Gulf County, Florida

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Gulf County, Florida is a coastal county in the Florida Panhandle known for its Gulf of Mexico shoreline, including Port St. Joe and Cape San Blas.

Observed surface forms (2)


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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
county in Florida
bordersBodyOfWater Gulf of Mexico
bordersCounty Bay County, Florida NERFINISHED
Calhoun County, Florida NERFINISHED
Franklin County, Florida NERFINISHED
Gulf County, Florida self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gulf County, Florida (by Gulf of Mexico shoreline)

Liberty County, Florida NERFINISHED
climate humid subtropical climate
containsPlace Cape San Blas, Florida
St. Joseph Peninsula
containsProtectedArea T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
containsSettlement Port St. Joe, Florida
Wewahitchka, Florida
country United States of America
dateEstablished 1925
FIPSCode 12-045
formedFrom Calhoun County, Florida NERFINISHED
GNISID 00205026
hasAreaCode 850
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Mexico
hasCountyGovernmentType county commission
hasCountySeat Port St. Joe, Florida
hasFeature Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin wetlands
barrier peninsula (St. Joseph Peninsula)
coastal dunes
salt marshes
white-sand beaches
hasLandUse coastal residential
fishing
forestry
tourism
hasLargestCity Port St. Joe, Florida
hasPopulation approximately 14,000 (early 2020s)
hasZIPCode 32456
32465
isTouristDestinationFor beach recreation
camping and nature tourism
fishing and boating
locatedIn Florida
Florida Panhandle
locatedInRegion Northwest Florida
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
namedFor Gulf of Mexico
partOf United States Census Bureau metropolitan statistical area: none (rural county)
state Florida
vulnerableTo hurricanes
storm surge

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Gulf County, Florida bordersCounty Gulf County, Florida self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gulf County, Florida (by Gulf of Mexico shoreline)
U.S. Route 98 in Bay County, Florida connectsTo Gulf County, Florida
North Florida includes Gulf County, Florida
this entity surface form: Gulf County