Two foreclosure lawsuits name House candidate Mark Baker
Public court records show two mortgage foreclosure lawsuits filed against Mark Baker, the Democratic candidate challenging Republican incumbent JJ Grow for F...
Oct 22, 2026Open source
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Baker, Florida. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Okaloosa. Associated ZIP codes: 32531.
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FAU Theatre Lab’s ‘Baker Street Beginnings’ imagines the origins of Sherlock Holmes
“Baker Street Beginnings” closes on Sept. 20 at Theatre Lab, Marleen Forkas Studio One Theatre, at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
Sep 16, 2026Open source
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By EILEEN RESLEN, US SENIOR SHOWBIZ EXCLUSIVES REPORTER and CONNOR BOYD, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Aug 14, 2026Open source
Perez Hilton Remains Hospitalized Under Florida's Baker Act, Needs Surgery from Injuries
Perez Hilton's family is sharing a major update on his well-being after his dangerous acts on a live stream earlier this week.
Aug 9, 2026Open source
Club visits UNF Botanical Gardens May 6
Members and guests of the Garden Club of Baker County recently visited the University of North Florida campus and were treated to a personalized tour of the...
May 14, 2026Open source
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GOP sweep: Uthmeier, Ingoglia, Simpson win Florida Cabinet races
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Byron Donalds defeats David Jolly to become Florida’s first Black governor
U.S. Rep. Donalds, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was elected Florida's first Black governor on Tuesday.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alligator-Shaped Xbox Will Be Snapped Up by One Gamer
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
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Baker is in Okaloosa County, Florida.
Region: North Florida
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GOP sweep: Uthmeier, Ingoglia, Simpson win Florida Cabinet races
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Byron Donalds defeats David Jolly to become Florida’s first Black governor
U.S. Rep. Donalds, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was elected Florida's first Black governor on Tuesday.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alligator-Shaped Xbox Will Be Snapped Up by One Gamer
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
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Baker, in northern Okaloosa County, was first known as Cobb, or Old Cobb. The area has deep roots: the region's first recorded post office opened in January 1827 near today's Baker, in a now-vanished town called Yellow River. In 1889 Elliott's Florida Encyclopedia listed Cobb as a community of about 100 people amid fertile pine forests. How the town became Baker is told two ways. According to The Heritage of Okaloosa County, the A. J. Chaffin Company sold the land to J. W. McCart, who renamed the town for a local Baptist minister named Baker. A legend kept by the Baker Block Museum instead credits J. D. C. Newton, an engineer and stockholder in the Bagdad Lumber Company, who married the daughter of a man named Baker; neither story has been confirmed.
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Baker grew with timber and turpentine. A railroad arrived in 1905, and the town was platted in 1910. In its heyday Baker had a cotton gin, a bank, an ice plant, a gristmill, a hotel, a livery stable, a Masonic lodge and two newspapers, including The Baker Banner. When Okaloosa County was created in 1915, Baker competed to be the county seat and lost to Crestview in a 1917 runoff. In 1923 Baker School became the county's first accredited school. The brick Baker Block, built around 1907, housed the Baker Mercantile general store for about 90 years. Today it is home to the Baker Block Museum, run by the North Okaloosa Historical Association, founded in 1992, which collects the history of the northern county. Sources Crestview News Bulletin: Timber, turpentine, farms and railroads led to communities' establishment (citing The Heritage of Okaloosa County and Elliott's Florida Encyclopedia) Wikipedia: Baker Block Museum Crestview News Bulletin: Centennial: Crestview started small but outgrew its neighbors
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30.8315690, -86.6770150
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