Escambia Farms, Florida

Escambia Farms, Florida
—  Community  —
Coordinates:
Country  United States
State  Florida
County  Okaloosa
Elevation[1] 217 ft (66 m)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes
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 BeachCrestviewDestin 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

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Escambia Farms. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.
  2. ^ Playground Daily News, Oct. 23, 1983.

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