Santa Rosa Beach is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Walton County,
Florida
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, United States. It is part of the
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Santa Rosa Beach is located at 30.3960324°, -86.2288322°. It is located north of
U.S. Route 98 on the shores of Hogtown Bayou of the
Choctawhatchee Bay. U.S. Route 98 leads east 18 mi (29 km) to
Rosemary Beach and west 10 mi (16 km) to
Miramar Beach.
The town was originally known as Hogtown until the later part of the 18th Century.
Although unincorporated, the area is assigned a specific
ZIP code, 32459, which also includes the communities of
Point Washington to the East and a 15-mile stretch of the
Emerald Coast
The Emerald Coast is an unofficial name for the coastal area in the US state of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico that stretches about through five counties—Escambia County, Florida, Escambia, Santa Rosa County, Florida, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa Co ...
from the east side of
Miramar Beach to the west side of
Seagrove Beach and the beach communities along
30A, including
Grayton Beach and
Seaside.
Overall, this zip code covers a land area of 65 square miles (plus 0.82 square miles of water area) for a population of 11,457 (4,831 households) according to the
2010 census.
Notable residents
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Tommy Tuberville
Thomas Hawley Tuberville (; born September 18, 1954) is an American politician and retired college football coach who is the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States senator from Alabama, a seat he has held since 2021. Before ...
, U.S. Senator from Alabama
See also
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Deer Lake State Park
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Grayton Beach State Park
Grayton Beach State Park is a Florida State Park located between Panama City Beach and Destin, near the unincorporated area of Grayton Beach, on CR 30A, in northwestern Florida. Its sister park is Deer Lake State Park.
The of land for th ...
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Point Washington State Forest
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Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park located in Santa Rosa Beach, east of Destin, off U.S. 98, in northwestern Florida. The address is 7525 W. Scenic Highway 30A.
The park has over three miles of white sand beaches, ...
References
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Unincorporated communities in Walton County, Florida
Unincorporated communities in Florida
Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico