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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach_(Florida)" title="Fort Walton Beach (Florida) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Fort Walton Beach (Florida)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach_(Florida)" title="Fort Walton Beach (Florida) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Fort Walton Beach (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="فورت والتون بیچ، فلوریدا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فورت والتون بیچ، فلوریدا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%86_(%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="فؤرت والتن بیچ (فلؤريدا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="فؤرت والتن بیچ (فلؤريدا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florid" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florid – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Fort Walton Beach, Florid" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach_(Florida)" title="Fort Walton Beach (Florida) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Fort Walton Beach (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4" title="فورت والتون بيتش – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فورت والتون بيتش" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%86_(%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="فورت والتون بیچ (فلوریدا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="فورت والتون بیچ (فلوریدا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A,_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE" title="फर्ट वालटन बीच, फ्लोरिडा – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="फर्ट वालटन बीच, फ्लोरिडा" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Форт-Волтон-Бич – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Форт-Волтон-Бич" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach_(Florida)" title="Fort Walton Beach (Florida) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fort Walton Beach (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Форт Волтон Бич (Флорида) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Форт Волтон Бич (Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach" title="Fort Walton Beach – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Fort Walton Beach" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Форт-Волтон-Бич – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Форт-Волтон-Бич" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" 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ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">City of Fort Walton Beach</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Walton_Beach_City_Hall.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Fort Walton Beach City Hall, September 2014"><img alt="Fort Walton Beach City Hall, September 2014" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Fort_Walton_Beach_City_Hall.JPG/250px-Fort_Walton_Beach_City_Hall.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Fort_Walton_Beach_City_Hall.JPG/375px-Fort_Walton_Beach_City_Hall.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Fort_Walton_Beach_City_Hall.JPG/500px-Fort_Walton_Beach_City_Hall.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="1699" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Fort Walton Beach City Hall, September 2014</div></td></tr><tr 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this location"><span class="latitude">30°25′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">86°37′0″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.42028°N 86.61667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">30.42028; -86.61667</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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Florida">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Okaloosa_County%2C_Florida.svg/40px-Flag_of_Okaloosa_County%2C_Florida.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Okaloosa_County%2C_Florida.svg/60px-Flag_of_Okaloosa_County%2C_Florida.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1672" data-file-height="1071" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_County,_Florida" title="Okaloosa County, Florida">Okaloosa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated (city)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1941</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Richard Rynearson</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City Council">City Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">Councillors</a> <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Nic Allegretto</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">David Schmidt</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Travis Smith</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Gloria DeBerry</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">John Mead</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Bryce Jeter</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Payne Walker</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7.72 sq mi (20.00 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">7.64 sq mi (19.79 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.08 sq mi (0.20 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 ft (2 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">20,922<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,737.41/sq mi (1,056.99/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">32547-32549 <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_850" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 850">850</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12-24475<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0282710<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.fwb.org">http://www.fwb.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Fort Walton Beach</b>, often referred to by the initialism <b>FWB</b>, is a city in southern <a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_County,_Florida" title="Okaloosa County, Florida">Okaloosa County, Florida</a>, United States. