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Santa Rosa Island is a 40-mile barrier island located in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
, thirty miles (50 km) from the Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
 state border. The communities of Pensacola Beach
Pensacola Beach, Florida

Pensacola Beach is an unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, a barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida, Florida, United States....
, Navarre Beach
Navarre Beach, Florida

Navarre Beach, is an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County, Florida in the U.S. state of Florida. It is on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico....
, and Okaloosa Island are located on the island. The island was the landfall point of 2005's Hurricane Dennis
Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the very active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season....
 and 1995's Hurricanes Erin
Hurricane Erin (1995)

Hurricane Erin was the fifth named tropical cyclone and the second hurricane of the unusually active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. Erin began as a tropical wave, from the coast of Africa, on July 22, became a tropical storm on July 31, and dissipated as a tropical depression on August 6....
 & Opal
Hurricane Opal

Hurricane Opal was a major tropical cyclone that formed in the Gulf of Mexico in September 1995.Opal was the 9th hurricane of the abnormally active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season....
, among others.

Parts of the island are in the Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore

Gulf Islands National Seashore offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi....
.
island was the site of the Battle of Santa Rosa Island
Battle of Santa Rosa Island

The Battle of Santa Rosa Island was an unsuccessful Confederate attempt to take Union held Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, Florida....
 in the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
.

In 1929, Santa Rosa Island was sold by the U.S.






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Santa Rosa Island is a 40-mile barrier island located in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
, thirty miles (50 km) from the Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
 state border. The communities of Pensacola Beach
Pensacola Beach, Florida

Pensacola Beach is an unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, a barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida, Florida, United States....
, Navarre Beach
Navarre Beach, Florida

Navarre Beach, is an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County, Florida in the U.S. state of Florida. It is on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico....
, and Okaloosa Island are located on the island. The island was the landfall point of 2005's Hurricane Dennis
Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the very active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season....
 and 1995's Hurricanes Erin
Hurricane Erin (1995)

Hurricane Erin was the fifth named tropical cyclone and the second hurricane of the unusually active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. Erin began as a tropical wave, from the coast of Africa, on July 22, became a tropical storm on July 31, and dissipated as a tropical depression on August 6....
 & Opal
Hurricane Opal

Hurricane Opal was a major tropical cyclone that formed in the Gulf of Mexico in September 1995.Opal was the 9th hurricane of the abnormally active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season....
, among others.

Parts of the island are in the Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore

Gulf Islands National Seashore offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi....
.
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History

The island was the site of the Battle of Santa Rosa Island
Battle of Santa Rosa Island

The Battle of Santa Rosa Island was an unsuccessful Confederate attempt to take Union held Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, Florida....
 in the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
.

In 1929, Santa Rosa Island was sold by the U.S. War Department to Escambia County, Florida
Escambia County, Florida

Escambia County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Florida. The 2000 population was 294,210. The United States Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 296,772....
, for $10,000. Ten years later, the county returned the island to the federal government in the expectation that it would be developed into a U.S. National Monument
U.S. National Monument

A National Monument in the United States is a protected area that is similar to a United States Park Service except that the President of the United States can quickly declare an area of the United States to be a National Monument without the approval of United States Congress....
 preserving the remnants of Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens

Fort Pickens is a pentagonal historic United States military fort on Santa Rosa Island, Florida in the Pensacola, Florida, area. It is named after American Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens ....
, the only fort in the South
Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States....
 to be held by the Union
Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the Federal government of the United States of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three states which were not part of the secession attempt by the 11 states that formed the Confederate States of America....
 throughout the duration of the American Civil War.