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Location: Northwest Florida in the
Panhandle bordering Alabama and Washington, Jackson and Walton
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Population: 18,564 (Census 2000) Area: 488.71 Square Miles Land Area: 482.45 Square Miles Water Area: 6.26 Square Miles County Seat: Bonifay |
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Average temperature: January - 53.3 degrees, August - 81.6 degrees.
Average rainfall: 57.40
History: Holmes County was established in 1848 from portions of Walton and Jackson counties and named for Holmes Creek, the county's eastern boundary. Holmes is thought to be derived either from an Indian chieftain with the given name Holmes or from Thomas J. Holmes, a settler from North Carolina.
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