Inlet Beach is located in south

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and Bay Counties in Florida, with the western most side being Bay County at the state park. Inlet Beach is the most eastern South Walton County beach and is named after Phillips Inlet. The use of the name Inlet Beach antedates

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. Much of the land was distributed through a

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system to World War II

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, and was sometimes known as "Soldiers Beach" or "Veterans Beach".

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Beaches of Walton County, Florida Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico Beaches of Florida {{WaltonCountyFL-geo-stub