Escambia Farms, Florida
Escambia Farms, Florida | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 30°57′29″N 86°37′59″W / 30.95806°N 86.63306°WCoordinates: 30°57′29″N 86°37′59″W / 30.95806°N 86.63306°W | |
Country |
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State |
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County | Okaloosa |
Elevation[1] | 217 ft (66 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 850 |
Escambia Farms is a rural, unincorporated community in northern Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Fort Walton Beach–Crestview–Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Escambia Farms was a planned community created by the U.S. government in the 1930s to ease the effects of the Depression on farmers. Eighty-one homes were built on 115 tracts of land.[2]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Escambia Farms. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.
- ↑ Playground Daily News, Oct. 23, 1983.
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