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Baylen Street is named for the town of [[Wikipedia:Baylen|Baylen]] (Bailén) in Spain.
 
Baylen Street is named for the town of [[Wikipedia:Baylen|Baylen]] (Bailén) in Spain.
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==British Pensacola==
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In [[British Pensacola]], what is now Baylen Street was called '''Cumberland Street'''.<ref>Robinson, Benjamin. [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?m=hd15J&i=75836 ''An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida'']. p. 15, 1882.</ref>
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Revision as of 18:43, 16 February 2009

Baylen Street
North end: West Leonard Street
Major
junctions:
Cervantes Street
Garden Street
Government Street
South end: West Cedar Street

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Baylen Street is a north-south street in downtown Pensacola and North Hill. Baylen's northern terminus is at West Leonard Street; from there it runs southerly uninterrupted to its southern terminus at West Cedar Street on Pensacola Bay. From Garden Street north to Cervantes Street, Baylen runs one-way northbound.

Baylen Street is named for the town of Baylen (Bailén) in Spain.

British Pensacola

In British Pensacola, what is now Baylen Street was called Cumberland Street.[1]

References

  1. Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 15, 1882.