Welcome to Early ...

Early is located in Gulf County<1>.

The location of Early has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

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<3>.

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) and (448)<4>

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 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.

Communities near Early ...

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

• Callaway
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway
  • Callaway is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,683 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Callaway <5>
• Parker
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
  • Parker is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,109 people
• Port Saint Joe
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Saint Joe
  • Port Saint Joe is located in Gulf County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Saint Joe <5>
• Wewahitchka
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewahitchka
  • Wewahitchka is located in Gulf County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wewahitchka <5>
• Mexico Beach
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • 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>
• White City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • White City is located in Gulf County
• Kinard
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinard
  • Kinard is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kinard <5>
• Sumatra
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumatra
  • Sumatra is located in Liberty County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumatra <5>
• Bay Harbor ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Harbor
  • Bay Harbor is located in Bay County
• Springfield
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
  • Springfield is located in Bay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <5>

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 for Early was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Early.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Early. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Gulf County: www.gulfcountygovernment.com/

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