Florida Florida Statutes

§ 7.67 — Washington County

FS § 7.67Ch. 7

Statute text

The boundary lines of Washington County are as follows: Beginning on the Choctawhatchee River on the line dividing townships four and five north; thence east on said township line to northwest corner of section four in township four north, thence east on said township line to northwest corner of section four in township four north, range fifteen west; thence south one mile on section line to the southwest corner of section four, township four north, range fifteen west; thence east one mile to southeast corner of section four, township four north, range fifteen west; thence south on section lines two miles to the southwest corner of section fifteen, township four north, range fifteen west; thence east on section lines to Holmes Creek; thence northward along the thread of Holmes Creek to a point where said creek intersects with section line running east and west between sections thirteen and twenty-four, fourteen and twenty-three in township five north, range fourteen west; thence east on said section line to the northeast corner of section twenty-four, township five north, range thirteen west; thence south on range line between ranges twelve and thirteen west to where said range line intersects with township line between townships four and five north; thence east on said township line to the southeast corner of section thirty-three, township five north, range twelve west; thence south on the section line to southwest corner of section fifteen, township two north, range twelve west; thence west on the section line to the southwest corner of section eighteen, township two north, range twelve west; thence south on the range line between ranges twelve and thirteen west to the meridian base line; thence west on the base line to the thread of Pine Log Creek in range sixteen west; thence down thefhence south on the section lines to the line dividing townships two and three north, in range eighteen west; thence east to the Choctawhatchee River; thence down the thread of the Choctawhatchee River to a point where said Choctawhatchee River intersects the range line dividing ranges seventeen and eighteen west; thence south on said range line to the Gulf of America; thence in a westwardly direction following the meanderings of said gulf, including the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to the range line dividing ranges twenty-one and twenty-two west; thence north on said line to the dividing line between Florida and Alabama; thence easterly along said state line to the place of beginning.

Legislative history

s. 2, Dec. 29, 1824; s. 2, Dec. 9, 1825; s. 7, Nov. 23, 1828; s. 1, ch. 176, 1848; s. 1, ch. 411, 1851; s. 1, ch. 571, 1853; ch. 3258, 1881; RS 13; GS 11; s. 1, ch. 6508, 1913; s. 1, ch. 6937, 1915; RGS 11; CGL 13; s. 22, ch. 2025-8.