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Westville is a small incorporated town in southern Holmes County, Florida, on the west bank of the Choctawhatchee River, directly across the river from Caryville.

Westville was settled in 1891 but was not incorporated as a town until 1970.

The 2020 census counted 261 people and 137 households in Westville, down from 289 residents in 2010.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House books, lived in the Westville area for a short time in 1891 with her husband Almanzo Wilder and their daughter Rose Wilder Lane.

Around 1920, local resident George William “Uncle Willie” Curry opened a ferry across the Choctawhatchee River at what became known as Curry's Landing.

U.S. Route 90 runs through Westville, leading east about 11 miles to Bonifay, the Holmes County seat, and west about 18 miles to DeFuniak Springs.

Interstate 10 passes through the southern part of Westville's town limits, although the nearest interchange is in neighboring Caryville.

Westville covers about 7.5 square miles — a large, mostly rural town area for its roughly 260 residents, giving it a density of only about 36 people per square mile.

Like the rest of the western Florida Panhandle, Westville keeps Central Time and has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters.