Wewahitchka
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city in Gulf County, Florida, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Gulf
- Settled
- c. 1870-1875
- Type
- Commission–Manager
- Total
- 7.80 sq mi (20.20 km )
- Land
- 6.70 sq mi (17.34 km )
- Water
- 1.11 sq mi (2.87 km )
- Elevation
- 33 ft (10 m)
- Density
- 309.9/sq mi (119.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 12-77100
- Website
- cityofwewahitchka .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Wewahitchka is a city in Gulf County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,074 as of the 2020 census. From the creation of Gulf County in 1925 until 1965, it served as the county seat before the county seat was moved to Port St. Joe. The City of Wewahitchka was settled around 1870 and officially founded in 1875. The city took its name from a Native American word meaning "water eyes". Two lakes along the edge of town look like a perfect pair of eyes, one of the lakes is called Lake Julia, while the other one is Lake Alice.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wewahitchka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.