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Okaloosa County is 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 the 2020 census, the population was 211,668. Its county seat is Crestview. Okaloosa County is included in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Crestview is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 27,134 at the 2020 census, up from 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Okaloosa County. With an elevation of 235 feet (72 m) above sea level, it is one of the highest points in the state; it receives 65 inches (1,700 mm) of rainfall annually, the second-most of any city in the state of Florida, after Fort Walton Beach with 69 inches.
Fort Walton Beach is a city in southern Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 20,922, up from 19,507 in 2010. It is the principal city of the Fort Walton Beach−Crestview−Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Shalimar is a town in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 717 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Fort Walton Beach–Crestview–Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The International Motorsports Hall of Fame (IMHOF) is a hall of fame located adjacent to the 2.66 mi (4.28 km) Talladega Superspeedway located in Talladega County, east central Alabama. It enshrines those who have contributed the most to motorsports either as a developer, driver, engineer or owner. The IMHOF was established in early 1970 following NASCAR founder Bill France Sr.'s decision to hire short track racing promoter Don Naman to build a museum and hall of fame in order "to preserve the history of motorsports and to enshrine forever the people who have been responsible for its growth." George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, formed an 18-member observer commission in 1975 to choose a site and select a design. Following the failure to pass a state-wide referendum on a state bond finance distribution to build the IMHOF, France donated 35 acres (14 ha) of land from former race car driver Johnny Ray's family. France opted to build the IMHOF in Alabama rather than in his hometown of Daytona Beach, Florida because Floridian politicians threatened to levy a tax on Daytona International Speedway.
The Northwest Florida Daily News is a daily newspaper published in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. It was founded in 1946 and is owned by Gannett.
State Road 4 is a 43.705-mile-long (70.336 km) 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.
Crestview High School is the only high school in the city of Crestview, Florida. It was founded in 1926, and was part of a racially segregated system, served only white students until 1966, when the students from Carver-Hill, the school for African-Americans, were transferred there. It is the largest high school in the Okaloosa County School District, which serves all of Okaloosa County. The mascot of the school is the bulldog.
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.
Okaloosa Island is an area on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.
The Choctawhatchee and Northern Railroad was one of many proposed railroad projects that never made it beyond the planning stage, this one in the Florida Panhandle. Chartered in February 1927 "To construct, acquire, maintain, lease, or operate a line of railroad or railroads from a point between Galliver and Crestview on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Okaloosa County, to a point in said county on Choctawhatchee Bay, a distance of approximately 28 mi (45 km)," the line was envisioned as part of a Port Dixie development plan.
Baker is an unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the county seat, Crestview, in the Florida Panhandle. A stop on the Florida, Alabama and Gulf Railroad, Baker was platted in 1910 and grew up around the timber and turpentine industries.
Escambia Farms is a rural, unincorporated community in northern Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Fort Walton Beach–Crestview–Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Emerald Coast Rider is the public transportation agency that serves the Okaloosa County, Florida. The service was founded in 1987 and served approximately 225,000 riders in 2009. Okaloosa County Transit offers deviated fixed route bus service and limited paratransit service countywide. Branded as The Wave, the agency provides service on weekdays and does the majority of business during the peak tourist season. Okaloosa County Transit also operates paratransit service.
The Hall of Fame of Delaware Women was established in 1981 by the Delaware Commission for Women, a division of the Secretary of State of Delaware. The hall of fame recognizes the achievements and contributions of Delaware women in a variety of fields and includes activists, artists, athletes, military personnel and scientists.
The El Paso Women's Hall of Fame honors and recognizes the accomplishments of El Paso women. It is sponsored by the El Paso Commission for Women and was established in 1985. The first inductees were honored in 1990.
Gladys Nichols Milton was a Florida midwife and advocate for women's health. She was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.
Carver-Hill School was a school for African Americans in Okaloosa County, Florida. It was the only school for African Americans in the county. Its former lunchroom housed the Carver-Hill Museum until a museum building was constructed.
Nancy Margaret Shields Kenaston was a British journalist, and a court reporter at the Nuremberg trials after World War II. In her later years in the United States, she spoke to school and community groups about the trials.
Thomas Patterson Maney is an American politician. He served in the United States Army, retiring in 2007 with the rank of brigadier general. Maney was appointed to a county judgeship in Florida in 1989, and retired from the position in 2018. He has served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020.
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- ↑ Mccurdy, Angel (27 August 2009). "6 Women Inducted to Hall". Northwest Florida Daily News. Retrieved 14 July 2016. – via EBSCO (subscription required)
- ↑ Fike, Leslie (16 June 2006). "Crestview Ceremony Celebrates Women: Hall of Fame Portraits Recognizing Women Who Have Made a Difference Are Unveiled in Courthouse". Northwest Florida Daily News. Retrieved 14 July 2016. – via EBSCO (subscription required)
- ↑ Toole, Angie (20 August 2006). "Women's Hall of Fame: Class of 2006 Consists of Nine Nominees". Northwest Florida Daily News. Retrieved 14 July 2016. – via EBSCO (subscription required)
- ↑ "Nominations Open for Women's Hall of Fame". NWF Daily News. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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- ↑ Toole, Angie (23 August 2005). "Four Inducted to Hall of Fame". Northwest Florida Daily News. Retrieved 14 July 2016. – via EBSCO (subscription required)
- ↑ Davis, Marketta (29 December 2014). "Story Comes Full Circle in Time for Christmans". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 14 July 2016.