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The '''Fairpoint Peninsula''' is located in Northwest southern [[FloridaSanta Rosa County]] between [[Santa Rosa Sound]] (and [[Pensacola Bay]]. It is connected to the location western mainland of Santa Rosa County by the [[Gulf Intracoastal WaterwayGarcon Point Bridge]], to [[Escambia County]]'s route through by the region) and [[Pensacola BayBridge]]. <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: , and to the [[Image:Gulf_breeze_peninsula.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Aerial Image island of Santa Rosa]] by the [[Gulf BreezeBob Sikes Bridge]] section of and the Fairpoint Peninsula[[Navarre Beach Causeway]] -->.
== History ==
In 1559[[1931]], bridges between [[Pensacola]] and [[Tristan de LunaGulf Breeze]] arrived in and Gulf Breeze and [[Pensacola Bay with 500 Spanish soldiersBeach]] were completed. The first settlement current route of [[U.S. Highway 98]] was abandoned due to diseasesalso completed, disasters operated as a toll road between 1939 and hostile Indians, but other Europeans followed1946. [http://www.us-highways.com/flus098. In the late 1700htm#US%2098tl] Gulf Breeze's, namesake was established in [[1936]] when the British occupied the peninsula [[Gulf Breeze Cottages and named it Town PointStore]] opened a post office branch where [[Live Oaks Plaza]] now stands.
Communities located on the Fairpoint Peninsula:
*[[Gulf Breeze]]
*[[Midway]]
*[[Navarre]]
Geographic features on and around Fairpoint Peninsula:*[[Butcherpen Point]] & [[Butcherpen Cove]]*[[Gulf Breeze, FloridaTown Point]] and [[Deadman's Island]]*[[Old Navy Cove]] - Population: 6,333*[[Navarre, FloridaPeake's Point]] - Population: 20,967*[[Deer Point]] & [[Deer Point Cove]]*[[English Navy Bay]]{{Florida-geo-stub}}*[[Grassy Point]]
[[Category:Peninsulas of FloridaSanta Rosa County]]