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Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S.

Fort Walton Beach

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Also known as: City of Fort Walton Beach, Municipality of Fort Walton
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Fort Walton Beach, city, Okaloosa county, northwestern Florida, U.S. It lies at the western end of Choctawhatchee Bay (an arm of the Gulf of Mexico), on Santa Rosa Sound (separated from the gulf by Santa Rosa Island), about 40 miles (65 km) east of Pensacola. The fort was established during the Seminole Wars and named for Col. George Walton, territorial secretary of West Florida (1821–22) and East-West Florida (1822–26). The settlement became known as Camp Walton during the American Civil War—when a Confederate contingent was organized there to guard the sound—and, after the war, as Brooks Landing for settler John ...(100 of 335 words)

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