The Okaloosa County courthouse in March 2008. 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 2010 census, the population was 180,822. Its county seat is Crestview.
Actress Charlotte Rae is best known for her role as Mrs. Garrett on the TV series Diff&rsquo;rent Strokes and The Facts of Life.
Residents of Charlotte, North Carolinaâs largest city, must travel several hundred miles to get to the stateâs famous Atlantic Ocean beaches. The city itself has numerous municipal swimming pools, and while lakes surround Charlotte, very few have public beaches.