| LC control no. | n 79089993 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Panama City (Fla.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Florida--Panama City |
| Variant(s) | City of Panama City (Fla.) Panama City, Fla. |
| See also | Millville (Panama City, Fla.) Panama City (Bay County, Fla.) Saint Andrews (Panama City, Fla.) |
| Biography/History note | Panama City is located in Bay County, Florida. The November 1925 extraordinary session of the Legislature of Florida abolished the City of Panama City, Town of Millville, and City of St. Andrews to create a new City of Panama City from the three municipalities. A special election was held on March 9, 1926, in which the three municipalities voted in favor of consolidation. The new Panama City was incorporated on March 12, 1926, with Millville and St. Andrews remaining as unincorporated communities within Panama City. |
| Beginning date | 1926-03-12 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Florida |
| Special note | Use only for dates going forward from March 12, 1926. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH: Panama City (Bay County, Fla.) [no2022112949], which is a component of the merger with: Millville (Panama City, Fla.) [n 2006001880], and: Saint Andrews (Panama City, Fla.) [no 95048407], resulting in the establishment of this body. |
| Found in | U.S. Engineer Dept. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. Port and terminal ... 1941. GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 30⁰09ʹ32ʺN 085⁰39ʹ37ʺW) Wikipedia, June 30, 2019 (Panama City, Florida; City of Panama City; city and the county seat of Bay County, Florida; 30⁰10ʹ28ʺN 85⁰39ʹ52ʺW) List of municipal corporations in Florida, June 1939, viewed 9 September, 2022: page 56 (1926, Mar. 12, reincorporated and St. Andrews and Millville annexed, Acts, 1925, ch. 11678) <https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030996477?urlappend=%3Bseq=119%3Bownerid=13510798893450328-137> Casetext (website), viewed 13 September, 2022: State Etc v. Goodgame (Chapter 11678, No. 343, Laws of Florida, Extraordinary Session, November, 1925. The title and some pertinent sections of the Act are as follows: An act to abolish the present municipal governments of the City of Panama City, the Town of Mellville, and the City of St. Andrews, in the County of Bay, and State of Florida, and to establish, organize and constitute a municipality to be known and designated as the City of Panama City, Bay County and State of Florida) <https://casetext.com/case/state-etc-v-goodgame/> Leesburg commercial, vol. 51, number 9 (February 26, 1926), viewed 6 September, 2022: Section C, page 4 ([Greater Panama City] will be created March 9 at a special election if the people of Panama City, St. Andrews and Millville act favorably on the plan of consolidating the three into one municipality) <https://newspapers.uflib.ufl.edu/AA00085620/00010/images/19> Request for proposals (RFP) PC22-028 Independent Audit Services, viewed 6 September, 2022: page 3 (The City of Panama City was created in 1925 by a Special Act, Chapter 11678, No. 343 of the Florida State Legislature. The City was incorporated March 12, 1926) <https://www.panamacity.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6847/PC22-028-Independent-Audit-Services-RFP?bidId=> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-fl |
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