Official Name: | Southport, Florida |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated Community |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bay |
Leader Title: | Commissioner |
Leader Name: | Doug Moore |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (town) |
Established Date2: | None |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (city) |
Established Date3: | None |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 32409 |
Area Code: | 850 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | Names |
Southport is an unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida, United States. It is located along the north side of North Bay and west of Deer Point Lake. The main roads through the community are State Road 77, Edwards Rd, County Road 388, State Road 20, and County Road 2321. It is also part of the Panama City - Lynn Haven - Panama City Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Southport is located north of Panama City at 30.289444 N, -85.640556 W (30° 17′ 22″ N, 85° 38′ 26″ W).[1] Florida State Road 77 is the main route through the community, leading north 38 mi (61 km) to Chipley on Interstate 10 and south 11 mi (18 km) to the center of Panama City.
Southport Florida has two schools, Southport Elementary School and Deane Bozeman Middle School. They are part of the Bay County School District.