{{Distinguish|Baker County, Florida}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Baker, Florida |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = unincorporated community |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = File:Downtown Baker, Florida.jpg |image_caption = Downtown Baker |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Florida#USA <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Florida}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = {{noflag|Okaloosa}} <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2007 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 900 |population_density_sq_mi = auto <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |coordinates = {{coord|30.797132|-86.681344|region:US-FL|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 32531 |area_code = 850 |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Baker''' is an unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States.<ref>{{cite gnis|278045|Baker, Florida}}</ref> It is located approximately {{convert|10|mi|km}} northwest of the county seat, Crestview, in the Florida Panhandle.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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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Category:Unincorporated communities in Okaloosa County, Florida Category:Unincorporated communities in Florida
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