As you drive/walk around walton county you will encounter streets named after people. Here is some notable street names and the people/stories behind

Bob Sikes

(June 3, 1906 – September 28, 1994) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented the Florida Panhandle in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1979, with a brief break in 1944 and 1945 for service during World War II.

Coy Burgess

Coy Burgess was a Walton County Commissioner from 1967 to 1974.  Coy Burgess Loop was named in his honor

Gladys Nichols Milton

Born at Caney Creek in southern Walton County, she became nationally known in the late 1970s, when she led a legislative fight for recognition of midwives as legitimate medical practitioners. The mother of seven, Milton safely delivered more than 2,000 babies. She welcomed all races into her Milton Memorial Birthing Clinic in Laurel Hill, which was the first such institution i

Thomas Pilcher 

 A lifelong resident of Freeport, Tommy attended Walton High School and  graduated with the Class of 1956. Later he graduated from Okaloosa-Walton College with an associate's degree in public safety. He then spent 26 years with the Florida Marine Patrol.  After retirement in 1986, Tommy took daily leisure early morning rides in his car enjoying the beauty and serenity along the  sho

Van Ness Butler Jr 

As one of the early founders of the town of Grayton Beach, Van Ness Butler Jr., who died in 2014, is fondly remembered as a visionary. He not only recognized South Walton for its sophisticated beauty and charm, he was also one of the first of many Butlers to take an active role in the community. Van Ness Regional Beach access is named in his honor