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Welcome to Port Saint Joe ...

The coastal city of Port Saint Joe is located in Gulf County<1> and is the County Seat for Gulf County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Saint Joe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

A typical abbreviation for Port Saint Joe: Prt. St. Joe

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Port Saint Joe has a population of 3,526 people<2> (see below for details).

Port Saint Joe is near sea level<3>.

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

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

Area Codes for Port Saint Joe: 850 & 448<4>

The ZIP codes for Port Saint Joe: 32456-32457<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Port Saint Joe had an population of 3,526 people. This is an increase of 2.35% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.24% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Port Saint Joe had a population of 3,445 people (which is 21.77% of the total population of Gulf County). This makes Port Saint Joe the county's most populous community.

The population of Port Saint Joe represents 0.02% of the population of Florida (which has 18,801,310 people), making it the state's 240th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 3,445 people, the population of Port Saint Joe decreased 5.46% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,644 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Port Saint Joe.

Websites for Port Saint Joe ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.gulfcountychamberofcommerce.com/

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

Communities near Port Saint Joe ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Saint Joe.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Saint Joe ...

Looking for more information about Port Saint Joe? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Port Saint Joe, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Port Saint Joe.

Adding Port Saint Joe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Saint Joe 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 for Port Saint Joe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

X2X - From that list, the Port Saint Joe post office opened in 1910.

We also found Port Saint Joe on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Saint Joe.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Saint Joe. 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: https://www.myflorida.com/

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>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Port Saint Joe.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Saint Joe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Port Saint Joe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Port Saint Joe area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Port Saint Joe). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Port Saint Joe or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Port Saint Joe includes: 32456 & 32457.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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