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Welcome to Gulf Beach ...

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

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

Gulf Beach would have been located within present day Escambia County<2>.

A typical abbreviation for Gulf Beach: Gulf Bch.

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

The Area Codes where Gulf Beach was located: 850 & 448<3>

Communities near Gulf Beach ...

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

  • Pensacola
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Foley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gulf Shores
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gulf Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Shores
    • Gulf Shores is located in Baldwin County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,166 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gulf Shores <4>
  • Gulf Breeze
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Orange Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Beach
    • Orange Beach is located in Baldwin County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,343 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange Beach <4>
  • Elberta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elberta have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
    • Elberta is located in Baldwin County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elberta <4>
  • Perdido Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lillian
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lillian have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
    • Lillian is located in Baldwin County (AL)
  • Myrtle Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myrtle Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
    • Myrtle Grove is located in Escambia County
  • Warrington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warrington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
    • Warrington is located in Escambia County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Warrington
    • From Gulf Beach to Warrington

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

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

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

The official website for Escambia County: www.co.escambia.fl.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gulf Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Escambia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 Gulf Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Gulf Beach 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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