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 U.S. census</a>, the population was 20,922,<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> up from 19,507 in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Crestview,_Florida" title="Crestview, Florida">Crestview</a>−Fort Walton Beach−<a href="/wiki/Destin,_Florida" title="Destin, Florida">Destin, Florida</a> <a href="/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach-Crestview-Destin,_Florida_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. </p><p>Fort Walton Beach is a year-round fishing and <a href="/wiki/Seaside_resort" title="Seaside resort">beach resort community</a>. Its busiest time of the year is the summer, causing a boost to the <a href="/wiki/Local_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Local economy">local economy</a> because of <a href="/wiki/Seasonal_human_migration" title="Seasonal human migration">seasonal human migration</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Special:EditPage/Fort Walton Beach, Florida">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Prehistoric settlement of Fort Walton Beach is attributed to the mound building "<a href="/wiki/Fort_Walton_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Walton Culture">Fort Walton Culture</a>" that flourished from approximately 1100–1550 CE. It is believed that this culture evolved out of the <a href="/wiki/Weeden_Island_culture" title="Weeden Island culture">Weeden Island culture</a>. Fort Walton also appeared to come about due to contact with the major Mississippian centers to the north and west. It was the most complex in the north-west Florida region. The Fort Walton peoples put into practice mound building and intensive agriculture, made pottery in a variety of vessel shapes, and had hierarchical settlement patterns that reflected other Mississippian societies. </p><p>The first Europeans to set foot in what is now Okaloosa County and the Fort Walton Beach area were members of <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lvar_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_Cabeza_de_Vaca" title="Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca">Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca</a>'s party, who traveled by boat from what is now <a href="/wiki/Panama_City_Beach,_Florida" title="Panama City Beach, Florida">Panama City Beach, Florida</a>, in 1528 to Texas, <i>"Then we set out to sea again, coasting towards the River of Palms. Every day our thirst and hunger increased because our supplies were giving out, as well as the water supply, for the pouches we had made from the legs of our horses soon became rotten and useless. From time to time we would enter some inlet or cove that reached very far inland, but we found them all shallow and dangerous, and so we navigated through them for thirty days, meeting sometimes Indians who fished and were poor and wretched people".</i> </p><p>The area is described at "40 deaths a day" in a Spanish map dated 1566. In later English and French maps the area was noted as "Baya Santa Rosa" or "Bay St. Rose". A number of Spanish artifacts, including a portion of brigantine leather armor, are housed in the Indian Temple Mound Museum. </p><p>Contrary to popular belief, there is no documentary evidence of pirates using the area as a base of operations. Piracy was rampant in the Gulf of Mexico from pirates working out of Hispaniola, the Caribbean, and the Florida Keys. Notable raids occurred in 1683 and 1687 against the Spanish fort at <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos_de_Apalache_Historic_State_Park" title="San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park">San Marcos de Apalachee</a> (by French and English buccaneers), a 1712 raid against <a href="/wiki/Old_Mobile_Site" title="Old Mobile Site">Port Dauphin</a> (now Alabama) by English pirates from Martinique, and the actions of the late 18th-century adventurer <a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Bowles" title="William Augustus Bowles">William Augustus Bowles</a>, who was based in <a href="/wiki/Apalachicola,_Florida" title="Apalachicola, Florida">Apalachicola</a>. Bowles was never referred to as "Billy Bowlegs" in period documentation; his Creek name was "Estajoca". </p><p>During the era of Spanish and English colonization, the area of what was to become Fort Walton Beach was noted in several journals but no worthwhile presence was established. </p><p>Early settlers of <a href="/wiki/Walton_County,_Florida" title="Walton County, Florida">Walton County</a>, Florida, were the first to establish permanent settlements in what is now Fort Walton Beach (the area was originally named "Anderson"). Two of the first settlers were John Anderson and Andrew A. Alvarez, who received land plots in 1838. The name "Anderson" is noted on maps from 1838 to 1884. It was not until 1911 that the name "Camp Walton" appeared on Florida maps. </p><p>In 1861, Camp Walton was a Confederate Army camp, a fortified post, made up of the "Walton Guards", an independent Company of Florida Volunteer Infantry from Walton County. At this time, Okaloosa County did not yet exist. Walton County received its name from Col. George Walton, who served as secretary of West Florida during <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>'s governorship (1821–1822) and whose father, George Walton Sr., was the 56th signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He is also the namesake of Walton County.<sup id="cite_ref-Roberts,_Robert_B._1988_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roberts,_Robert_B._1988-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Camp Walton was located between the Indian Temple Mound, now known as the Heritage Park and Cultural Center, and the Santa Rosa Sound, its mission was to protect the "Narrows" from Union ships. Although the "Walton Guards" did not see much action, they did keep busy by digging up prehistoric Indian remains buried in the Indian Temple Mound and displaying them at camp. The post was abandoned in August 1862, and the "Walton Guards" were assigned to reinforce the 1st Florida Infantry Regiment, with duty in the Western Theatre on the Tennessee front.<sup id="cite_ref-Roberts,_Robert_B._1988_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roberts,_Robert_B._1988-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 11, 1879, John Thomas Brooks purchased at a public auction in <a href="/wiki/Milton,_Florida" title="Milton, Florida">Milton</a>, Florida, 111 acres in Section 24, Township 2, Range 24 of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_County,_Florida" title="Santa Rosa County, Florida">Santa Rosa County</a>, a portion of the property of Henry Penny whose heirs had failed to pay the taxes on the estate.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This parcel on the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Sound" title="Santa Rosa Sound">Santa Rosa Sound</a> became what is now downtown Fort Walton Beach. </p><p>The United States Post Office changed the official name on their cancellations from Camp Walton to Fort Walton on 1 March 1932. </p><p>The 1940 census counted 90 residents in Fort Walton.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fort Walton was incorporated by a state senate bill effective June 16, 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-Hutchinson,_page_85_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutchinson,_page_85-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sound_Park_Fort_Walton_Beach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Sound_Park_Fort_Walton_Beach.jpg/350px-Sound_Park_Fort_Walton_Beach.