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Ordered from the [[Pensacola Bay|Bay]] north.
 
Ordered from the [[Pensacola Bay|Bay]] north.
  
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*[[Sonia Street]] - unknown
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*[[McLeod Street]] - unknown
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*[[Cypress Street]] - presumably the tree
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*[[Interlaken Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Pine Street]] - presumably the tree
 
*[[Pine Street]] - presumably the tree
 
*[[Gimble Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Gimble Street]] - unknown
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*[[Government Street]] - self-explanatory
 
*[[Government Street]] - self-explanatory
 
*[[Innerarity Street]] - [[John Innerarity]] or [[Panton-Innerarity family|Innerarity family]]
 
*[[Innerarity Street]] - [[John Innerarity]] or [[Panton-Innerarity family|Innerarity family]]
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*[[Intendencia Street]] - unknown
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*[[Intendencia Street]] - Named for the residence of the Spanish ''intendente''
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*[[Romana Street]] - unknown
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*[[Blanchard Street]] - unknown
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*[[Romana Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of La Romana|Marquis de Romana]]
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*[[Reymarde Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Hilary Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Hilary Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Colfax Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Colfax Street]] - unknown
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*[[de Leon Street]] - [[Ponce de Leon]]
 
*[[de Leon Street]] - [[Ponce de Leon]]
 
*[[Gregory Street]] - [[Walter Gregory]]
 
*[[Gregory Street]] - [[Walter Gregory]]
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*[[Heinberg Street]] - unknown
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*[[Heinberg Street]] - [[Charles J. Heinberg]]
 
*[[Wright Street]] - [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]
 
*[[Wright Street]] - [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]
 
*[[Belmont Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Belmont Street]] - unknown
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*[[Cervantes Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Miguel de Cervantes|Miguel de Cervantes]]
 
*[[Cervantes Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Miguel de Cervantes|Miguel de Cervantes]]
 
*[[Strong Street]] - [[Jasper Strong]]
 
