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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Holmes County, Florida

 
Clickable Map of Holmes County, Florida and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Holmes County, FL (4) Jackson County, FL (37) Walton County, FL (14) Washington County, FL (9) Geneva County, AL (7)  HolmesCounty(4) Holmes County (4)  JacksonCounty(37) Jackson County (37)  WaltonCounty(14) Walton County (14)  WashingtonCounty(9) Washington County (9)  GenevaCountyAlabama(7) Geneva County (7)
Bonifay is the county seat for Holmes County
Adjacent to Holmes County, Florida
      Jackson County (37)  
      Walton County (14)  
      Washington County (9)  
      Geneva County, Alabama (7)  
 
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1 Florida, Holmes County, Bonifay — F-63 — Holmes County
On East Virginia Avenue at North Oklahoma Street, on the right when traveling west on East Virginia Avenue.
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. . . . Map (db m73288) HM
2 Florida, Holmes County, Pittman — F-476 — Keith Cabin
On County Road 179, 0.5 miles south of State Road 2, on the right when traveling south.
In 1880, William Thomas Keith (1856-1949) homesteaded ten acres upon which this house stands. In 1886 he filed a homestead entry with the U.S. Public Land Office and in the fall of that year built this cabin that became home for himself, his wife, . . . Map (db m73289) HM
3 Florida, Holmes County, Ponce de Leon — Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s
Near Sunrise Circle, 0.3 miles south of I-10.
The light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today because of the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform. Our Nation’s servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and won victories for liberty, . . . Map (db m152005) WM
4 Florida, Holmes County, Poplar Head — Home Site of Laura Ingalls WilderAuthor of the "Little House" Series of Books — Westville, Holmes County, Florida (Poplar Head Community) —
On County Road 163 north of Mims Road, on the left when traveling north.
Side 1 On October 1, 1890, three of Laura Ingalls Wilder's relatives, Peter Franklin (L.) Ingalls (cousin), Joseph Quiner Carpenter (cousin), and Perley Day Wilder (brother-in-law) began a trip from Stockholm, Wisconsin down the . . . Map (db m95031) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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Mar. 28, 2024