Walton County Fl Department of Family and Children's Services
Coordinates: xxx°41′15″North 86°35′33″W / xxx.68750°Due north 86.59250°W / thirty.68750; -86.59250
| Okaloosa County | |
|---|---|
| U.S. county | |
 The Okaloosa County courthouse in March 2008 | |
| Flag Seal | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Florida | |
 Florida'due south location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 30°41′15″N 86°35′33″Due west / 30.6875°N 86.5925°Due west / xxx.6875; -86.5925 | |
| Country |  U.s.a. |
| State |  Florida |
| Founded | September vii, 1915 |
| Seat | Crestview |
| Largest city | Crestview |
| Expanse | |
| • Total | 1,082 sq mi (ii,800 km2) |
| • Land | 930 sq mi (two,400 km2) |
| • Water | 152 sq mi (390 km2) fourteen.0%% |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2019) | 210,738 |
| • Density | 227/sq mi (88/kmii) |
| Time zone | UTC−half-dozen (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional commune | 1st |
| Website | www |
Okaloosa Canton is located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, extending from the Gulf of United mexican states to the Alabama state line. As of the 2010 demography, the population was 180,822.[1] Its county seat is Crestview.[2] Okaloosa County is included in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Statistical Expanse.
History [edit]
Okaloosa County was created by an act passed on September seven, 1915,[three] formed from the eastern ranges of Santa Rosa Canton and the western ranges of Walton County.
Okaloosa is a Choctaw discussion pregnant "black water"; oka means "water" and lusa means "black" in the Choctaw language.[4]
Geography [edit]
Co-ordinate to the U.S. Census Agency, the county has a total expanse of 1,082 square miles (2,800 kmii), of which 930 square miles (2,400 km2) is country and 152 foursquare miles (390 km2) (14.0%) is water.[five] Fort Walton Beach and three United States Air Force bases, (Knuckles Field in the North and Eglin AFB and Hurlburt Field are in the south).
Next counties [edit]
- Covington County, Alabama - northward
- Walton Canton, Florida - east
- Santa Rosa County, Florida - west
- Escambia Canton, Alabama - northwest
National protected areas [edit]
- Choctawhatchee National Woods (part)
- Gulf Islands National Seashore (part)
State Parks and Forests [edit]
- Blackwater River State Wood:[6] 189,594 acres (76,726 ha) spanning Okaloosa and neighboring Santa Rosa County.[7]
- Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou Land Recreation Area:[viii] 357 acres (144 ha) of sand pino wood forth Choctawhatchee Bay. The park provides facilities for camping, hiking, angling, and canoeing. It is located 5 miles (viii km) east of Niceville on Country Road 20.[9]
- Henderson Beach Country Park:[10] 1.3 miles (2.1 km) of sugar sand beach forth the Gulf of Mexico. The park provides facilities for camping, RV-ing, and picnicking, likewise as a pavilion and boardwalk. It is located just due east of downtown Destin on U.Due south. 98.[9]
Demographics [edit]
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1920 | ix,360 | — | |
| 1930 | ix,897 | v.seven% | |
| 1940 | 12,900 | 30.3% | |
| 1950 | 27,533 | 113.4% | |
| 1960 | 61,175 | 122.two% | |
| 1970 | 88,187 | 44.2% | |
| 1980 | 109,920 | 24.half-dozen% | |
| 1990 | 143,776 | 30.8% | |
| 2000 | 170,498 | 18.six% | |
| 2010 | 180,822 | 6.ane% | |
| 2020 | 211,668 | 17.i% | |
As of 2015,[xi] there were 198,664 people and 95,494 households. As of the demography of 2010,the population density was 194.4 people per square mile (70/km2).
Link to statistics of racial makeup:[ane]
- White solitary=81.v% (July 1, 2015)
- Blackness or African American lone=10.ii% (July 1, 2015)
- American Native and Alaskan Native alone=0.7% (July 1, 2015)
- Asian alone=3.two% (July 1, 2015)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone=0.iii% (July one, 2015)
- Ii or more races=iv.1% (July ane, 2015)
- Hispanic or Latino=eight.half dozen% (July 1, 2015)
Every bit of 2015, in that location were 95,494 households. Within the 2010 census, 33.x% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.20% were married couples living together, ten.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were not-families. 23.fifty% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of historic period or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was ii.94.
