $km^2),$ 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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  