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Chipley is a city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Washington County, located between Tallahassee and Pensacola along Interstate 10 and U.S. Route 90.

Chipley was settled in 1882 under the name "Orange" and was later renamed for William Dudley Chipley, president of the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad and later a Florida state senator.

The City of Chipley was officially incorporated in 1901, and it grew up as a railroad town shipping timber and farm products.

Chipley became the Washington County seat in 1927, when the courthouse was moved there from Vernon.

Chipley had a population of 3,660 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 3,605 in 2010, and its residents lived in 1,324 households.

In January 1985 a temperature of 2 °F was recorded at a golf course in Chipley — the second-coldest temperature ever recorded in Florida and the lowest January reading in state history.

Falling Waters State Park, just south of Chipley, is home to Florida's tallest waterfall, which pours into a deep cylindrical sinkhole.

Chipley's historic railroad depot, Chipley Station, now houses the Washington County Historical Society Museum, and the town's South Third Street Historic District preserves its early commercial architecture.

Chipley is served by Chipley High School, the high school for its part of the Washington County School District.

Chipley is the birthplace of Artis Gilmore, the Hall of Fame basketball center who starred in the ABA and NBA.