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Welcome to Greenhead ...

Greenhead is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenhead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Greenhead is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Greenhead: 850 & 448<3>

Communities near Greenhead ...

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

  • Lynn Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Bonifay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Vernon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Wausau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ebro is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ebro <4>
  • Brock Crossroad
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Brock Crossroad is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock Crossroad
  • Millers Ferry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Millers Ferry is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
  • Vicksburg ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Vicksburg is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
    • Former name for Vicksburg:
    • Vickerburg
  • Fountain
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Greenhead. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greenhead.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenhead ...

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

Adding Greenhead to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greenhead 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 Greenhead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Greenhead post office opened in 1906. The Greenhead post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenhead.

Footnotes ...

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