| East Milton, Florida | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  East Milton, Florida  East Milton, Florida | |
| Coordinates: 30°36′55″N87°01′18″W / 30.61528°N 87.02167°W Coordinates: 30°36′55″N87°01′18″W / 30.61528°N 87.02167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Santa Rosa |
| Area [1] | |
| • Total | 30.157 sq mi (78.11 km2) |
| • Land | 28.811 sq mi (74.62 km2) |
| • Water | 1.346 sq mi (3.49 km2) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2010) [1] | |
| • Total | 11,074 |
| • Density | 370/sq mi (140/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 850 |
| GNIS feature ID | 282001 [2] |
East Milton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. Its population was 11,074 as of the 2010 census. [1] As its name indicates, the community is located on the east bank of the Blackwater River opposite Milton.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing cities, towns, and villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated small community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, colonias located along the U.S. border with Mexico, and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs.
Santa Rosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2017 estimates, the population was 174,272. The county seat is Milton, which lies in the geographic center of the county. The largest communities are Navarre, Pace, and Gulf Breeze.
