{"id":18786,"count":1,"description":"Mary Esther is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,055 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 4,115 . It is part of the Fort Walton Beach\u2013Crestview\u2013Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area.\nMary Esther is located at 30\u00b024\u203244\u2033N 86\u00b039\u203233\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff30.412266\u00b0N 86.659044\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 30.412266; -86.659044.\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9\u00a0km), all land.\nThe area was first settled by John Anderson in 1838, and the name \"Anderson\" or \"Andersons\" is noted on maps from 1838 to the late 1880s. The area of Mary Esther was first noted in 1857 in the \"Map of the State of Florida\" by the Surveyor's General Office. The area encompassing \"Anderson\" would later become Fort Walton Beach.\nJesse Rogers and his family drove a large cattle herd from Louisiana to the shores of Santa Rosa Sound and settled here in 1842.\nDuring the mid-1850s John Newton, a minister and teacher,...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/mary-esther\/","name":"Mary Esther","slug":"mary-esther","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/18786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=18786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}