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Notable location: Cochran Landing (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Wewahitchka include: Saint Lawrence Church (A), West Side Church (B), First United Pentecostal Church (C), Church of Christ (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Jehu Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and swamps: Alice, Lake (A), Julia, Lake (B), Grove, Lake (C), West Arm of Dead Lakes (D), Schoolhouse Branch (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Guardhouse Branch (A), Stone Mill Creek (B), Cochran Slough (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Wewahitchka: T L James Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Wewahitchka and their reported violations in the past:
MAXINE'S RESTAURANT (Population served: 33, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One minor monitoring violation
HOWARD CREEK TRAILER PARK (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
WILLIS LANDING RV PARK (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One minor monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  19.2% | | Whole state: |  12.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 10.9% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Wewahitchka, FL
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Wewahitchka compared to Florida state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Wewahitchka (2009 data):
- Vision Bank: Wewahitchka Branch at 125 North Highway 71, branch established on 2004-12-02. Info updated 2007-08-08: Bank assets: $923.3 mil, Deposits: $636.4 mil, headquarters in Panama City, FL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 19 total offices, Holding Company: Park National Corporation
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Gulf County Florida:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (60%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Neighborhoods in Wewahitchka:
Religion statistics for Wewahitchka
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Catholic Church |
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| Adherents | 55.3% | 14.1% | 9.2% | 4.9% | 4.2% |
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| Congregations | 31.3% | 12.5% | 9.4% | 6.3% | 6.3% |
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| Name | Episcopal Church | USA National Primitive Baptist Convention | Vineyard USA | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
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| Congregations | 6.3% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 6.3% | 15.6% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
3 | $6,580 | $26,320 | 5 | $137 |
| Streets and Highways |
4 | $11,353 | $34,059 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $3,412 | $40,944 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $2,322 | $27,864 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $3,454 | $41,448 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
10 | $27,121 | $32,545 | 5 | $137 |
Wewahitchka government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $134,000
Solid Waste Management: $26,000
- Construction - Parks & Recreation: $5,000
Regular Highways: $5,000
- Current Operations - Housing & Community Development: $500,000
Water Utilities: $199,000
Regular Highways: $176,000
Sewerage: $157,000
Financial Administration: $141,000
Parks & Recreation: $46,000
Police Protection: $34,000
Fire Protection: $28,000
Solid Waste Management: $15,000
Health Services - Other: $14,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $43,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $8,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $330,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $418,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $405,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $301,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $29,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $13,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $52,000
General Revenue, NEC: $20,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $31,000
Health - Other: $3,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Regular Highways: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $404,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $160,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $139,000
End of Fiscal Year: $89,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $494,000
- State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $500,000
General Support: $124,000
All Other: $38,000
- Tax - Public Utilities: $149,000
Property: $64,000
NEC: $6,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $299,000
9.57% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,852 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.57% | | Florida average: | 8.71% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.75% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,476 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.75% | | Florida average: | 7.73% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Wewahitchka:
- WYBT (1000 AM; daytime; 5 kW; BLOUNTSTOWN, FL; Owner: BLOUNTSTOWN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WLTG (1430 AM; 5 kW; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: HOUR GROUP BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WDIZ (590 AM; 3 kW; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
- WTCL (1580 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL; Owner: METZ, INC.)
- WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFRF (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FAITH RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WASG (550 AM; 25 kW; ATMORE, AL; Owner: 550 AM, INC)
- WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
- WZEP (1460 AM; 10 kW; DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL; Owner: WALTON COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WEBY (1330 AM; 25 kW; MILTON, FL; Owner: SPINNAKER LICENSE CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Wewahitchka:
- WLHR (107.9 FM; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: WAITT BROADCASTING OF FLORIDA, L.L.C.)
- WPAP-FM (92.5 FM; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMXP (103.5 FM; CALLAWAY, FL; Owner: WAITT BROADCASTING OF FLORIDA, L.L.C.)
