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Santa Rosa County
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county in Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Founded
- February 18, 1842
- Named after
- Saint Rose of Viterbo
- Seat
- Milton
- Largest community
- Navarre
- Total
- 1,174 sq mi (3,040 km )
- Land
- 1,012 sq mi (2,620 km )
- Water
- 162 sq mi (420 km ) 13.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 211,115
- Density
- 186/sq mi (71.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .santarosa .fl .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Florida
- Contains
- Milton
- Capital
- Milton
- Population
- 188000
- Area
- 3040
- Shares border with
- Okaloosa County
- Official website
- www.santarosa.fl.gov
- Image
- Milton, FL, Courthouse, Santa Rosa County, 12-16-2010 (1).JPG
- Households
- 65697
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- Commons category
- Santa Rosa County, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Santa Rosa County, Florida
- inception
- 1842-02-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Santa Rosa County, Florida
- water as percent of area
- 13.8
- native label
- Santa Rosa County
- per capita income
- 32322
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Encyclopedic overview
Santa Rosa County is a county in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020, its population was 188,000. The county seat is Milton, which lies in the geographic center of the county. Other major communities within Santa Rosa County are Navarre, Pace, and Gulf Breeze. Navarre is the most populated community, with a population of approximately 45,000 residents. Santa Rosa County is included in the Pensacola metropolitan area, which also includes Escambia County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Santa Rosa County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.