Editing Cinco Bayou, Florida (section)

==History==
Cinco Bayou was [[plat|platted]] in 1940, and the '''Town of Cinco Bayou''' officially incorporated as a municipality on July 3, 1950, at a meeting held at the Cinco Bayou garage, attended by about 60 people. Gordon Gibson was elected the first mayor. At this time there were about 250 residents in the area between the [[Fort Walton]] city limits and the Cinco Bayou, an east-west oriented finger of water on the west end of the [[Choctawhatchee Bay]].<ref name=CBfounded/><ref name=CBInc/><ref name=CinBayInc>Fort Walton, Florida, "Cinco Bayou Incorporates; Gibson Mayor - Officials Named, Charter Adopted At Meeting", ''[[Northwest Florida Daily News|Playground News]]'', Thursday July 13, 1950, Volume 5, Number 24, page 1.</ref><ref name=5BInc/>