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Welcome to the Hosford Home page. The Hosford Home page provides as much information as possible on Hosford. Knowing Hosford’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Hosford’s Home page, you will also find Hosford’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Hosford has a population of 629. 61.2% of Hosford’s inhabitants are Male, and 38.8 are female. 47.8% of Hosford is married and 77% own their own home. The Average Home price is $121,814. Household median income in Hosford is $45,859, and the individual median income is $31,393. Hosford’s Ethnic is the following: White(95.2%), Other(4.8%), Hispanic(2.4%).


Hosford, Florida was originally known as Coe's Mill. It was founded in 1859 and was named for the Coe family. One member of the Coe family, Katherine, married Robert Flournoy Hosford. While Robert Flournoy Hosford worked in the Florida state senate, he helped to convince the railroad to come to Liberty County.


In honor of his work in bringing the railroad to Liberty County, the town of Coe's Mill was changed to the town of Hosford. In 1910, the Hosford Lumber Company filed for bankruptcy. A 1912 article by The Pensacola Journal described Hosford as a "thriving little town." Graves Saw Mill helped foster the growth in Hosford.


Visitors to Hosford could stay at the local hotel with electricity and artesian water and visit the local mineral spring. By this time, Hosford already had a local school and local church. In 1914, Liberty County residents voted 226 to 123 in favor of the county seat being located in Bristol instead of Hosford.


Letters patent were issued in July 1916 for the Hosford Coca-Cola Bottling Company, but the charter was forfeited in 1936.The Graves Saw Mill closed in 1928, which led to a reduction in Hosford's population when saw mill employees moved away.


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