Fidelis, FL

Fidelis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. The 2020 census counted 137 residents. Fidelis is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Florida State Road 87 passes through the community. Fidelis's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Florida setting. The local scoop is how Fidelis's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Fidelis School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. Fidelis was originally founded as Semper Fidelis in the latter half of the nineteenth century. A post office was established in 1890, however, it would close the following year.