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Sound_Park_Fort_Walton_Beach.jpg/525px-Sound_Park_Fort_Walton_Beach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Sound_Park_Fort_Walton_Beach.jpg/700px-Sound_Park_Fort_Walton_Beach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>View from Sound Park looking west towards Presidio Condominium.</figcaption></figure> <p>The community's name was officially changed from Fort Walton to Fort Walton Beach on June 15, 1953, by agreement with the state legislature in <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee" class="mw-redirect" title="Tallahassee">Tallahassee</a>, and incorporated a portion of Santa Rosa Island formerly known as Tower Beach.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tower Beach, named for a tall observation tower at the site which was later destroyed by a hurricane, had been an amusement area operated from 1928 by the Island Amusement Company by future-Fort Walton Beach mayor Thomas E. Brooks,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a boardwalk, casino, restaurant, dance pavilion, "40 modernly equipped beach cottages",<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and concession stands which was largely destroyed by fire on Saturday, March 7, 1942. Wartime supply restrictions prevented a reconstruction.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This 875-acre parcel of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Island,_Florida" title="Santa Rosa Island, Florida">Santa Rosa Island</a> with three miles of Gulf frontage was conveyed to Okaloosa County on July 8, 1950, in an informal ceremony at the county courthouse in <a href="/wiki/Crestview,_Florida" title="Crestview, Florida">Crestview, Florida</a>. The county paid the federal government $4,000 to complete the transaction, the result of the efforts of Congressman <a href="/wiki/Bob_Sikes" title="Bob Sikes">Bob Sikes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The portion of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Island,_Florida" title="Santa Rosa Island, Florida">Santa Rosa Island</a> transferred is now known as <a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Okaloosa Island">Okaloosa Island</a>. The remaining Tower Beach summer cottages were removed after the 1955 tourist season as the new Okaloosa Island Authority redeveloped the site with a new hotel and casino. The government was changed to a city manager form.<sup id="cite_ref-Hutchinson,_page_85_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutchinson,_page_85-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A special census conducted in 1956 listed 9,456 residents, which grew to 11,249 by 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last of three county-owned buildings on Okaloosa Island was torn down on May 31, 1995. The buildings had originally housed the Okaloosa Island Authority and more recently the Okaloosa County Council on Aging. The 1.3-acre tract on the north side of Santa Rosa Boulevard was sold.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort Walton Beach is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&params=30.420199_N_86.616727_W_type:city_region:US-FL"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">30°25′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">86°37′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.420199°N 86.616727°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">30.420199; -86.616727</span></span></span></a></span></span> (30.420199, −86.616727).<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 21.3 km<sup>2</sup> (8.2 sq mi), of which 19.3 km<sup>2</sup> (7.5 sq mi) is land and 2 km<sup>2</sup> (0.77 sq mi), or 9.26%, is water. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort Walton Beach experiences hot and very humid summers, generally from late May to mid-September. Autumns, from mid-September to early December, are generally warm. Winters are very short and mild, from mid-December to late February. Springs are warm, from late February to late May. </p><p>Fort Walton Beach averages 55.35 inches of rain each year. The wettest season is summer and the driest season is autumn, although flood season continues into autumn. </p><p>Snow and freezing rain are very rare. Freezing rain occurs about once every 5 to 10 years. Snow occurs about once every 10 to 15 years. The most recent measurable snowfall was on January 31, 1977, when about 1 inch (25 mm) fell in Fort Walton Beach, while 3 inches (76 mm) fell on <a href="/wiki/Crestview,_Florida" title="Crestview, Florida">Crestview</a>, about 27 miles (43 km) inland.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most recent report of a trace of snow was on January 28, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last report of freezing rain was on February 11, 2010. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> subtype for this climate is <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<i>Cfa</i>), </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Fort Walton Beach, Florida (<a href="/wiki/Destin%E2%80%93Fort_Walton_Beach_Airport" title="Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport">Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport</a>), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1996–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.1<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.3<br />(23.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.6<br />(26.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.3<br />(28.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.1<br />(32.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.2<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.2<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.5<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.7<br />(31.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.1<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.2<br />(25.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">97.3<br />(36.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.8<br />(18.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.7<br />(21.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.2<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.5<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.9<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.9<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.6<br />(32.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.5<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.9<br />(27.