Gadsden, a N. county of Florida, bordering on Georgia, bounded E. by the Oeklockonnee river and W. by the Appalachicola; area, 700 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 9,802, of whom 6,038 were colored. It is traversed by the Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroad. It has an uneven surface and a fertile soil. The chief productions in 1870 were 145,165 bushels of Indian corn. 16,075 of oats, 40,930 of sweet potatoes, 3,258 bales of cotton, 118.799 lbs. of tobacco, 32,785 of rice, 42,334 gallons of molasses, and 60 hogsheads of sugar. There were 691 horses, 603 mules and asses, 7,550 cattle, and 7,360 swine. Capital, Quincy.