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Nearest Communities to Destin,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Destin, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Destin:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Destin.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Destin is located in Okaloosa County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Okaloosa County: Covington (AL), Escambia (AL), Santa Rosa & Walton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 85 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Destin. Of these communities, 54 are located in counties other than Okaloosa County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Destin (which is Okaloosa County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Destin

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Okaloosa County   (where Destin resides)
    • County Website:   https://myokaloosa.com/
    • County Seat for Okaloosa:   Crestview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Destin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Destin.
      • Postil
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Postil is also located in Okaloosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postil
      • Eglin Village
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Eglin Village is also located in Okaloosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglin Village
      • Lake Lorraine
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lake Lorraine is also located in Okaloosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lorraine
      • Dana Point
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Dana Point is also located in Okaloosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Point
      • Dana Pointe
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Dana Pointe is also located in Okaloosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Pointe
      • Shalimar
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Valparaiso
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Seminole
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Seminole is also located in Okaloosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
      • Longwood
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Longwood is also located in Okaloosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
      • Cinco Bayou
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Cinco Bayou is also located in Okaloosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Bayou
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
      • Fort Walton Beach
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Niceville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Garnier
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Garnier is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnier
        • Ocean City
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Ocean City is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
        • Wright
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Wright is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
        • Mary Esther
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Hurlburt Field
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Harris
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Harris is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
        • Wynnehaven Beach
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Wynnehaven Beach is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnehaven Beach
        • Deerland
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Deerland is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerland
        • Killingsworth Crossroads
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Crestview
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Milligan
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Galliver
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Galliver is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galliver
        • Holt
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Dorcas
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Dorcas is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
        • Silver Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Silver Springs is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
        • Auburn
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Auburn is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
        • Kellys Mill
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Kellys Mill is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Mill
        • Garden City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Garden City is also located in Okaloosa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
        • Baker
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Rosa County
    • County Website:   https://www.santarosa.fl.gov/
    • County Seat for Santa Rosa:   Milton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Destin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Destin.
      • Harper
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Harper is located in Santa Rosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
      • Muddy Ford
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Muddy Ford is located in Santa Rosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Ford
      • Holley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Holley is located in Santa Rosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
      • Navarre
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Parkerville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Parkerville is located in Santa Rosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkerville
      • Broxson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Broxson is located in Santa Rosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxson
      • Floridale
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Floridale is located in Santa Rosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridale
      • Harold
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn Beach
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Woodlawn Beach is located in Santa Rosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Beach
  • Walton County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Destin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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