Yep... Freeport and Defunk too. Only 231 and 267 exchanges could call with out it being a toll call.
Do I live in Seagrove or Santa Rosa Beach?
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Yup. And since 80% of my friends / boyfriends were from north of the bay, my phone bills were incredible. I always worked and was able to pay my portion of the bill, but my parents were still :angry:.
I have gotten soooooo spoiled now...
It's only been in the last twoish years that it's no longer a $0.25 call from Niceville to Crestview.
Yep, and working in the rental companies in Seagrove, it was always a pain in the
having to explain to guests why they had racked up a long distance phone bill calling from the condo to make dinner reservations (before cell phones with long distance were de rigeur)... or better yet, having to explain to them why they couldn't call outside of Seagrove period because the owners had a long distance block on all the phones!
I was able to skip 6 weeks, out of six weeks of school while attending Ft. Walton Bch High School because it was long distance to call my parents, so they didn't call when I was absent. As punishment my parents sent me to Freeport, again, it was a long distance call!!!
Yeah, but you had peeps who didn't want to get in trouble watching you at Freeport
Where's DL on this one?
32413 = Western PCB, Inlet Beach, Rosemary, Alys, Seacrest, Old Seacrest, WaterSound
Shows as Panama City Beach through the post office. However, Rosemary and WaterSound have their own private mail service and zip code. I believe they are still having issues, but you can send to either zip code.
32459 = Seagrove to San Destin.
Shows as Santa Rosa Beach through the post office as well and there are a few private zip codes interspersed.
32413 = Western PCB, Inlet Beach, Rosemary, Alys, Seacrest, Old Seacrest, WaterSound
Shows as Panama City Beach through the post office. However, Rosemary and WaterSound have their own private mail service and zip code. I believe they are still having issues, but you can send to either zip code.
32459 = Seagrove to San Destin.
Shows as Santa Rosa Beach through the post office as well and there are a few private zip codes interspersed.
Hey, SWGB!! I thought everyone was doing a pretty good job answering a complicated question. I was out of town for a few days. But, since you asked, I'll chime in a little bit.
Russ and Kimberly. Do you really live in Seagrove? Exactly where on 30A do you live? Do you need to know this for any particular reason? Many today that think they live in Seagrove, would never be considered as doing so by some.
South Walton is a good overall description for our unincorporated area south of the bay in Walton County. SoWal works for a lot of people.
Walton County is one of the oldest counties in Florida, founded December 29, 1824. Many community names have come and gone. We only have three incorporated cities in the entire county, all north of the bay -- Freeport, DeFuniak Springs and Paxton. In my opinion, until South Walton becomes incorporated, we'll probably have community name issues. We might all decide to just use South Walton one day. We do have a high school, library, government center and a hospital that we didn't have just 10 years ago.
Seagrove Beach used to be Russ Hammock. Miramar was Yellow Bluff and Blue Mountain was Double Yellow Bluff. The early plat for Eastern Lake Estates has Pt. Washington on it. A 1931 Walton County map shows the Eastern Lake area as Miramar. We could go on and on.
For example, take Ft. Walton Beach's name transformation. It is named for Walton County's namesake, George Walton, Jr. Earlier maps have it notated as Anderson. Then it became Camp Walton. After that, Ft. Walton. In 1953 "Beach" was added to make it more marketable. Incorporated cities have the ability to change their name.
Santa Rosa Island is the historic name since early Spanish Florida days. It wasn't until Okaloosa County was made in 1915, half out of Walton County and half out of Santa Rosa County, that some there took to calling part of Santa Rosa Island, Okaloosa Island.
Santa Rosa Beach was just made up, too. Earlier Santa Rosa was Hog Town. The Choctawhatchee Bay was known for many many years on Spanish maps as Santa Rosa Bay. It wasn't until the British temporarily had West Florida during the American Revolution that the name changed.
