Panama City is a city and the county seat of Bay County, Florida, United States. Located along U.S. Route 98, it is the largest city between Tallahassee and Pensacola. It is the larger of two principal cities of the Panama City-Lynn Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 36,484. When Panama City was incorporated in 1909, its original city limits were 15th Street on the north, Balboa Avenue on the west and Bay Avenue on the east. The developer of the town, George Mortimer West, gave the town its name because it was on a direct line... between Chicago and Panama City, Panama, in Central America. The original name of the city was Harrison. The name was changed during the building of the Panama Canal as a way to link the area to an ongoing media interest, in hopes of promoting real estate development in Bay County. This is the version of city history as cited in A History of Panama City from the Panama City Public Library. As of the census of 2010, there were 36,484 people, 14,792 households, and 8,613 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,245.2 people per square mile .
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| County: | Bay County |
| State: | Florida |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 36,643 |
| Area: | 26.7 sq. mi. |
| Also known as: | Panama City, Florida, Bay County / Panama City city |