Healthcare Practice Sales in Blountstown and Calhoun County

Illustration of the Old Calhoun County Courthouse, a red brick Romanesque building framed by palms, at dusk in Blountstown.

Above: Old Calhoun County Courthouse, Blountstown. Built in 1904 in the Romanesque Revival style, it is on the National Register and was described in 1989 as one of two such courthouses left in Florida. Picture credit

This page gathers what a healthcare practice sale in Calhoun County involves locally: its practice market in official figures, the county and city offices a new owner deals with after closing, and the county's cities and communities.

The practice market in Calhoun County

Residents, 2025

Calhoun County had an estimated 13,289 residents in 2025, 2.6% fewer than at the April 2020 base.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, county population estimates, Vintage 2025.

Practicing physicians

The Florida Department of Health's 2026 workforce report counts 67 practicing physicians in Calhoun County, 48.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 22 statewide.

Source: Florida Department of Health, 2026 Florida Physician Workforce Annual Report, Appendix B.

Licensed veterinarians

One licensed veterinarian has an address in Calhoun County.

Source: Florida DBPR, Board of Veterinary Medicine licensee file (lic26vt.csv).

Veterinary establishments

The county has 2 licensed veterinary establishments.

Source: Florida DBPR, Board of Veterinary Medicine licensee file (lic26vt.csv).

Dental shortage area

All of Calhoun County is designated a dental health professional shortage area by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas data download.

Primary care shortage area

All of Calhoun County is designated a primary care health professional shortage area by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas data download.

After a purchase: local filings in Calhoun County

  1. County business tax receipt

    Whether a practice in Calhoun County needs a county local business tax receipt is a question for the Calhoun County Tax Collector (20859 Central Avenue East, Blountstown).

    Source: Calhoun County Tax Collector, checked October 2026.
  2. Tangible personal property return

    The Calhoun County Property Appraiser takes tangible personal property returns, the yearly return for a business's furniture and equipment.

    Sources: floridarevenue.com; Calhoun County Property Appraiser, checked October 2026.
  3. Recording the deed

    When a sale includes real estate, the deed is recorded by the Calhoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller in the county's Official Records.

    Source: Calhoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, checked October 2026.

Cities and communities in Calhoun County

Blountstown

City, county seat

2020 Census population: 2,266.

Altha

Town

2020 Census population: 496.

Mailing-address towns in the county that are not Census places: Clarksville, Wewahitchka.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census; GeoNames, postal codes, read October 2026. City business tax offices: each city's own pages.

How Newton's Law PA serves Calhoun County

Newton's Law PA's office is in Lake Worth Beach, about 402 miles from Blountstown.

A first consultation is by phone or video, and meetings in person are at the Lake Worth Beach office.

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