Welcome to Bay Harbor ...

So far, we found very little information about Bay Harbor. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bay Harbor to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bay Harbor, please Contact Us.

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Bay Harbor would have been located within present day Bay County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of Bay Harbor, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bay Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

A typical abbreviation for Bay Harbor: Bay Hbr. (or less commonly used: Bay Harb. or Bay Hrbr.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bay Harbor is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Bay Harbor was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Bay Harbor and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

If Bay Harbor still existed, it would have been in the (850) area code.

Communities Also Named Bay Harbor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Florida communities named Bay Harbor: This one is located in Bay County and the other is located in Broward County.

Beyond Florida, there are 4 communities that are also named Bay Harbor - they are located in Delaware, Michigan and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bay Harbor.

Communities near Bay Harbor ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bay Harbor.

• Lynn Haven
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Haven
  • Lynn Haven is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,231 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn Haven <5>
• Panama City Beach
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama City Beach
  • Panama City Beach is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,337 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Panama City Beach <5>
• Cedar Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cedar Grove is located in Bay County
• Mexico Beach
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Beach
  • Mexico Beach is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexico Beach <5>
• Pretty Bayou
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Bayou
  • Pretty Bayou is located in Bay County
• Magnolia Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Beach
  • Magnolia Beach is located in Bay County
• Lower Grand Lagoon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Grand Lagoon have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Grand Lagoon
  • Lower Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
• Upper Grand Lagoon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Grand Lagoon have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Grand Lagoon
  • Upper Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
• Southport
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
  • Southport is located in Bay County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southport <5>
• West Panama City Beach
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Panama City Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Panama City Beach
  • West Panama City Beach is located in Bay County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bay Harbor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bay Harbor.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bay Harbor. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bay Harbor.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay Harbor. See our Newspapers Page for Bay Harbor.

Adding Bay Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bay Harbor in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bay Harbor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Bay Harbor post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bay Harbor.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Bay County: www.co.bay.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/