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*[[Mobile Highway]] - City of [[Mobile]], Alabama | *[[Mobile Highway]] - City of [[Mobile]], Alabama | ||
*[[Navy Boulevard]] - U.S. Navy, [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]] | *[[Navy Boulevard]] - U.S. Navy, [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]] | ||
| + | *[[Nine Mile Road]] - The road's distance from [[Garden Street]] | ||
| + | *[[Pace Boulevard]] - [[Pace family]] or a specific Pace | ||
*[[Texar Drive]] - [[Bayou Texar]] | *[[Texar Drive]] - [[Bayou Texar]] | ||
*[[Tippin Avenue]] - unknown | *[[Tippin Avenue]] - unknown | ||
[[Category:Street namesakes]] | [[Category:Street namesakes]] | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 19 February 2009
The following is a list of streets and their namesakes.
City grid
East-west streets
Ordered from the Bay north.
- Sonia Street - unknown
- Cypress Street - presumably the tree
- Pine Street - presumably the tree
- Gimble Street - unknown
- Cedar Street - presumably the tree
- Main Street - self-explanatory
- Zaragoza Street - Spanish city of the same name
- Church Street - Old Christ Church
- Government Street - self-explanatory
- Innerarity Street - John Innerarity or Innerarity family
- Intendencia Street - Named for the residence of the Spanish intendente
- Romana Street - unknown
- Hilary Street - unknown
- Colfax Street - unknown
- Aragon Street - Spanish region of the same name
- Garden Street - see article
- Salamanca Street - Spanish city of the same name
- Chase Street - William H. Chase
- de Leon Street - Ponce de Leon
- Gregory Street - Walter Gregory
- Heinberg Street - Charles J. Heinberg
- Wright Street - Benjamin Drake Wright
- Belmont Street - unknown
- La Rua Street - John de la Rua
- Jackson Street - Andrew Jackson
- Gadsden Street - James Gadsden
- Cervantes Street - Miguel de Cervantes
- Strong Street - Jasper Strong
- de Soto Street - Hernando de Soto
- Gonzalez Street - Manuel Gonzalez
- Brainerd Street - unknown
- Lloyd Street - Susanna Rebecca Lloyd
- Lee Street - William Franklin Lee
- Blount Street - William Alexander Blount, Sr.
- Moreno Street - Moreno family
- Mallory Street - Stephen Russell Mallory
- Avery Street - Avery family
- Hernandez Street - unknown
- Jordan Street - unknown; maybe Thomas Jordan
- Maxwell Street - Augustus Emmet Maxwell
- Bobe Street - Bobe family or a specific Bobe
- Yonge Street - Yonge family or a specific Yonge
- Scott Street - unknown
- Hatton Street - unknown
- Fisher Street - William Fisher, Sr. or one of the other William Fishers
- Leonard Street - J. S. Leonard
- Baars Street - Baars family
- Hayes Street - possibly James S. Hayes
- Anderson Street - probably Walker Anderson, or possibly Warren E. Anderson
- Maura Street - unknown
North-south streets
Ordered from the Bay west.
- Chipley Avenue - W. D. Chipley
- Van Kirk Avenue - possibly W. J. van Kirk
- Watson Avenue - presumably Thomas Campbell Watson
- Knowles Avenue - Knowles family, William Hyer Knowles
- Pickens Avenue - Fort Pickens or Andrew Pickens
- Perry Avenue - Edward Aylesworth Perry
- Stanley Avenue - unknown
- Yates Avenue - unknown
- Whaley Avenue - P. H. Whaley
- Cevallos Street - possibly Pedro Cevallos
- Florida Blanca Street - Spanish for "white flower"
- Davis Street - Davis family
- Alcaniz Street - Spanish town of Alcañiz
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive - Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Adams Street - unknown
- Hayne Street - unknown
- Manressa Street - Spanish town of Manresa
- Barracks Street - site of military barracks in Spanish and British Pensacola
- Tarragona Street - Spanish town of Tarragona
- Guillemard Street - Arnaldo Guillemard
- Jefferson Street - Thomas Jefferson?
- Palafox Street - José de Palafox y Melzi
- Baylen Street - Spanish town of Baylen
- Spring Street - A former spring on the site called Washerwoman's Bayou
- Barcelona Street - Spanish town of Barcelona
- Reus Street - Spanish town of Reus
- de Villiers Street - Marcos de Villiers
- Coyle Street - unknown
- Donelson Street - unknown
- Clubbs Street - Alexander V. Clubbs
Non-grid
In alphabetical order.
- Airport Boulevard - Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport
- Barrancas Avenue - Fort Barrancas
- Bauer Road - unknown
- Bayou Boulevard - Bayou Texar
- Beverly Parkway - unknown
- Brent Lane - Francis Celestino Brent
- Burgess Road - unknown
- Creighton Road - Creighton family or a specific Creighton
- Dog Track Road - Pensacola Greyhound Track
- Fairfield Drive - For former site of the Pensacola Interstate Fair, near Town & Country Plaza
- Johnson Avenue - unknown
- Langley Avenue - unknown
- Michigan Avenue - U.S. state of Michigan. The road was originally laid out as part of a subdivision whose streets all have geographic placenames.
- Mobile Highway - City of Mobile, Alabama
- Navy Boulevard - U.S. Navy, Naval Air Station Pensacola
- Nine Mile Road - The road's distance from Garden Street
- Pace Boulevard - Pace family or a specific Pace
- Texar Drive - Bayou Texar
- Tippin Avenue - unknown
