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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Port St. Joe Namesake: The abandoned settlement of St. Joseph, site of Florida's constitutional convention Founding: circa 1909 (...