Pinellas County

Gulfport

Gulfport is an incorporated city in Pinellas County. Community Development handles building permits, planning, zoning, and code inside the city, while Gulfport's water utility also serves some unincorporated Pinellas County properties.

Type: City
County: Pinellas
Population: 11,404

Data notes

Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 18.4941 mills for Pinellas County. Census GEOID: 1228175.

Local front desk

A Gulfport water account does not settle city limits.

Use Community Development for a project inside Gulfport and Utilities for water, sewer, billing, or service questions. Because the water system reaches beyond the municipal boundary, keep the exact property address in both files and confirm jurisdiction before treating a utility customer as a city parcel.

Local government

Gulfport community development The city route for building permits, inspections, planning, zoning, code enforcement, business tax, forms, and current contacts. Gulfport utilities The city route for water and sewer accounts, billing, service, repairs, utility fees, and the service-area distinction.

Property and records

Property appraiser Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value. Tax collector Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions. Clerk and recorder Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.

People and safety

Supervisor of Elections Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information. Emergency management Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions. School district Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.

Find the office Match the errand to the office Use the record or service to separate city, county, district, state, and private responsibilities. Find the utility provider Start utility service with the address Water, power, sewer, trash, gas, and internet can follow different service boundaries.

Local profile checked August 2, 2026. Confirm the address and current instructions on the linked official site.

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Address, home, and local records

Home and local tasks in Gulfport

Start with the exact address, then use the task to choose the state agency, county office, city department, school district, utility, emergency manager, insurer, lender, or private document that handles the detail.

Address and ZIP

Separate the mailing label from the local boundary

The postal city, ZIP Code, county, municipality, parcel, school district, evacuation zone, and utility area can describe different parts of the same address.

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Property tax

Pinellas County tax planning

The November 2025 county planning row is 18.4941 mills, about $1,849 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.

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Storm planning

Check evacuation zone and local alerts

Evacuation zones, shelter plans, county alerts, and local emergency orders can change by exact address.

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Permits and records

Look up the local file

Building permits, code cases, liens, zoning, business tax receipts, and utility records may sit with Pinellas County, a city, or a district.

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Address changes

Update the records that follow the address

Mail forwarding does not update a driver record, vehicle record, voter file, property mail, insurance, utilities, schools, or private accounts.

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Direct Porch Notes

Notes about Gulfport

These entries have been reviewed as directly about this place or its local area.

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History and culture

Stetson Law started Florida's law school story

Stetson Law began in DeLand in 1900 as Florida's first law school, then moved to Gulfport in 1954.

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Around Gulfport

Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.

Bear Creek Pinellas County - about 1 mile away South Pasadena Pinellas County - about 2 miles away St. Pete Beach Pinellas County - about 3 miles away Treasure Island Pinellas County - about 4 miles away St. Petersburg Pinellas County - about 4 miles away Kenneth City Pinellas County - about 5 miles away Lealman Pinellas County - about 5 miles away West Lealman Pinellas County - about 5 miles away

Source habit

Start from Gulfport.

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Home and local tasks

Property, storms, permits, and offices

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County context

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Place notes

Local and related notes

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Data and page limits

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 August 2, 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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