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Walton County

county in Florida, United States
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Summary

Walton County is a county of Florida[1]. It draws 1,224 Wikipedia views per month (county of florida category, ranking #58 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Florida[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: DeFuniak Springs[5]
  • Shares border with: Geneva County[6], Holmes County[7], Washington County[8], Bay County[9], Okaloosa County[10], Covington County[11]
  • Named after: George Walton[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: DeFuniak Springs[13]
  • Flag: flag of Walton County[14]
  • Commons category: Walton County, Florida[15]
  • Inception: December 29, 1824[16]
  • Highest point: Britton Hill[17]
  • Coordinate location: 30.61, -86.17[18]
  • Official website: http://www.co.walton.fl.us[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Walton County, Florida[20]
  • Population: 55,043[21], 55,273[22], 55,728[23], 57,609[24], 59,807[25], 63,508[26], 75,305[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Walton County, Florida[28]
  • Number of households: 28,635[29]
  • Native label: Walton County[30]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108073[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Walton County, Florida[32]
  • Different from: Walton County[33]
  • Area: 1240[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 16.3[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Walton County, Florida[36]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin metropolitan area[37]
  • Social media followers: 3777[38], 3395[39]

Why It Matters

Walton County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Florida United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Named after → George Walton
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Walton County, Flor
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Walton County, Florida.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidentia"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1804973
    Obo gazetteer id → 22225309
    Umls cui → C3812769
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+35996'}
    Category for the view of the item → Category:Views of Walton County, Florida
    Located in time zone → —
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Walton County, Florida
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108073, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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