Place:Okaloosa, Florida, United States

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NameOkaloosa
Alt namesOkaloosasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates30.683°N 86.55°W
Located inFlorida, United States     (1915 - )
See alsoSanta Rosa, Florida, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Walton, Florida, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Washington, Florida, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Lake Lorraine
Ocean City
Wright
Inhabited place
Auburn
Baker
Beaver Creek
Blackman
Campton
Cannon Town
Cinco Bayou
Clear Springs
Crestview
Deerland
Destin
Dorcas
Eglin Air Force Base
Escambia Farms
Fort Walton Beach
Galliver
Garden City
Garnier
Ginco Bayou
Good Hope
Harris
Holt
Kellys Mill
Killingsworth Crossroads
Laurel Hill
Longwood
Mary Esther
Milligan
Niceville
Nubbin Ridge
Oak Grove
Peaden
Postil
Rock Creek
Seminole
Shalimar
Silver Springs
Svea
Valparaiso
Wynnehaven Beach
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Okaloosa County is a county in the state of Florida. Located in northwest Florida, it extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. As of the 2000 census, the population was 170,498. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 182,172. The 2009 estimate for the county is 196,237 people. Its county seat is Crestview.

Okaloosa County is coextensive with the Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) designated by the Office of Management and Budget. Fort Walton Beach, Crestview and Destin are designated as the principal cities of the MSA. The Fort Walton Beach, Florida Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined in 1981. In 2003 Crestview and Destin were named principal cities, and the MSA name was changed to its present form.

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History

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Okaloosa County was created by an act passed June 3, 1915. Okaloosa is a Choctaw word meaning "black water". "Oka" means water, and "lusa" is black in the Choctaw language.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1915 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1915 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1915 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1915 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1915 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1950 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1920 9,360
1930 9,897
1940 12,900
1950 27,533
1960 61,175
1970 88,187
1980 109,920
1990 143,776
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External links

www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/

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