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.
This particular section of the Outer Banks is often referred to as the Sir Walter Raleigh Coastland. The capital of the great State of North Carolina is named after Sir Walter Raleigh. In Raleigh's time, the whole new land was known as Virginia in honor the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth.