Fairpoint Peninsula
Fairpoint Peninsula
Navarre Peninsula, Gulf Breeze Peninsula, or Santa Rosa Peninsula | |
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Operator | Various municipalities, county-governed unincorporated areas, and census designated places |
The Fairpoint Peninsula,[1] also referred to as the Gulf Breeze Peninsula or the Navarre Peninsula[2] or historically the Santa Rosa Peninsula,[3] is located in northwest Florida between Santa Rosa Sound (the location of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway's route through the region) and Pensacola Bay.
History
In 1559,
In the 1910s, before widespread development, turpentine production was widely present on the peninsula.[3]
By the early 1930s, bridges between
The Naval Live Oaks Reservation was the home of America's first experimental tree farm, established by President John Quincy Adams in 1828. It was established to provide raw material to support shipbuilding for the Navy in the area. Today, Naval Live Oaks is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, a unit of the National Park Service.
Communities
Based on the most recent censuses, and estimates, these are the communities located on the Fairport Peninsula, with their populations (if known):
- Navarre, Florida - Population: 44,876[4]
- Midway, Florida - Population: 16,115
- Gulf Breeze, Florida - Population: 6,466[1]
- Tiger Point, Florida - Population: 3,096
- Woodlawn Beach, Florida - Population: 1,785
- Oriole Beach, Florida - Population: 1,420
The following communities are adjacent to the peninsula, and are sometimes considered part of the Fairpoint Peninsula region, or are considered to be a part of one of the larger communities on the peninsula:
- Holley, Florida - Population: 1,630 (Often considered to be a neighborhood of Navarre)
- Pensacola)
- Navarre Beach, part of Navarre, is on Santa Rosa Islandand not on the peninsula
References
- ^ a b "The Gulf Breeze Story". cityofgulfbreeze.us. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ^ "Santa Rosa County Budget FY2018" (PDF). Santa Rosa County Government: Office of Management and Budget. Santa Rosa County Office of Management and Budget. 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9781882695034.
- ^ "Power of the Precinct | Navarre Press". navarrepress.com. Retrieved 2018-07-13.