Holmes County, Florida

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Holmes County, Florida canonical 26
Washington County, Florida 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

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
Interstate 10 in Florida passesThrough Holmes County, Florida
Okaloosa County, Florida hasNeighboringCounty Holmes County, Florida
Walton County, Florida borders Holmes County, Florida
Jackson County, Florida borders Holmes County, Florida
Washington County, Florida borders Holmes County, Florida
Geneva County, Alabama hasBorderWith Holmes County, Florida
Ponce de Leon, Florida county Holmes County, Florida
Ponce de Leon, Florida partOf Holmes County, Florida
Florida State Road 79 passesThrough Holmes County, Florida
Florida State Road 81 locatedInCounty Holmes County, Florida
Florida State Road 81 connects Holmes County, Florida
Bonifay, Florida county Holmes County, Florida
Bonifay, Florida isAdministrativeCenterOf Holmes County, Florida
Bonifay, Florida isCommercialCenterOf Holmes County, Florida
Bonifay, Florida partOf Holmes County, Florida
Bonifay, Florida isCountySeatOf Holmes County, Florida
Noma, Florida county Holmes County, Florida
Noma, Florida partOf Holmes County, Florida
Noma, Florida isIn Holmes County, Florida
Noma, Florida locatedInSubdivision Holmes County, Florida
Westville, Florida county Holmes County, Florida
Westville, Florida isPartOf Holmes County, Florida
Esto, Florida county Holmes County, Florida
Esto, Florida partOf Holmes County, Florida
Thomas J. Holmes hasCountyNamedAfterHim Holmes County, Florida