According to the 2010 demography, the population was spread out, with 24.70% under the age of 18, 9.60% from xviii to 24, 31.10% from 25 to 44, 22.twoscore% from 45 to 64, and 12.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 102.20 males. For every 100 females age eighteen and over, there were 101.50 males.
In 2015, the median income for a household in the county was $55,880. The per capita income for the county was $28,902. 11.3% of the population were beneath the poverty line.
Pedagogy [edit]
The county'south public schools come under the Okaloosa County School District.
Northwest Florida State College serves over 10,000 residents of Okaloosa Canton annually for available's degrees, associate degrees, and certificates. The higher maintains 4 campuses in Okaloosa County: Niceville, Crestview, Ft. Walton Beach, and Hurlburt Field, and one campus in Walton County, FL.
Libraries [edit]
Okaloosa Canton is served by the Okaloosa Canton Public Library Cooperative. Formed in October 1997, the Cooperative originally included the county and the cities of Crestview, Mary Esther, and Niceville. The cities of Fort Walton Embankment, Valparaiso, and Destin all joined the Cooperative by the yr 2000.[12] The Okaloosa Canton Public Library Cooperative is governed by an independent inter-governmental agency with seven members and half dozen alternates. Electric current Governing Board members include Nathan Boyles representing Okaloosa County, Shannon Hayes representing the City of Crestview, Florida, Rodney Braden representing the City of Destin, Florida, Amy Jamieson representing the Metropolis of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Bernie Oder representing the Metropolis of Mary Esther, Florida, Bill Schaetzle representing the Metropolis of Niceville, Florida, and Kay Hamilton representing the City of Valparaiso, Florida.[thirteen]
Libraries in the Cooperative operate with a combination of County funding, distributed according to library productivity and municipal expenditure, and funding from each respective metropolis. All libraries in the Cooperative offering computers and wireless access for public apply, books and other items for physical checkout, and admission to due east-books, audiobooks, and digital magazines for checkout via Overdrive and RBDigital with a library carte du jour. The Cooperative partners with the Florida Department of Children and Families for social services registration, the Right Service at the Right Time Archived 2020-05-02 at the Wayback Car guide for local assistance resources, and the Florida Division of Elections for voter registration assist.[12] Other services the Cooperative offers include a career center, job fairs, career counseling, income tax preparation, homework assistance and tutoring, coming together rooms, study spaces, classes and cultural events for children and adults, research assistance (including assistance with genealogy research), and digital media creation labs.
- Robert L.F. Sikes Library
The Robert L.F. Sikes Library is located in Crestview, FL and was started in the 1940s in the domicile of local resident Bertha Henry. She started the library using books that belonged to her, her mother, and the lending library at Crestview'due south Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. Afterward moving locations multiple times as it grew, the library was somewhen renamed after Congressman Robert "Bob" Sikes, who served in Congress from 1940 to 1979.
- Destin Library
The Destin Library is located in Destin, FL and part of the Okaloosa Canton Public Library Cooperative (OCPLC). Information technology was founded in 1940 equally a volunteer-run customs lending library with approximately 200 volumes. The library drove was largely donated past Albert Flim-flam of Syracuse, New York. The library was first housed in the Sun school room of the First Presbyterian Church building of Destin on Calhoun Avenue. Over the years, the collection was housed in several different locations. The library moved from the church to the upper floor of the old Destin Customs Heart Archived November 22, 2021, at the Wayback Machine building and then across the street to the purpose-built library at 108 Stahlman Avenue.[14] The Stahlman Artery library was expanded to include a thrift store to support operations by the Friends of the Destin Library. That building is at present home to the Destin History & Fishing Museum. In 1989, the library was incorporated into the urban center of Destin authorities as a section.[fifteen] It is now supported by city and county taxpayers. The Friends of the Destin Library continue to support library programming and facility improvements. In March 2003, the library moved to its electric current location on Sibert Avenue. The 13,327 square foot edifice continued to evolve with the addition of private study rooms and a digital media lab in 2014. Today, the library provides patrons a safe space for selecting materials, reading, researching, studying, writing, and attending library or community sponsored programs and meetings.[16] Property owners and permanent residents of Okaloosa Canton are issued gratis library cards at any of the participating six libraries entitling them to the full services of the OCPLC. Fee-based library cards are available for out-of-county patrons and seasonal visitors. The Destin Library'southward mission is to provide quality professional information services, recreational reading, viewing and listening materials, and programming to the community.
