Headquartered right in Taylor County at 1825 South Jefferson Street, Perry, FL 32348 ((850) 223-7100, Fax (850) 223-7191), Blue Coast Federal Credit Union—which continues to operate its flagship local division as Buckeye Community Federal Credit Union (NCUA Charter #11154, NMLS #697009, ABA Routing #263181779)—is Taylor County's only locally headquartered federally chartered depository institution. Originally chartered in 1956 by employees of the Buckeye Cellulose (later Georgia-Pacific Foley Cellulose) plant in Perry and expanded to a community charter in 2002 before adopting the Blue Coast Federal Credit Union corporate umbrella in 2022, the credit union serves all residents, retirees, and families across Perry (32347, 32348), Steinhatchee (32359), Keaton Beach (32348), Salem (32356), and Shady Grove (32357). Blue Coast / Buckeye Community FCU provides Taylor County seniors with NCUA-insured Traditional and Roth IRA share accounts and term share certificates (CDs) backed up to $250,000, direct deposit automation for Social Security, VA, and mill/state pensions, Payable-on-Death (POD) beneficiary accounts, low-rate home equity loans, and in-person retiree severance and budgeting support. Cross-referenced with Taylor County's two additional NCUA credit union branches: Champions First Credit Union at 1402 S Jefferson St, Perry ((850) 224-4960, NCUA #67874, NMLS #456949) and VyStar Credit Union at 2000 S Byron Butler Pkwy, Perry ((850) 614-7142) and 913 1st Ave SE, Steinhatchee ((386) 329-0577, NCUA #68490 / #68559, NMLS #416319).