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Fort Walton Beach
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city in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Okaloosa
- Mayor
- Nic Allegretto
- City council
- Councillors Logan Browning David Schmidt Debi Riley Gloria DeBerry Ben Merrill Bryce Jeter Payne Walker
- Total
- 7.72 sq mi (20.00 km )
- Land
- 7.64 sq mi (19.79 km )
- Water
- 0.077 sq mi (0.20 km )
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Density
- 2,737.6/sq mi (1,056.99/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 32547-32549
- Fips code
- 12-24475
- Website
- http://www.fwb.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Fort Walton Beach
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Okaloosa County
- Population
- 20922
- Area
- 21.426475
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.fwb.org
- Image
- Fort Walton Landing dock.JPG
- Households
- 9246
- Dialing code
- 850
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- Commons category
- Fort Walton Beach, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Fort Walton Beach, Florida
- postal code
- 32549
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fort Walton Beach, Florida
- inception
- 1941-01-01
- P8168
- Death row
- water as percent of area
- 9.5413
- per capita income
- 30732
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Walton Beach, often referred to by the initialism FWB, is a city in southern Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fort Walton Beach had a population of 20,922. It is a principal city of the Crestview−Fort Walton Beach−Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fort Walton Beach is a year-round fishing and beach resort community. Its busiest time of the year is the summer, causing a boost to the local economy because of tourism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Walton Beach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.