Leoncountyfl.gov is the official Leon County website. The county was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León while because he was the first European reaching the peninsula. At the web site there is a navigator bar on the left side containing several links, such as: county commission, county administrator, county attorney, departments, citizen committees, service index, report problems online, county projects, county documents, news and information, community resources, etc. This latter are divided into many areas, like, business, outdoor activities, education, state Universities, Community Colleges, Library, Social services, transportation, tourism, and events. Within the social services, for example, there is a health department, united partners for human services, resources directory, second harvest food bank, etc. Some of the outdoor activities are county parks, Florida wildlife showcase, and Florida National wildlife refuges, among others. On the web site there is a large service index for you to search the service you require.