Harold, FL

Harold is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, in the U.S. state of Florida. The 2020 census counted 909 residents. Harold is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. A satellite field for Training Air Wing FIVE at Naval Air Station Whiting Field called OLF Harold is located here. The through line in Harold is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Harold makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Harold was originally known as Oscar. Oscar was first settled sometime around 1881, when its post office was established.