- WFBX (94.5 FM; PARKER, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WFSY (98.5 FM; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WEBZ (93.5 FM; PORT ST. JOE, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WPBH (99.3 FM; MEXICO BEACH, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WYYX (97.7 FM; BONIFAY, FL; Owner: STYLES MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- WYOO (101.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD, FL; Owner: STYLES MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- WOYS (100.5 FM; APALACHICOLA, FL; Owner: RICHARD L. PLESSINGER, SR.)
- WFCT (105.5 FM; APALACHICOLA, FL; Owner: WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WPHK (102.7 FM; BLOUNTSTOWN, FL; Owner: BLOUNTSTOWN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Wewahitchka:
- WMBB (Channel 13; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WJHG-TV (Channel 7; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: WJHG LICENSEE CORP.)
- WBIF (Channel 51; MARIANNA, FL; Owner: MARIANNA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WPCT (Channel 46; PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL; Owner: BEACH TV PROPERTIES, INC.)
- WPGX (Channel 28; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: WAITT LICENSE CO. OF FLORIDA, INC.)
- W17CG (Channel 17; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: RICHARD & LISA GOETZ)
- WFSU-TV (Channel 11; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WPCY-LP (Channel 26; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Wewahitchka, Florida:
- Fatal accident count: 14
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 16
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 9
- Fatalities: 15
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 32
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
Florida average:
- Fatal accident count: 153
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 235
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 51
- Fatalities: 166
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 411
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 26
See more detailed statistics of Wewahitchka fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Wewahitchka)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 9 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Wewahitchka, FL)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 7 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 4- WEWAHITCHKA, .2 Mi S Of Int Of Sr 71 & Sr 22, Type: Tower, Structure height: 79.3 m, Overall height: 86.9 m, Call Sign: WMT416
Assigned Frequencies : 6585.00 MHz
Grant Date: 03/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: Douglas I Brandon
Registrant: Cingular Wireless LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive Ms A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7506, Fax: (469) 229-7295, Email:
- At Gulf Coast Electric Coop Office, Overall height: 57.9 m, Call Sign: WPNI604
Assigned Frequencies : 952.581 MHz, 928.581 MHz
Grant Date: 07/25/2002, Expiration Date: 10/17/2012
Registrant: Phone: (334) 222-2571 - WEWAHITCHKA, Wewahitchka Schools; Highway 6; 0.5 Miles South Of Wewahitchka, Fl, Type: Tower, Structure height: 124.1 m, Call Sign: WPVJ580
Assigned Frequencies : 6630.00 MHz, 6670.00 MHz
Grant Date: 06/26/2002, Expiration Date: 06/26/2012, Cancelation Date: 03/09/2007, Certifier: Roger Boucher
Registrant: M/A-Com, Inc., 3315 Old Forest Rd, Lynchburg, VA 24501, Phone: (434) 385-2820, Fax: (434) 385-2693 - WEWAHITCHKA, Wewahitchka Schools; Highway 6; 0.5 Miles South Of Wewahitchka, Fl, Type: Tower, Structure height: 124.1 m, Call Sign: WQGJ540
Assigned Frequencies : 6630.00 MHz, 6670.00 MHz
Grant Date: 02/06/2007, Expiration Date: 02/06/2017, Certifier: Andrew E Moysenko
Registrant: M/A-Com, Inc., 7022 Tpc Drive, Suite 500, Orlando, FL 32822, Phone: (407) 581-3782, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 20 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Wewahitchka)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: CESSNA 310K (Fixed wing multi engine, Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 167 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 6937L , Serial Number: 310K0037, Year manufactured: 1965, Airworthiness Date: 12/29/1965
Registrant (Individual): Glenn R Cable, Rt 3 Box 184, Wewahitchka, FL 32465 - Aircraft: CESSNA U206G (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 132 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 756MZ , Serial Number: U20604212, Year manufactured: 1977, Airworthiness Date: 01/14/1978
Registrant (Individual): Calvin Cheatham, Po Box 716, Wewahitchka, FL 32465
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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