Table IRD 47. Telephone companies serving northwest Florida, by location of 

 exchange in 1980 (Florida Public Service Commission 1981). 



Central Telephone Co., Tallahassee, FL 



Okaloosa County Baker, Crestview, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, 



Shalimar, Valparaiso 

 Walton County DeFuniak Springs, Freeport, Glendale 



Continental Telephone Co. of the South, Bonifay 



Walton County Santa Rosa Beach, Seagrove Beach 



Florida Telephone Co., Florala, AL 



Okaloosa County Laurel Hill 



Walton County Paxton 



St. Joseph Telephone and Telegraph Co., Port St. Joe 



Bay County The Beaches, Tyndall A .F .B . 



Franklin County Alligator Point, Apalachicola, Carrabelle, 



Eastpoint 

 Gulf Port St. Joe, Wewahitcka 



Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., Miami 



Bay County Lynn Haven, Panama City, Panama City Beach, 



Young stown-Fountain 

 Escambia County Cantonment, Pensacola 



Santa Rosa County Gulf Breeze, Jay, Milton, Munson, Pace 



Southland Telephone Co., Atmore, AL 



Escambia County Molino, Walnut Hill 



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