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The '''Fairpoint Peninsula''' is located in Northwest [[Florida]] between [[Santa Rosa Sound]] (the location of the [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]]'s route through the region) and [[Pensacola Bay]]. <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Gulf_breeze_peninsula.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Aerial Image of [[Gulf Breeze]] section of the Fairpoint Peninsula]] -->
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The '''Fairpoint Peninsula''' is located in southern [[Santa Rosa County]] between [[Santa Rosa Sound]] and [[Pensacola Bay]]. It is connected to the western mainland of Santa Rosa County by the [[Garcon Point Bridge]], to [[Escambia County]] by the [[Pensacola Bay Bridge]], and to the [[island of Santa Rosa]] by the [[Bob Sikes Bridge]] and the [[Navarre Beach Causeway]].
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
In 1559, [[Tristan de Luna]] arrived in Pensacola Bay with 500 Spanish soldiers. The first settlement was abandoned due to diseases, disasters and hostile Indians, but other Europeans followed. In the late 1700's, the British occupied the peninsula and named it Town Point.
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In [[1931]], bridges between [[Pensacola]] and [[Gulf Breeze]] and Gulf Breeze and [[Pensacola Beach]] were completed. The current route of [[U.S. Highway 98]] was also completed, operated as a toll road between 1939 and 1946. [http://www.us-highways.com/flus098.htm#US%2098tl] Gulf Breeze's namesake was established in [[1936]] when the [[Gulf Breeze Cottages and Store]] opened a post office branch where [[Live Oaks Plaza]] now stands.
  
By the early 1930's, bridges between [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]] and [[Gulf Breeze]] and Gulf Breeze and [[Pensacola Beach]] were completed. The current route of [[U.S. Highway 98]] was also completed, operated as a toll road between 1939 and 1946. [http://www.us-highways.com/flus098.htm#US%2098tl] Gulf Breeze's namesake was established in 1936 when the Gulf Breeze Cottages and Store opened a post office branch where Live Oaks Plaza now stands.
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The [[Naval Live Oaks Reservation]] was the home of America's first experimental tree farm, established by President [[Wikipedia:John Quincy Adams|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.
  
The [[Naval Live Oaks Reservation]] was the home of America's first experimental tree farm, established by [[President of the United States|President]] [[John Quincy Adams]] in 1828. It was established to provide raw material to support shipbuilding for the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in the area. Today, Naval Live Oaks is part of the [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]], a unit of the [[National Park Service]].
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==Features==
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Communities located on the Fairpoint Peninsula:
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*[[Gulf Breeze]]
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*[[Midway]]
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*[[Navarre]]
  
== Other Information ==
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Geographic features on and around Fairpoint Peninsula:
Communities located on the Fairport Peninsula:
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*[[Butcherpen Point]] & [[Butcherpen Cove]]
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*[[Town Point]] and [[Deadman's Island]]
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*[[Old Navy Cove]]
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*[[Peake's Point]]
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*[[Deer Point]] & [[Deer Point Cove]]
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*[[English Navy Bay]]
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*[[Grassy Point]]
  
*[[Gulf Breeze, Florida]] - Population: 6,333
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[[Category:Santa Rosa County]]
*[[Navarre, Florida]] - Population: 20,967
 
 
 
 
 
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[[Category:Peninsulas of Florida]]
 

Latest revision as of 18:49, 27 October 2008

The Fairpoint Peninsula is located in southern Santa Rosa County between Santa Rosa Sound and Pensacola Bay. It is connected to the western mainland of Santa Rosa County by the Garcon Point Bridge, to Escambia County by the Pensacola Bay Bridge, and to the island of Santa Rosa by the Bob Sikes Bridge and the Navarre Beach Causeway.

History[edit]

In 1931, bridges between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze and Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Beach were completed. The current route of U.S. Highway 98 was also completed, operated as a toll road between 1939 and 1946. [1] Gulf Breeze's namesake was established in 1936 when the Gulf Breeze Cottages and Store opened a post office branch where Live Oaks Plaza now stands.

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.

Features[edit]

Communities located on the Fairpoint Peninsula:

Geographic features on and around Fairpoint Peninsula: