Carved out of Calhoun County on June 6; 1925; Gulf County is one of Floridas youngest counties. The county seat; Port St. Joe; was founded in 1913; and construction of the St. Joe Paper Companys plant in 1937 revitalized the area. The popular fishing site Wewahitchka was the county seat until voters elected to relocate it to Port St. Joe in 1964. Until recently; Port St. Joe was a typical company town; anchored by the paper mill headquarters. The town is near St. Joseph; where Floridas first constitution was drafted in 1838; and which was later destroyed by yellow fever and hurricane surge. Today Gulf County is a thriving; growing area of industrial and recreational resources with nostalgic reminders of a glorious past and a promising future. Port St. Joe and Wewahitchka remain away from the hustle and bustle of large cities.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book!By BusqueenWe bought this book after we visited Canandaigua on a genealogy research trip to the area. The photos of the houses that were built before 1850 gave us a sense of the town when our ancestors lived there. The history was very informative. too!
