Navarre, FL news and local guide

The area's recorded history is much older. In April 1693 Spanish explorers Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and Admiral Andrés de Pez named the waterway here the River Jordan and called one campsite El Robledal, "the oak grove," a name some neighborhoods still carry. Families named Wyman and Williams appear along Santa Rosa Sound on an 1827 map of West Florida. Around 1856 the Axelson family set up a homestead at Robledal and ran a shipyard on what became Axelson Point until about 1890; they are often called Navarre's first settlers. Small post offices came and went, including Eagan, which served a settlement of about 40 families from 1874 until 1884, and Bilowry, open from 1886 to 1891. Modern Navarre grew as a beach and bedroom community, and it has weathered repeated hurricanes, with Ivan in 2004 and Dennis in 2005 causing severe damage. It remains an unincorporated, census-designated community; residents have tried several times to incorporate, most recently in a 2024 straw poll that fell short of majority approval. Sources Wikipedia: Navarre, Florida Wikipedia: Guy Wyman