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Welcome to Early ...

Early is located in Gulf County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Early, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Early is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Early lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Codes for Early: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Early ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Early - they are located in Georgia, Iowa, Oregon, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Websites for Early ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.gulfcountychamberofcommerce.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Early, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Early ...

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

  • Callaway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Parker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Parker is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,109 people
  • Port Saint Joe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Wewahitchka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mexico Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Wetappo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Wetappo is located in Gulf County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetappo
  • White City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • White City is located in Gulf County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Kinard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lewis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lewis is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Sumatra
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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 Early. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Early.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Early. 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 Early.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Early ...

Looking for more information about Early? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Early, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Early.

Adding Early to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Early in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Early was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Early post office opened in 1908. The Early post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Early.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Gulf, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Early - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Early area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Early area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/