We've discussed this on other threads. Perhaps some clarity will come with the 2010 census. Millions of dollars will be on the line for Walton County to correctly count its citizens and where they are. Hopefully, we can get GPS, Google, etc. to properly identify our locations one day.
Right now we are located between two regional post offices, according to Northlake on another post. Pensacola is 325 and Panama City is 324. If your zipcode is giving you problems, the solution won't come easy -- you are dealing with the Federal Government and the Post Office.
But, there isn't a law that says we can't and won't get new and better zipcodes. Best just work as best as you can with the Post Office for now if you are having mail delivery issues. They may just tell you to use whatever name you want to as long as you have the zip correct.
Name changes and fluctuations are common throughout history and in many places. Just because someone puts up a sign or names a Condo something, doesn't make it so. Its fluid. Community and time should have some bearing, imho.
Where do you want to be?
Russ and Kimberly. Do you really live in Seagrove? Exactly where on 30A do you live? Do you need to know this for any particular reason? Many today that think they live in Seagrove, would never be considered as doing so by some. South Walton is a good overall description for our unincorporated area south of the bay in Walton County. SoWal works for a lot of people.
Walton County is one of the oldest counties in Florida, founded December 29, 1824. Many community names have come and gone. We only have three incorporated cities in the entire county, all north of the bay -- Freeport, DeFuniak Springs and Paxton. In my opinion, until South Walton becomes incorporated, we'll probably have community name issues. We might all decide to just use South Walton one day. We do have a high school, library, government center and a hospital that we didn't have just 10 years ago.
Seagrove Beach used to be Russ Hammock. Miramar was Yellow Bluff and Blue Mountain was Double Yellow Bluff. The early plat for Eastern Lake Estates has Pt. Washington on it. A 1931 Walton County map shows the Eastern Lake area as Miramar. We could go on and on.
For example, take Ft. Walton Beach's name transformation. It is named for Walton County's namesake, George Walton, Jr. Earlier maps have it notated as Anderson. Then it became Camp Walton. After that, Ft. Walton. In 1953 "Beach" was added to make it more marketable. Incorporated cities have the ability to change their name.
Santa Rosa Island is the historic name since early Spanish Florida days. It wasn't until Okaloosa County was made in 1915, half out of Walton County and half out of Santa Rosa County, that some there took to calling part of Santa Rosa Island, Okaloosa Island.
Santa Rosa Beach was just made up, too. Earlier Santa Rosa was Hog Town. The Choctawhatchee Bay was known for many many years on Spanish maps as Santa Rosa Bay. It wasn't until the British temporarily had West Florida during the American Revolution that the name changed.
We've discussed this on other threads. Perhaps some clarity will come with the 2010 census. Millions of dollars will be on the line for Walton County to correctly count its citizens and where they are. Hopefully, we can get GPS, Google, etc. to properly identify our locations one day.
Right now we are located between two regional post offices, according to Northlake on another post. Pensacola is 325 and Panama City is 324. If your zipcode is giving you problems, the solution won't come easy -- you are dealing with the Federal Government and the Post Office.
But, there isn't a law that says we can't and won't get new and better zipcodes. Best just work as best as you can with the Post Office for now if you are having mail delivery issues. They may just tell you to use whatever name you want to as long as you have the zip correct.Name changes and fluctuations are common throughout history and in many places. Just because someone puts up a sign or names a Condo something, doesn't make it so. Its fluid. Community and time should have some bearing, imho.
Where do you want to be?
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"Santa Rosa Beach" or 32459 is the postal code so we can get mail. Inside this area are many "hamelts" Blue Mountain, Dune Allen, Daughette, Pt Washington, Seagrove, Camp Creek, Santa Rosa Bch "proper", Rosemary, Inlet Beach. We used route and box numbers until the late 1980's when we were assigned street numbers and names. That transition was a mess.
Watercolor actually wraps around the west and north sides of Seaside, then extends onto 395S the road publix is on.
Hopes this helps!