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.6<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">78.1<br />(25.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.2<br />(12.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.9<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.2<br />(16.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.1<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.8<br />(24.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.6<br />(28.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.2<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.5<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.6<br />(17.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(13.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69.8<br />(21.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.9<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.6<br />(12.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.1<br />(15.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.0<br />(20.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.1<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.2<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.8<br />(24.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.2<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.0<br />(11.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.5<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.4<br />(16.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(−1.9) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.2<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.8<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.5<br />(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.9<br />(14.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.3<br />(20.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.2<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.5<br />(22.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.5<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.0<br />(9.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.7<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.1<br />(−2.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(−5) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41<br />(5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #53FF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.52<br />(115) </td> <td style="background: #30FF30; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.96<br />(126) </td> <td style="background: #4DFF4D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.70<br />(119) </td> <td style="background: #4CFF4C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.55<br />(116) </td> <td style="background: #84FF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.22<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #47FF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.70<br />(119) </td> <td style="background: #23FF23; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.77<br />(147) </td> <td style="background: #19FF19; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.08<br />(154) </td> <td style="background: #33FF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.18<br />(132) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.82<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.13<br />(105) </td> <td style="background: #4CFF4C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.72<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #4DFF4D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">55.35<br />(1,406) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.4 </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">109.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA (mean maxima and minima 2006–2020<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Okaloosa_Trolley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Okaloosa_Trolley.jpg/330px-Okaloosa_Trolley.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Okaloosa_Trolley.jpg/500px-Okaloosa_Trolley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Okaloosa_Trolley.jpg/960px-Okaloosa_Trolley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2352" data-file-height="1827" /></a><figcaption>Okaloosa County Transit Trolley, July 2011.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nearby <a href="/wiki/Destin-Fort_Walton_Beach_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport">Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport</a> (airport code VPS) serves Fort Walton Beach, as well as <a href="/wiki/Valparaiso,_Florida" title="Valparaiso, Florida">Valparaiso, Florida</a>. Airlines that currently serve Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport are Allegiant Airlines, American Eagle, Southwest, Delta Air Lines, and Delta Connection. They provide non-stop service to Atlanta, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Las Vegas, Knoxville, Memphis, Oklahoma City, and St. Louis. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_County_Transit" class="mw-redirect" title="Okaloosa County Transit">Okaloosa County Transit</a> provides public transportation throughout Fort Walton Beach as well as <a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Okaloosa County">Okaloosa County</a>. Its main stop and transfer location is Uptown Station located on State Road 85, a little over 1 mile north of US 98. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_189" title="Florida State Road 189">State Road 189</a> is a north–south highway from <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_85" title="Florida State Road 85">State Road 85</a> to <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 98 in Florida">US 98</a> in downtown Fort Walton Beach. <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_85" title="Florida State Road 85">State Road 85</a> is a north–south highway that leads north 27 mi (43 km) to <a href="/wiki/Crestview,_Florida" title="Crestview, Florida">Crestview</a>, the Okaloosa County seat (also along <a href="/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Florida" title="Interstate 10 in Florida">Interstate 10</a>), and ends at <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 98 in Florida">US 98</a> in downtown Fort Walton Beach. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 98 in Florida">US 98</a> is an east–west highway, which runs through downtown Fort Walton Beach. The <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Bridge" title="Brooks Bridge">Brooks Bridge</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Sound" title="Santa Rosa Sound">Santa Rosa Sound</a> connects downtown Fort Walton Beach with <a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Okaloosa Island">Okaloosa Island</a>, which is along the route of US 98. US 98 leads east 9 mi (14 km) to <a href="/wiki/Destin,_Florida" title="Destin, Florida">Destin</a> and west 41 mi (66 km) to <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>2,463</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>12,147</td><td></td><td>393.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>19,994</td><td></td><td>64.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>20,829</td><td></td><td>4.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>21,471</td><td></td><td>3.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>19,973</td><td></td><td>−7.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>19,507</td><td></td><td>−2.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>20,922</td><td></td><td>7.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_and_2020_census">2010 and 2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010 and 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Fort Walton Beach racial composition</b><br /> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br /> (<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)<br /> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> (NH) </td> <td>14,245 </td> <td>13,777 </td> <td>73.03% </td> <td>65.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> (NH) </td> <td>2,331 </td> <td>2,284 </td> <td>11.95% </td> <td>10.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> (NH) </td> <td>104 </td> <td>65 </td> <td>0.53% </td> <td>0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> (NH) </td> <td>618 </td> <td>828 </td> <td>3.17% </td> <td>3.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> or <a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiian" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Hawaiian">Native Hawaiian</a> (NH) </td> <td>54 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>0.28% </td> <td>0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Other_races_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Other races (U.S. Census)">Some other race</a> (NH) </td> <td>31 </td> <td>122 </td> <td>0.16% </td> <td>0.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Two or more races/Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>586 </td> <td>1,382 </td> <td>3.00% </td> <td>6.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>1,538 </td> <td>2,444 </td> <td>7.88% </td> <td>11.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>19,507</b> </td> <td><b>20,922</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 20,922 people, 9,246 households, and 5,195 families residing in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a>, there were 19,507 people, 8,657 households, and 4,950 families residing in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of <a href="/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a>, there are 19,973 people, 8,460 households, and 5,422 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> is 1,036.5/km<sup>2</sup> (2,683.0/mi<sup>2</sup>). There are 9,007 housing units at an average density of 467.4/km<sup>2</sup> (1,209.9/mi<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city is 78.84% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 13.34% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.45% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 2.72% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.08% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.22% from other races, and 3.36% from two or more races. 4.04% of the population are <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>In 2000, there are 8,460 households out of which 26.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% are married couples living together, 12.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% are non-families. 28.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.33 and the average family size is 2.85. </p><p>In 2000, in the city, the population was spread out, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males. </p><p>In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $40,153, and the median income for a family was $45,791. Males had a median income of $29,709 versus $21,641 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $21,085. About 7.3% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those aged 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Acton" title="John C. Acton">John C. Acton</a>, retired <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> <a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral (United States)">rear admiral</a> who serves as the director of operations coordination for <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Homeland Security">DHS</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aric_Almirola" title="Aric Almirola">Aric Almirola</a>, <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> driver with three Cup Series wins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Coffee" title="Glen Coffee">Glen Coffee</a>, running back for <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="Alabama Crimson Tide">Alabama Crimson Tide</a> and in NFL; San Francisco 49ers drafted Coffee with 74th overall pick of 2009 NFL draft</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_O._Covey" title="Richard O. Covey">Richard Covey</a>, astronaut</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Day" title="Bud Day">Bud Day</a>, retired U.S. Air Force colonel, Marine Corps, Army and Air Force veteran, Vietnam prisoner of war, Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross recipient</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Elam" title="Jason Elam">Jason Elam</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> kicker, two-time Super Bowl champion with <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Fletcher_(baseball)" title="Scott Fletcher (baseball)">Scott Fletcher</a>, <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> baseball infielder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Frank" title="Scott Frank">Scott Frank</a>, screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Gaetz" title="Matt Gaetz">Matt Gaetz</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Gibson_(musician)" title="Shane Gibson (musician)">Shane Gibson</a>, internationally known heavy metal guitarist, most notable as touring guitarist for <a href="/wiki/Korn" title="Korn">Korn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._G._Green" title="E. G. Green">E. G. Green</a>, NFL wide receiver, Indianapolis Colts</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._J._Hall" title="D. J. Hall">D. J. Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a> and NFL <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Hubbard" title="Edward L. Hubbard">Edward L. Hubbard</a>, retired Air Force officer, author, artist, motivational speaker and Vietnam Prisoner of War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(South_Carolina_politician)" title="Michael Johnson (South Carolina politician)">Michael Johnson</a>, South Carolina politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kenaston" title="Nancy Kenaston">Nancy Kenaston</a>, journalist, public relations director, court reporter at <a href="/wiki/Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Malambri" title="Rick Malambri">Rick Malambri</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Marshall" title="Brian Marshall">Brian Marshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bass_player" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass player">bass player</a> for rock bands <a href="/wiki/Creed_(band)" title="Creed (band)">Creed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alter_Bridge" title="Alter Bridge">Alter Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetria_McKinney" title="Demetria McKinney">Demetria McKinney</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_McLaughlin_(politician)" title="Maurice McLaughlin (politician)">Maurice McLaughlin</a>, politician<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonnie_R._Moore" title="Lonnie R. Moore">Lonnie R. Moore</a>, Korean War Double Ace</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Moore_(baseball)" title="Matt Moore (baseball)">Matt Moore</a>, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Murphy" title="Carolyn Murphy">Carolyn Murphy</a>, internationally acclaimed model (born in Panama City, Florida)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_Shumpert" title="Preston Shumpert">Preston Shumpert</a>, basketball player, <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_men%27s_basketball" title="Syracuse Orange men's basketball">Syracuse</a> forward and guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akeem_Spence" title="Akeem Spence">Akeem Spence</a>, NFL (Miami Dolphins) defensive tackle, University of Illinois defensive tackle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stanley_(colonel)" title="Joe Stanley (colonel)">Joe Stanley</a>, retired U.S. Air Force colonel, commander of <a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin Air Force Base</a> during 1950s<sup id="cite_ref-nwfldn_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nwfldn-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Danny Wuerffel</a>, 1996 <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> winner for <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">Florida</a> and quarterback for New Orleans Saints</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_James_(baseball)" title="Mike James (baseball)">Mike James (baseball)</a> (born 1967), Major League Baseball pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The economy of Fort Walton Beach is driven by two primary factors: tourism and the military. There are two major Air Force bases which border Fort Walton Beach. <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a> is home to Headquarters, Air Force Special Operations Command (<a href="/wiki/AFSOC" class="mw-redirect" title="AFSOC">AFSOC</a>), the <a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st Special Operations Wing</a>, and the Joint Special Operations University.<sup id="cite_ref-Hurlburt_Field,_USAF_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hurlburt_Field,_USAF-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eglin_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Eglin AFB">Eglin AFB</a> is home to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Life_Cycle_Management_Center" title="Air Force Life Cycle Management Center">Air Force Life Cycle Management Center</a>'s Armament Directorate and the <a href="/wiki/96th_Test_Wing" title="96th Test Wing">96th Test Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/53rd_Wing" title="53rd Wing">53rd Wing</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Education_Training_Command&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Education Training Command (page does not exist)">Air Education Training Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/33rd_Fighter_Wing" title="33rd Fighter Wing">33rd Fighter Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eglin_AFB_Home_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eglin_AFB_Home-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eglin is geographically one of the largest Air Force bases at 724 square miles (1,880 km<sup>2</sup>), and thus home to joint exercises, and missile and bomb testing. For example, the 'Massive Ordnance Air Blast' or 'Mother of All Bombs' (<a href="/wiki/Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb">MOAB</a>) was first tested at Eglin AFB on March 11, 2003. </p><p>There is support industry in the area that benefits from the presence of the bases, including military contractors and the service industry. </p><p>The tourism industry is seasonal, with summer being the primary season, and a smaller peak season during spring break. The area also boasts a large <a href="/wiki/Snowbird_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowbird (people)">snowbird</a> population, which includes the Fort Walton Beach Snowbird Club.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival is held annually in June.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Fort Walton Beach's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the top employers in the city were: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th>Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin Air Force Base</a> </td> <td>16,476 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a> </td> <td>11,171 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Okaloosa County School District </td> <td>3,278 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_County,_Florida" title="Okaloosa County, Florida">Okaloosa County</a> </td> <td>1,383 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hospital_Corporation_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Hospital Corporation of America">Fort Walton Beach Medical Center</a> </td> <td>1,305 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DRS_Technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="DRS Technologies">DRS Technologies</a> </td> <td>875 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>InDyne </td> <td>786 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Florida_State_College" title="Northwest Florida State College">Northwest Florida State College</a> </td> <td>763 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ResortQuest" class="mw-redirect" title="ResortQuest">ResortQuest</a> </td> <td>750 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a> </td> <td>700 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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