Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Milton, FL

Milton is the county seat of Santa Rosa County in Florida's western Panhandle, and it is among the oldest cities in Florida.

Milton was incorporated in 1844 under the Florida Territorial Acts of 1844 - a full year before Florida became a state in 1845.

Milton grew up on the banks of the Blackwater River, which in the city's founding days served as the main transportation artery for its timber, lumber, brick, naval stores, and shipbuilding industries.

Local lore gave Milton the nickname 'Scratch Ankle,' after the briars that grew along the Blackwater riverbanks.

The railroad came to Milton in the 1880s, and so much of the city's lumber-era architecture survives that much of Milton was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

On January 6, 2009, a massive fire destroyed large parts of historic downtown Milton, including the historic Imogene Theatre.

As World War II approached, the U.S. Navy built Naval Air Station Whiting Field just north of Milton, and it grew into the Navy's preeminent training facility for naval aviators - the military presence still shapes the city, whose neighborhoods include the Whiting Pines housing community.

The 2020 census counted 10,197 people in Milton, up from 8,826 in 2010, and Census Bureau estimates put the city at about 11,440 residents by 2025.

Milton has about 4,722 households, averaging 2.20 people per household.

Milton packs a strong military flavor into its roughly five square miles - about 1,376 of its residents are veterans of the U.S. armed forces.