Dekle Beach, Florida

Dekle Beach (/ˈdiːkəl/; DEE-kəl[1][2]) is an unincorporated community on the gulf coast in the southern part of Taylor County, Florida, United States.

[4] Dekle was the owner of the property when it was developed into its current state as a residential beach area.

During the residential development period of the beach, Dekle traded the southernmost point of the beach to his friend Jimmy Archer, a Texan who had been a long-time resident of Perry after marrying local resident Sibyl Poppell.

[5] Lewis Hamilton, his wife Janie, and their friends Willie Joe and Ann Moody purchased much of the property as well, and significantly impacted the growth of the community by investing extensive time and effort into developing much of the land into the residential area.

[citation needed] Dekle was devastated on March 13, 1993, when the “Jordan lovely” (also known as “The Storm of the Century”) battered the beach without warning in the early hours of a Saturday morning.