Holmes County, Florida

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administrative territorial entity county county in Florida

Holmes County, Florida is a rural county in the Florida Panhandle known for its small communities, agricultural landscape, and location along major east–west transportation routes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Washington County, Florida 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
county in Florida ⓘ
borders Geneva County, Alabama ⓘ
Houston County, Alabama ⓘ
Jackson County, Florida ⓘ
Walton County, Florida ⓘ
Washington County, Florida ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
fipsCode 12059 ⓘ
foundedBy Florida Legislature ⓘ
gnisID 0020505 ⓘ
hasArea approximately 489 square miles ⓘ
hasAreaCode 850 ⓘ
hasCountySeat Bonifay, Florida ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county commission ⓘ
hasLandArea approximately 479 square miles ⓘ
hasLargestCity Bonifay, Florida ⓘ
hasMajorHighway Florida State Road 2 ⓘ
Florida State Road 79 ⓘ
Florida State Road 81 ⓘ
Interstate 10 ⓘ
U.S. Route 90 ⓘ
hasNamedFor Holmes Creek ⓘ
Thomas J. Holmes ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
hasSubdivision Bonifay, Florida ⓘ
Esto, Florida ⓘ
Noma, Florida ⓘ
Ponce de Leon, Florida ⓘ
Westville, Florida ⓘ
hasWaterArea approximately 10 square miles ⓘ
hasWaterAreaPercentage about 2 percent ⓘ
inception 1848 ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor agricultural landscape ⓘ
location along major east–west transportation routes ⓘ
small communities ⓘ
locatedIn Florida ⓘ
Florida Panhandle ⓘ
locatedInRegion Deep South ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Choctawhatchee River ⓘ
Holmes Creek ⓘ
partOf Florida Panhandle ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Florida

Bureau of the Census ⓘ
surface form: United States Census Bureau
population approximately 19,000 ⓘ
populationCensus2020 19,653 ⓘ
postalAbbreviation FL ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jackson County, Florida → borders → Holmes County, Florida ⓘ
Walton County, Florida → borders → Holmes County, Florida ⓘ
Washington County, Florida → borders → Holmes County, Florida ⓘ
Okaloosa County, Florida → hasNeighboringCounty → Holmes County, Florida ⓘ
Interstate 10 in Florida → passesThrough → Holmes County, Florida ⓘ
U.S. Route 90 in Florida → passesThroughCounty → Holmes County, Florida ⓘ
U.S. Route 90 in Florida → passesThroughCounty → Holmes County, Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington County, Florida