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History · Mexico Beach

Mexico Beach’s history is
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The City of Mexico Beach was founded in 1946 when real estate development began, but officially incorporated as a municipality in 1967.

Before Hurricane Michael, "the town was 'old Florida,' ... a collection of 50-year-old bungalows and newer vacation homes on stilts," where tourists walked on white sand beaches.

On November 22, 1985, Hurricane Kate's eye passed over Mexico Beach. Category 2 winds and tides destroyed beachfront homes and businesses.

Hurricane MichaelRebuilding

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today22 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mexico Beach is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mexico Beach has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Vamar Shipwreck Site in Mexico Beach, 4.6 miles away.

Mexico Beach and the nearest listed places

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Vamar Shipwreck SiteCape San Blas Lighthouse at Port St. JoePort Theatre (Additional Documentation)St. Joseph Catholic Mission ChurchCentennial BuildingSchmidt-Godert Farm

Closest to Mexico Beach

Vamar Shipwreck SiteMexico Beach · 20th Century Steam Vessel4.6miCape San Blas Lighthouse at Port St. JoePort St. Joe · Built 184811miPort Theatre (Additional Documentation)Port St. Joe · Modern11.1miSt. Joseph Catholic Mission ChurchPort St. Joe · Building11.4miCentennial BuildingPort St. Joe · Building12.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Vamar Shipwreck Site’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mexico Beach?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mexico Beach’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Port St. Joe📜 Callaway📜 Parker📜 Wewahitchka

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