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Bonifay is a city in Holmes County, Florida, United States. Bonifay was given its name from a prominent family that had a brick making factory in Pensacola, FL. Frank Bonifay, the man behind the town's name, bought a stake in the L&N, now CSX, Railroad. As W. D. Chipley connected the rural Florida Panhandle, along the way he came up with names for certain communities the railroad bisected. http://dhr. dos. state. fl. us/facts/reports/names/index. cfm#B The population was 4,078 at the 2000 census. According to the U. S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 2,711 and in 2008 the U.S. Census estimates the population to be 2,780. http://www. census. gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2005-04-12. csv It is the county seat of Holmes County.