Holmes County

Holmes County is a Florida historical marker in Bonifay, Holmes County, dedicated 1961.

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Holmes County, noted for agriculture and timber, was created in 1848. The first county seat was at Hewett's Bluff, later known as Bear Pen. Cerro Gordo and Westville also served as county seat. Bonifay, the present site, was selected in 1905. Controversy surrounds the county's name. One claim credits a North Carolinian name Holmes who settled in the area around 1830. Another contends it was named for an Indian chief who had been given the English name of Holmes.

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1822 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Georgia (A. Finley, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1837 · Southern States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Alabama (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1841 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Southern States, 1837, covering the location of Holmes County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Southern States, 1837, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

Holmes County

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