Baker, Florida
{{Distinguish|Baker County, Florida}}
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|population_total = 900
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|timezone = Central (CST)
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Baker is an unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States.{{cite gnis|278045|Baker, Florida}} It is located approximately {{convert|10|mi|km}} northwest of the county seat, Crestview, in the Florida Panhandle.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fdot.gov/geospatial/geomap/okal_c.pdf |title=Florida Department of Transportation-Okaloosa County |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141852/http://www.fdot.gov/geospatial/geomap/okal_c.pdf |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=dead }} A stop on the Florida, Alabama and Gulf Railroad, Baker was platted in 1910 and grew up around the timber and turpentine industries.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
The Baker Block Museum is in Baker. Baker is home to Baker School, a public school in the Okaloosa County School District. The Skypark Estates Owner's Association Airport (18FD) is a private airport with a 3,000 foot east-west turf runway located in Baker.
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External links
- [http://www.nwfdailynews.com/ Northwest Florida Daily News]
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{{Okaloosa County, Florida}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Okaloosa County, Florida
Category:Unincorporated communities in Florida
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