Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Fort Walton Beach.
Our newspaper information for Fort Walton Beach is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Walton Beach. In addition, the list contains another 41 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Fort Walton Beach. In total, we've identified 42 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Fort Walton Beach.
Newspapers Published In Fort Walton Beach ...
We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Fort Walton Beach area:
- Northwest Florida Daily News (from 1988)
Newspapers Neighboring Fort Walton Beach ...
The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Fort Walton Beach.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Fort Walton Beach.
- Published In Destin ...
- Destin East (from 19??)
- The Destin Log (from 19??)
- The Log (from 1974)
- Years of publication: 1974 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Log
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87001447
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15148077
- Published In Valparaiso ...
- The Star (from 19??)
- The Valparaiso Star (from 192?)
- The Valparaiso Star (from 193?)
- Published In Niceville ...
- The Bay Beacon (from 1992)
- Published In Navarre [Santa Rosa County] ...
- Published In Milligan ...
- The County Journal And Okaloosa Leader (from 1916)
- The Milligan Times (from 1896)
- Published In Crestview ...
- Crestview Globe Combined With Okaloosa News-Journal (from 1954)
- Crestview News Bulletin! (from 200?)
- Crestview News Leader (from 1993)
- Crestview News Leader (from 1993)
- Okaloosa News Leader (from 1992)
- Okaloosa News Leader (from 1992)
- Okaloosa News-Journal Combined With The Valparaiso Star (from 1934)
- Okaloosa News-Journal (from 1935)
- Okaloosa News-Journal (from 1954)
- Okaloosa News-Journal (from 1954)
- The County Journal (from 1917)
- The Okaloosa Messenger (from 19??)
- The Okaloosa News=Journal (from 1918)
- The Okaloosa News (from 1915)
- West Florida Daily Globe Combined With Okaloosa News-Journal (from 1952)
- West Florida Daily Globe (from 1952)
- Published In Bagdad [Santa Rosa County] ...
- The Gulf Coast Women's News (from 199?)
- Published In Milton [Santa Rosa County] ...
- The Milton Gazette (from 1910)
- The Milton Index
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Milton Index
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95047426
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33963891
- The Milton Journal (from 1896)
- The Milton Press Gazette (from 1973)
- The Milton Times (from 1962)
- The Press-Gazette (from 1953)
- The Santa Rosa Press Gazette (from 1984)
- The Santa Rosa Press Gazette (from 1984)
- The Santa Rosa Press (from 1949)
- The Santa Rosa Record (from 1908)
- The Santa Rosa Star (from 1906)
- The Santa Rosa Times And The Jay Tribune (from 1941)
- The Twice-A-Week Clarion (from 1895)
- Whiting Tower (from 1944)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Fort Walton Beach: www.fwb.org/
The official website for Okaloosa County: www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/
The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Walton Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Walton Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4204, Longitude: -86.6137 |