Eight Mile Rock
Grand Bahama Island

Eight Mile Rock is 14 miles from Freeport and the largest settlement outside of Freeport. This area obtained its name from the eight miles of solid rock found along its shore line. 

The "town" is actually a string of settlements, each of which takes the name of the family who settled and still inhabits the land. Jones Town, Martin Town, Pinedale, Hanna Hill, Bassett Hill, Wildgoose, and Hepburn Town are a few of the sub-settlements.  Their respective families are chiefly descendants of freed slaves who now own the land because their families have inhabited it since the mid-nineteenth century. 

Don't try to find these sub-settlements, though; they have no boundaries and so are indistinguishable to a visitor.