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The '''Fairpoint Peninsula''' is located in Northwest southern [[FloridaSanta Rosa County]] 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]] -->
== 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.
By The [[Naval Live Oaks Reservation]] was the early 1930home of America'sfirst experimental tree farm, bridges between established by President [[Pensacola, FloridaWikipedia:John Quincy Adams|PensacolaJohn Quincy Adams]] and in [[Gulf Breeze1828]] and Gulf Breeze and . It was established to provide raw material to support shipbuilding for the [[Pensacola BeachNavy]] were completedin the area. The current route Today, Naval Live Oaks is part of the [[U.S. Highway 98Gulf Islands National Seashore]] 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 unit of the Gulf Breeze Cottages and Store opened a post office branch where Live Oaks Plaza now standsNational 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]]. == Other Information Communities==
Communities located on the Fairpoint Peninsula:
*[[Gulf Breeze, Florida]] - Population: 6,333*[[Navarre, Florida]] - Population: 20,967  {{Florida-geo-stub}}
[[Category:Peninsulas of FloridaSanta Rosa County]]

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