- Fort Walton Beach Library
The Fort Walton Embankment Library is located in Fort Walton Beach, FL. It was established in 1927 by the Women'due south Guild in an onetime Masonic building almost the waterfront of the city. In order to keep the library open, they would rotate services during the days of the week, each service offered on a item day of the week. The library concluded up endmost to the public later altruistic all of its inventory to the local high school to assist them meet their requirements to the students. In 1954, the Business concern and Professional person Women's Social club helped the Women's Gild to re-plant the public library, and it is thriving today.
- Mary Esther Public Library
The Mary Esther Public Library was commencement proposed in 1974 and was approved, taking up simply a space of 585 square feet. Later a new edifice was provided in 1988, the library's popularity and utilization continued to grow. In 1990, a grant was approved to construct a make new library and it was opened to the public in 1992. In 2004, the library was expanded and it thrives today serving the citizens of Mary Esther, FL and Okaloosa County.
- Niceville Library
The Niceville Library became a part of the library cooperative in 1997 in Okaloosa County. The library buildings include the chief public library, a community center that hosts events and a public children's park and splash pad.
- Valparaiso Community Library
The Valparaiso Community Library is located in Valparaiso, FL. Information technology began in 1973 with a modest collection. Eventually it expanded to include genealogy research which helped to aggrandize its collection. In 2007 the library was awarded a state library construction grant. While information technology is one of the smaller libraries, information technology continues to provide the aforementioned type of services to the customs.
Transportation [edit]
Airports [edit]
- Bob Sikes Drome
- Destin–Fort Walton Embankment
Surface Transportation [edit]
Emerald Coast Passenger (formerly Okaloosa County Transit)[17] operates bus services in the county.[18]
Okaloosa County's new Courthouse commencement instance was held Jan 2, 2019.
Politics [edit]
Okaloosa County is one of the most bourgeois counties in Florida. Incumbent George W. Bush won the county in 2004 with 78% of the popular vote and in 2008 the Republican candidate John McCain polled 72%.[xix] Paw Romney won the canton in 2012 with 73.86% (69,785) of the popular vote, while Donald Trump won 70.42% (71,893) in 2016. A testament to how conservative Okaloosa County is, Donald Trump won 51 out of 52 voting precincts in the county.[xx]
Presidential elections results
| Yr | Republican | Democratic | Third parties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 68.4% 79,798 | 29.3% 34,248 | two.6% 2,697 |
| 2016 | seventy.4% 71,893 | 23.three% 23,780 | vi.three% 6,423 |
| 2012 | 73.8% 70,168 | 24.6% 23,421 | 1.vi% 1,486 |
| 2008 | 71.8% 68,789 | 27.0% 25,872 | ane.2% one,120 |
| 2004 | 77.7% 69,693 | 21.vi% nineteen,368 | 0.eight% 695 |
| 2000 | 73.7% 52,186 | 24.0% 16,989 | 2.3% ane,644 |
| 1996 | 64.5% 40,683 | 26.1% 16,462 | ix.4% 5,899 |
| 1992 | 53.1% 32,818 | 19.5% 12,038 | 27.4% sixteen,913 |
| 1988 | 80.0% twoscore,389 | 19.3% 9,753 | 0.half-dozen% 320 |
| 1984 | 83.5% 37,044 | 16.5% 7,304 | 0.0% 9 |
| 1980 | 69.6% 28,072 | 26.9% ten,845 | 3.5% 1,406 |
| 1976 | 55.ix% xviii,598 | 42.7% 14,210 | i.v% 487 |
| 1972 | 88.half-dozen% 23,303 | x.eight% 2,843 | 0.half-dozen% 144 |
| 1968 | 26.5% v,525 | xiv.7% three,059 | 58.eight% 12,237 |
| 1964 | 55.8% 9,961 | 44.2% 7,890 | |
| 1960 | 36.2% iv,685 | 63.viii% eight,263 | |
| 1956 | 32.seven% 2,788 | 67.3% 5,748 | |
| 1952 | 30.5% 2,355 | 69.five% five,375 | |
| 1948 | 12.i% 486 | 62.9% ii,519 | 25.0% i,002 |
| 1944 | 17.nine% 626 | 82.1% ii,877 | |
| 1940 | 18.vii% 690 | 81.three% iii,003 | |
| 1936 | 15.8% 457 | 84.two% 2,433 | |
| 1932 | 9.8% 232 | 90.2% two,137 | |
| 1928 | 72.vii% ane,385 | 26.4% 503 | 0.9% 17 |
| 1924 | 19.two% 183 | 67.4% 642 | 13.iv% 128 |
| 1920 | 41.0% 411 | 56.6% 568 | two.4% 24 |
| 1916 | 31.ix% 303 | 63.4% 603 | 4.7% 45 |
Communities [edit]
Cities [edit]
- Crestview
- Destin
- Fort Walton Beach
- Laurel Hill
- Mary Esther
- Niceville
- Valparaiso
Towns [edit]
- Cinco Bayou
- Shalimar
Census-designated places [edit]
- Eglin AFB
- Lake Lorraine
- Ocean City
- Wright
Other unincorporated communities [edit]
- Baker
- Blackman
- Bluewater Bay
- Campton
- Deerland
- Dorcas
- Escambia Farms
- Florosa
- Garden Metropolis
- Holt
- Milligan
- Okaloosa Island
- Seminole
- Svea
- Timpoochee
- Villa Tasso
- WynneHaven Embankment
Run into also [edit]
- National Register of Celebrated Places listings in Okaloosa County, Florida
References [edit]
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". Us Demography Bureau. Retrieved Feb 14, 2014. [ permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Find a Canton". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Hutchinson, Leonard Patrick, "History of the Playground Surface area of Northwest Florida", Smashing Outdoors Publishing Co., St. petersburg, Florida, 1st ed., 1961, no Library of Congress menu number, no ISBN, page 41.
- ^ Read, William (2008). Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The Academy of Alabama Press. p. 47. ISBN978-0-8173-8072-4.
- ^ "Usa Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. Feb 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Florida State Parks".
- ^ McGovern, Bernie (2011). Florida Almanac 2012. Pelican Publishing Company. p. 186. ISBN9781589808461.
- ^ "Florida State Parks".
- ^ a b McGovern, Bernie (2011). Florida Almanac 2012. Pelican Publishing Company. p. 214. ISBN9781589808461.
- ^ "Florida State Parks".
- ^ "U.Southward. Census website". Usa Census Bureau. Retrieved May fourteen, 2011.
- ^ a b Okaloosa County Library Cooperative. (2011). Introduction to the Okaloosa County Library Cooperative. Retrieved from https://www.cityofdestin.com/DocumentCenter/View/602/Introduction-to-Okaloosa-County-Public-Library-Cooperative [ permanent dead link ]
- ^ Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative. (2018). About Us. Retrieved from https://readokaloosa.org/client/en_US/default/?rm=Almost [ permanent dead link ] US0%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7C0%7C%7C%7Ctrue
- ^ "Library History". City of Destin . Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ "Library: Most Us". City of Destin . Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Destin Library Brochure". City of Destin. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ "Welcome to Emerald Coast Rider". Emerald Coast Rider. 2015. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015. Retrieved Dec sixteen, 2017.
- ^ "Ride The Moving ridge! - EC Rider". www.ecrider.org . Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "2008 Us Presidential Election Results by Canton - USATODAY.com". Content.usatoday.com. November 10, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ^ "Dave Leip'southward Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
External links [edit]
Regime links/Constitutional offices [edit]
- Okaloosa Canton Board of County Commissioners
- Okaloosa County Clerk of Courtroom
- Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections
- Okaloosa County Holding Appraiser
- Okaloosa Canton Sheriff'south Part
- Okaloosa County Taxation Collector
- Okaloosa County Census
- https://www.demography.gov/quickfacts/table/HSG010215/12091
Special districts [edit]
- Okaloosa County School District
- Northwest Florida Water Management District
Judicial branch [edit]
- Okaloosa Canton Clerk of Courts Archived 2004-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Public Defender, 1st Judicial Circuit of Florida serving Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties
- Office of the State Chaser, 1st Judicial Circuit of Florida
- Circuit and County Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit of Florida
Tourism links [edit]
- Emerald Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Northwest Florida Regional Drome
Media links [edit]
- Northwest Florida Daily News
- The Beachcomber Newspaper
- The Destin Log
- Crestview News Bulletin
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okaloosa_County,_Florida
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