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Welcome to Villa Tasso ...

Villa Tasso is located in Walton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Villa Tasso, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1931.

Villa Tasso is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Villa Tasso lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Villa Tasso: 850 & 448<3>

Communities near Villa Tasso ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Villa Tasso.

  • Fort Walton Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Niceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Destin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destin
    • Destin is located in Okaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,284 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Destin <4>
  • Valparaiso
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mary Esther
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Freeport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Shalimar
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Cinco Bayou
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinco Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Bayou
    • Cinco Bayou is located in Okaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
  • Miramar Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sandestin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Villa Tasso. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Villa Tasso.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Villa Tasso. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Villa Tasso.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Villa Tasso. See our Newspapers Page for Villa Tasso.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Villa Tasso ...

Looking for more information about Villa Tasso? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Villa Tasso, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Villa Tasso.

Adding Villa Tasso to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Villa Tasso in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Villa Tasso was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Villa Tasso post office opened in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Villa Tasso.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Walton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Villa Tasso - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Villa Tasso area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Villa Tasso area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/