Emerald Coast, a term coined in 1983,[REF] refers in general to the beaches and coastal resorts from Pensacola to Port St. Joe,[REF] but is sometimes used to refer, by extension, to the Panhandle as a whole, especially west of the Apalachicola.
The Forgotten Coast is a trademarked term first coined in the early 1990s[REF] used to refer to the coastal portion of the Florida Panhandle extending from Mexico Beach or southeastern Bay County on the Gulf of Mexico to St. Marks on Apalachee Bay.