Harold, Florida
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Harold is an unincorporated community and
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in Santa Rosa County, in the U.S. state of
Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
. Its population was 909 at the 2020 census, up from 823 at the 2010 census. It is part of the PensacolaFerry PassBrent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. A satellite field for Training Air Wing FIVE at Naval Air Station Whiting Field called OLF Harold is located here.


History

Harold was originally known as Oscar. Oscar was first settled sometime around 1881, when its post office was established. Oscar's population increased upon the completion of the Pensacola and Atlanta Railroad in 1883. William D. Chipley purchased land for lumber in the early 1890s. It was around this time that the community became known as Harold. A post office called Harold was established in 1909, and remained in operation until 1995. An early postmaster gave the community the name of his son. Another history behind the name involves Kansas congressman Ebenezer F. Porter, who purchased land for lumber in the area in the 1890s, renaming it for his son, Harold (1891-1962).


References

Unincorporated communities in Santa Rosa County, Florida Census-designated places in Santa Rosa County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida {{SantaRosaCountyFL-geo-stub