Milligan, Florida

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Milligan, Florida
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Milligan, Florida
Coordinates: 30°45′09″N86°38′27″W / 30.75250°N 86.64083°W / 30.75250; -86.64083 Coordinates: 30°45′09″N86°38′27″W / 30.75250°N 86.64083°W / 30.75250; -86.64083
Country United States
State Florida
County Okaloosa
Elevation 108 ft (33 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code 32531
Area code(s) 850
GNIS feature ID 286927 [1]

Milligan is an unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. Milligan is located at the junction of U.S. Route 90, (State Road 10) and State Road 4, 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Crestview.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

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.

Okaloosa County, Florida County in Florida, United States

Okaloosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. As of 2015, the population was 198,664. Its county seat is Crestview.

Florida State of the United States of America

Florida is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.

From June 3, 1915 (when Okaloosa County was formed) until the Yellow River flooded in 1917, Milligan was the county seat.

Yellow River (Pensacola Bay) River in the United States of America

The Yellow River is a 118-mile-long (190 km) river in the southern United States which runs through Alabama and Florida. It empties into Blackwater Bay, an arm of Pensacola Bay.

Notable people

Joe Robert Fuller is a former cornerback in the National Football League. He played with the San Diego Chargers and the Green Bay Packers. He also played in the Canadian Football League. Fuller was an all-conference player at the University of Northern Iowa.

Houston McTear, was an American sprinter, who emerged from desperate poverty in the Florida Panhandle to become an international track star in the mid-1970s.

Maulty Moore, is a former professional American football defensive tackle who played for five seasons with the Miami Dolphins, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Undrafted on graduating Bethune-Cookman College in 1970, he began a year of conditioning that added 50 pounds to his undersized frame before trying out for the Dolphins as a free agent. He was signed to the Dolphins' taxi squad in 1971, and promoted to special teams the next year. He blocked a Roy Gerela field goal attempt during the Dolphins' 1972 AFC Championship Game victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Waived by the Dolphins in 1975, he spent a year with the Bengals before finishing his career in 1976 with the then expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Moore went on to teach in the Broward County school system.

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Crestview, Florida City in Florida

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Shalimar, Florida Place in Florida, United States

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Milligan may refer to:

State Road 123 is a north–south state highway that bypasses the stretch of State Road 85 through Niceville, Florida. The highway is a more direct route to Fort Walton Beach from points north. With flyover ramps at both intersections of SR 85 now completed, the highway has been widened into a 4-lane divided highway.

Mid-Bay Bridge Bridge in Florida, United States of America

The Mid-Bay Bridge is a 141-span, 3.6-mile (5.8 km), two-lane toll bridge in Okaloosa County in the Florida Panhandle. It connects U.S. Highway 98 in Destin to State Road 20 in Niceville. The bridge generally runs north-south; the approaches to the bridge carry the State Road 293 designation while the bridge itself carries the TOLL 293 shield.

State Road 4 is a two-lane state highway in Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties in the western corner of the Florida Panhandle. It is signed east–west, but the road is slightly diagonal. The road runs from Century near the Alabama state line at an intersection with U.S. Highway 29 (US 29), to the farming community of Milligan at an intersection with US 90.

Blackwater River State Forest protected area in Florida, United States

The Blackwater River State Forest is in the U.S. state of Florida. It is located in the panhandle, northeast of Pensacola and at 206,900 acres (849 km²) it is the largest forest in the state.

Okaloosa darter species of fish

The Okaloosa darter is a species of darter indigenous to freshwater streams and tributary systems in Okaloosa and Walton Counties in northwest Florida.

State Road 85 is a north–south state highway that runs from US 98 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida north to State Route 55 at the Florida/Alabama state line. In its earliest inception, it was just a clayed road over graded sandy soil, and was known early in the twentieth century as the Georgia, Alabama and Florida Highway.

WCNU was a radio station located in Crestview, Florida, United States. The station served the Northwest Florida and South Alabama areas.

Northwest Florida State College

Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) is a public college in Niceville, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. NWFSC was founded in 1963 as Okaloosa-Walton Junior College, with its campus in Valparaiso, Florida; students started class the next year. A permanent campus in Niceville was built and started serving students with the 1969–70 academic year.

State Road 189 is a north–south highway in the panhandle of Florida. It leads from U.S. Route 98 in downtown Fort Walton Beach to just east of State Road 85 at the Eglin AFB West Gate where its southern section terminates. The northern section begins at an intersection with State Road 4 in Baker, Florida north to the Alabama / Florida state line where Alabama State Route 137 begins upon crossing the Alabama state line.

Florida State Road 188 (FL 188) is a 2.581-mile-long (4.154 km) state highway in Okaloosa County, Florida., that runs from Florida State Road 189 and Hurlburt Road in Wright to Florida State Road 85 and Fourth Avenue in Ocean City.

State Road 393 (SR 393) is a 1.833-mile-long (2.950 km) state highway in Okaloosa County, Florida, that runs from U.S. Route 98 in Mary Esther to Florida State Road 189 in southern Wright.

State Road 397 (SR 397) is a 3.199-mile-long (5.148 km) state highway in Okaloosa County, Florida, that runs from Florida State Road 85 on the northern border of Eglin Air Force Base to Florida State Road 85 in western Niceville via Valparaiso. SR 397 is split into two segments by Eglin AFB.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Milligan, Florida


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