*[[Strong Street]] - [[Jasper Strong]]
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*[[de Soto Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Hernando de Soto|Hernando de Soto]]
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*[[Gonzalez Street]] - [[Manuel Gonzalez]]
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*[[Brainerd Street]] - unknown
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*[[Lloyd Street]] - [[Susanna Rebecca Lloyd]]
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*[[Lee Street]] - [[William Franklin Lee]]
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*[[Blount Street]] - [[William Alexander Blount, Sr.]]
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*[[Moreno Street]] - [[Moreno family]]
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*[[Mallory Street]] - [[Stephen Russell Mallory]]
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*[[Avery Street]] - [[Avery family]]
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*[[Hernandez Street]] - unknown
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*[[Jordan Street]] - unknown; maybe [[Thomas Jordan]]
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*[[Maxwell Street]] - [[Augustus Emmet Maxwell]]
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*[[Bobe Street]] - [[Bobe family]] or a specific Bobe
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*[[Yonge Street]] - [[Yonge family]] or a specific Yonge
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*[[Scott Street]] - possibly [[John Jackson Scott]] or [[W. M. J. Scott]]
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*[[Hatton Street]] - almost certainly [[T. Chalkley Hatton]], a City engineer
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*[[Fisher Street]] - [[William Fisher, Sr.]] or one of the other William Fishers
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*[[Leonard Street]] - [[J. S. Leonard]]
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*[[Baars Street]] - [[Baars family]]
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*[[Hayes Street]] - possibly [[James S. Hayes]] or [[William Hays]]
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*[[Anderson Street]] - probably [[Walker Anderson]], or possibly [[Warren E. Anderson]]
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*[[Maura Street]] - unknown
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===North-south streets===
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Ordered from the [[Pensacola Bay|Bay]] west.
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*[[Chipley Avenue]] - [[W. D. Chipley]]
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*[[Van Kirk Avenue]] - possibly [[W. J. van Kirk]]
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*[[Watson Avenue]] - presumably [[Thomas Campbell Watson]]
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*[[Knowles Avenue]] - [[Knowles family]], [[William Hyer Knowles]]
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*[[Pickens Avenue]] - [[Fort Pickens]] or [[Wikipedia:Andrew Pickens (congressman)|Andrew Pickens]]
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*[[Perry Avenue]] - [[Edward Aylesworth Perry]]
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*[[Stanley Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Yates Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Whaley Avenue]] - [[P. H. Whaley]]
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*[[Cevallos Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Pedro Cevallos|Pedro Cevallos]]
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*[[Florida Blanca Street]] - probably [[Wikipedia:José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca|José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca]]
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*[[Davis Street]] - [[Davis family]]
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*[[Alcaniz Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Alcañiz]]
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*[[Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive]] - [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Martin Luther King, Jr.]]
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*[[Adams Street]] - [[Wikipedia:John Quincy Adams|John Quincy Adams]]
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*[[Hayne Street]] - likely [[Wikipedia:Arthur P. Hayne|Arthur P. Hayne]]
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*[[Manresa Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Manresa|Manresa]]
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*[[Barracks Street]] - site of military barracks in Spanish and British Pensacola
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*[[Tarragona Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Tarragona|Tarragona]]
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*[[Guillemard Street]] - [[Arnaldo Guillemard]]
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*[[Jefferson Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson]]
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*[[Palafox Street]] - [[Wikipedia:José de Palafox y Melzi|José de Palafox y Melzi]]
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*[[Baylen Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Baylen|Baylen]]
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*[[Spring Street]] - A former spring on the site called [[Washerwoman's Bayou]]
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*[[Barcelona Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Barcelona|Barcelona]]
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*[[Reus Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Reus|Reus]]
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*[[de Villiers Street]] - [[Marcos de Villiers]]
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*[[Coyle Street]] - unknown
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*[[Donelson Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Rachel Jackson|Rachel Donelson Jackson]]
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*[[Clubbs Street]] - [[Alexander V. Clubbs]]
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*[[Davison Street]] - unknown
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*[[Myrick Street]] - unknown
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*[[Cahn Street]] - [[Sol Cahn]]
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*[[Stillman Street]] - unknown
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*[[Water Street]] - self-explanatory
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==Non-grid==
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''In alphabetical order.''
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*[[Airport Boulevard]] - [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport]]
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*[[Barrancas Avenue]] - [[Fort Barrancas]]
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*[[Bauer Road]] - [[LtCol Harold William Bauer]]
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*[[Bayou Boulevard]] - [[Bayou Texar]]
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*[[Beverly Parkway]] - unknown
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*[[Brent Lane]] - [[Francis Celestino Brent]]
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*[[Burgess Road]] - unknown
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*[[Creighton Road]] - [[Creighton family]] or a specific Creighton
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*[[Dog Track Road]] - [[Pensacola Greyhound Track]]
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*[[Fairfield Drive]] - For former site of the [[Pensacola Interstate Fair]], near [[Town & Country Plaza]]
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*[[Johnson Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Langley Avenue]] - Samuel Pierpont Langley, aeronautics and aircraft engineer.
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*[[Lynn Ora Drive]] - Lynn Ora Overman, wife of Charles Overman, mayor from 1961-'63.
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*[[Michigan Avenue]] - U.S. state of [[Wikipedia:Michigan|Michigan]]. The road was originally laid out as part of a subdivision whose streets all have geographic placenames.
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*[[Mobile Highway]] - City of [[Mobile]], Alabama
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*[[Navy Boulevard]] - U.S. Navy, [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]
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*[[Nine Mile Road]] - The road's distance from [[Garden Street]]
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*[[Nobles Street]] - Nobles family, major landowners in Eastgate area.
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*[[Pace Boulevard]] - [[Pace family]] or a specific Pace
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*[[Texar Drive]] - [[Bayou Texar]]
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*[[Tippin Avenue]] - unknown
  
 
[[Category:Street namesakes]]
 
[[Category:Street namesakes]]

Latest revision as of 14:59, 24 September 2021

The following is a list of streets and their namesakes.

City grid[edit]

East-west streets[edit]

Ordered from the Bay north.

North-south streets[edit]

Ordered from the Bay west.

Non-grid[edit]

In alphabetical order.

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