Pensacola Beach, Florida

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Pensacola Beach is an unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, south of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 2,738.

Santa Rosa Island is also home to part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore and historic Fort Pickens, located to the west of Pensacola Beach.

Pensacola Beach occupies land bound by a 1947 deed [1] from the United States Department of Interior that it be administered in the public interest by the county or leased, but never "disposed"; its businesses and residents are thus long-term leaseholders and not property owners.

Casino Beach, the most popular section of beach on the island, was opened in 1931.

On 16 September 2004, Hurricane Ivan devasted the Pensacola Beach area, destroying more than 650 homes and damaging many others.

On 10 July 2005, Pensacola Beach was again in the path of a hurricane; Dennis made landfall between the city and neighboring Navarre Beach.

Novelty houses

Pensacola Beach is home to several "novelty" houses, including a house with a UFO attached to its roof, as well as the "Dome of a Home", a home in the form of a large concrete dome, designed to structurally withstand hurricane-force winds and storm surge.