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Bay County, Florida

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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12historic places

—earliest paper

1913formed

175,216pop. 2020

12cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1986. Most listings are in or near Panama City, Panama City Beach, Mexico Beach.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Bay titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 12 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

12 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Camp Helen Historic District	Panama City Beach	District	2012
Latimer Cabin	Panama City Beach	Building	2004
McKenzie, Robert L., House	Panama City	Building	1986
Panama City Publishing Company Building	Panama City	Building	2021
Panama Grammar School	Panama City	Building	2020
Payne, A.A.-Christo, John Sr., House	Panama City	Building	2008
SS Tarpon (Shipwreck)	Panama City	Site	2001
Sapp House	Panama City	Building	2003
Schmidt-Godert Farm	Panama City	Building	2002
Sherman Arcade	Panama City	Building	1998
St. Andrew School	Panama City	Building	1997
Vamar Shipwreck Site	Mexico Beach	Site	2006

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bay was formed in 1913 (1913-07-01) from Calhoun, Washington.

BAY created from CALHOUN and WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bay County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
11,407	20,686	42,689	67,131	97,740	148,217	175,216

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

12 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bay Memorial Park	30.16464	-85.67159
Evergreen Memorial Gardens	30.21992	-85.60381
Evergreen Memorial Gardens	30.18214	-85.68326
Farmdale Cemetery	30.00841	-85.47292
Greenwood Cemetery	30.18186	-85.68437
Kent Family Cemetery	30.23757	-85.47361
Lynn Haven Cemetery	30.23523	-85.62908
Marywood Cemetery	30.09826	-85.63048
Millville Cemetery	30.15214	-85.62687
Oakland Cemetery	30.16733	-85.67422
Porter Cemetery	30.40364	-85.53428
Redwood Cemetery	30.16131	-85.63798

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
San Carlos Chacatos	30.3502	-85.68326

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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