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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 the 2020 census, the population was 211,668. [1] Its county seat is Crestview. [2] Okaloosa County is included in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
An Okaloosa County courthouse annex, erected in 1975 on land made available by the Meigs family, was razed in the last week of June 2014, after standing vacant for several years. Ground was broken on 29 September 2014 for a new $12 million 64,000 square foot 3-story Okaloosa County Administration Building on the former courthouse annex site.
Crestview is the largest city and county seat of Okaloosa County, Florida, United States.The population was 27,134 at the 2020 census, up from 20,978 at the 2010 census. [5] [6] With an elevation of 236 feet (72 m) above sea level, it is one of the highest points in the state.
A stolen vehicle. Okaloosa County deputies responded to a call on the morning of Nov. 12 in Fort Walton Beach, about 65 miles west of Panama City on Florida's Panhandle, the sheriff’s office ...
U.S. Courthouse † Pensacola: 223 South Palafox Street: N.D. Fla. 1887–1939 Now owned by Escambia County: n/a Winston E. Arnow Federal Building† Pensacola: 100 North Palafox Street: N.D. Fla. 1939–present Now in use by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida. District Court judge Winston E. Arnow (2004) U.S ...
Okaloosa County School Board candidates share thoughts on transparency and the need for new schools ahead of the Aug, 23 primary election.
An 875-acre (354 ha) parcel of Santa Rosa Island with 3 miles (4.8 km) of Gulf frontage was conveyed to Okaloosa County on July 8, 1950, in an informal ceremony at the county courthouse in Crestview. The county paid the federal government $4,000 to complete the transaction, which was the result of the efforts of Congressman Bob Sikes. [1]
The Florida First District Court of Appeal, also known as the First DCA, is headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, the state capital.It is unique among the six Florida District Courts of Appeal in that, much like the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at the federal level, it handles most of the appeals in state administrative law matters.