Gulf County, Florida

Founding: 1925
Parent county: Calhoun

Namesake: The Gulf of Mexico
Seat: Wewahitchka (1925–1965); Port St. Joe (1965–)

Land area: 564 square miles

Population (2020): 14,192

Population (historic): 3,182 (1930); 6,951 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 265 (2.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $554
Average outbuilding value (1930): $176
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1930): 85
Average farm size (1930): 35.4 acres
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Port St. Joe

Namesake: The abandoned settlement of St. Joseph, site of Florida's constitutional convention

Founding: circa 1909 (platting); 1910 (post office); 1913 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,357

Population (historic): 851 (1930); 2,393 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 170 (9.2%)

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