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Welcome to Floridatown ...

Floridatown is located in Santa Rosa County<1>.

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

Floridatown is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Floridatown: 850 & 448<3>

Communities near Floridatown ...

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

  • Pensacola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Milton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Milton is located in Santa Rosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <4>
  • Gulf Breeze
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Ferry Pass
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
  • Galt City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
  • Bohemia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bohemia is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
  • Bagdad
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Olive
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Olive is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
  • Ensley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gonzalez
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Floridatown ...

Looking for more information about Floridatown? 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 Floridatown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Floridatown.

Adding Floridatown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Floridatown 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 (so far) for Floridatown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Floridatown post office opened in 1914. The Floridatown post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Floridatown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Santa Rosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Floridatown - 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 Floridatown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Floridatown 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/