Inlet Beach, Florida
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Walton Walton may refer to: People * Walton (given name) * Walton (surname) * Susana, Lady Walton (1926–2010), Argentine writer Places Canada * Walton, Nova Scotia, a community ** Walton River (Nova Scotia) *Walton, Ontario, a hamlet United Kingd ...
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Counties in Florida, with the eastern most edge being in 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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, 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