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strong pressure. Just how far inland these flows can be obtained 
in difficult to say since but little deep well drilling has been done 
in the county. The map on page 105 indicates, however, the area in 
which flowing wells can in all probability be obtained. 
LOCAL DETAILS. 
Crestview. 
Crestview is in western Walton county and is the junction 
point of the branch line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad 
from Florala, Alabama. Surface water wells are obtained here 
without difficulty and up to the present time no deep well drilling 
has been done. 
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS. 
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DeFuniak Springs, the county seat and principal town, lies 
within the high, rolling pineland section of Walton county. An 
almost circular lake fed by springs gives the town its name. The 
elevation of the depot here according to the records of the Louis¬ 
ville and Nashville Railroad is 256 feet above sea level. The city 
is at present supplied with water from one deep well located at the 
pumping station. This well is 620 feet deep and was drilled by F. 
J. White & Company in 1908. In the process of drilling the diame¬ 
ter was reduced from 10 inches to 8 inches. The water is said to 
rise to within 85 feet of the surface. 
FREEPORT. 
Freeport is in southern Walton county bordering on Choctaw- 
hatchee Bay. Wells with an excellent volume of water under strong 
pressure are obtained here. Two wells have been drilled in the town 
and two about 3 miles south. These wells were drilled by F. J. 
White & Company in 1907. The well owned by the town of Freeport 
is 6 inches in diameter and reached a total depth of 183 feet. An¬ 
other well for Messrs. J. C. Blackburn & J. N. McLain is 4 inches 
in diameter and 181 feet deep. This well had a pressure when 
measured September 22, 1910, of 6J pounds, equivalent to a head 
of 15 feet above the surface. The, town well mentioned above could 
not be accurately measured since all connections could not be cut 
off. About 3 miles south of Freeport on Choctawhatchee Bay the 
