Washington County
Chipley
Chipley is an incorporated city in Washington County with its own City Hall, planning and zoning office, and municipal utility operation. Start with the city for services tied to an address inside Chipley, then use Washington County for county records and unincorporated-area matters.
- Type
- City
- County
- Washington
- Population
- 3,804
Data notes
Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 14.9640 mills for Washington County. Census GEOID: 1211975.
Local front desk
Chipley bundles four city utilities at one counter.
Chipley's utility office handles natural gas, sanitation, sewage, and water service for the Chipley area. New customers use the city's utility application process, so this counter can settle several move-in tasks without sending residents to separate providers.
Local government
Property and records
People and safety
Local profile checked July 27, 2026. Confirm the address and current instructions on the linked official site.
Open the full Washington County directory ->Address, home, and local records
Home and local tasks in Chipley
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Address and ZIP
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Check the address path ->Property tax
Washington County tax planning
The November 2025 county planning row is 14.9640 mills, about $1,496 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.
Open millage tool ->Storm planning
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Evacuation zones, shelter plans, county alerts, and local emergency orders can change by exact address.
Open evacuation planner ->Permits and records
Look up the local file
Building permits, code cases, liens, zoning, business tax receipts, and utility records may sit with Washington County, a city, or a district.
Open records guide ->Address changes
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Open address checklist ->Useful local context
Notes that mention, illustrate, or sit near Chipley
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Outdoors
Falling Waters is Chipley's sinkhole-and-waterfall stop
Falling Waters State Park gives Washington County a rare Florida waterfall, sinkholes, trails, and a current-conditions check.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Econfina Creek turns Panhandle sandhills into clear water
Econfina Creek gives Bay and Washington counties clear spring water, sandhill edges, paddling stops, swimming areas, and current access checks.
Read this note ->Around Chipley
Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.
Source habit
Start from Chipley.
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Home and local tasks
Property, storms, permits, and offices
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Open tasks ->County context
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Last checked July 26, 2026. Place names, county coverage, GEOIDs, coordinates, and population labels come from the Census sources in the Florida place data used by this site. County tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. The local front desk is a reviewed profile of the city and county split, checked July 27, 2026. Direct note relationships and contextual note paths are kept separate. Parcel values, exemptions, permits, school assignments, storm instructions, utility service, private rules, and final bills still depend on the exact address and the official office or document.
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