Callaway

How it became a city

Callaway was platted in 1911. In 1936, after an argument over where a new school should go, residents voted 42 to 2 to incorporate. The city went inactive, came back in 1959 and re-formed in 1963. City Hall is at 6601 E. Highway 22.

The Recreational Complex

The 80-acre Callaway Recreational Complex at 500 Callaway Park Way is the town's backyard. It has seven baseball and softball fields, soccer fields, a five-acre stocked children's fishing pond, a one-mile clay walking trail with fitness stations, playgrounds, pavilions and a retired F-101 Voodoo fighter on display. It's open daily from 7 a.m. to dusk. The Callaway Arts & Conference Center on the same grounds holds the city commission chamber and rents rooms for weddings and parties.

The city's regular events include a Children's Fishing Rodeo on the Saturday of Father's Day weekend and Christmas in Callaway on the second Friday in December. The city calendar has each year’s details.

Getting around

• Downtown Panama City: about 10 minutes. Ascension Sacred Heart Bay: about 10. HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital: about 15.
• Mexico Beach: about 30 minutes east on US 98. Pier Park: about 35 minutes west.
• Airport (ECP): about 40 minutes.

Good to know

Inside city limits, the City of Callaway handles local services. Some nearby addresses with a Callaway mailing address are actually in neighboring cities or unincorporated Bay County. Zoned schools depend on the street address. Find yours with the Bay District Schools zone lookup.

Official links

City of Callaway · Callaway Recreational Complex · Bay County Property Appraiser