Harold, Florida

Unincorporated community in Florida, United States

30°39′33″N 86°52′49″W / 30.65917°N 86.88028°W / 30.65917; -86.88028CountryUnited StatesStateFloridaCounty Santa RosaArea

^[1]

• Total14.729 sq mi (38.15 km²) • Land14.689 sq mi (38.04 km²) • Water0.040 sq mi (0.10 km²)Elevation

148 ft (45 m)Population

(2020)^[1]

• Total909 • Density62/sq mi (24/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code850GNIS feature ID287350^[2]

Harold is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, in the U.S. state of Florida.^[2] Its population was 909 at the 2020 census,^[3] up from 823 at the 2010 census.^[1] It is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, 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

A post office called Harold was established in 1909, and remained in operation until 1995.^[4] An early postmaster gave the community the name of his son.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Florida". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Harold". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
^ "Santa Rosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
^ The Whole & True Discouerye of Terra Florida: A Facsimile Reprint of the London Edition of 1563, Together with a Transcript of an English Version in the British Museum. Florida state historical society. 1927. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8130-0544-7. ...for the son of the postmaster.