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Ordered from the [[Pensacola Bay|Bay]] north. | Ordered from the [[Pensacola Bay|Bay]] north. | ||
| + | *[[Sonia Street]] - unknown | ||
| + | *[[McLeod Street]] - unknown | ||
| + | *[[Cypress Street]] - presumably the tree | ||
| + | *[[Interlaken Street]] - unknown | ||
*[[Pine Street]] - presumably the tree | *[[Pine Street]] - presumably the tree | ||
*[[Gimble Street]] - unknown | *[[Gimble Street]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Innerarity Street]] - [[John Innerarity]] or [[Panton-Innerarity family|Innerarity family]] | *[[Innerarity Street]] - [[John Innerarity]] or [[Panton-Innerarity family|Innerarity family]] | ||
*[[Intendencia Street]] - Named for the residence of the Spanish ''intendente'' | *[[Intendencia Street]] - Named for the residence of the Spanish ''intendente'' | ||
| − | *[[Romana Street]] - unknown | + | *[[Blanchard Street]] - unknown |
| + | *[[Romana Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of La Romana|Marquis de Romana]] | ||
| + | *[[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]] | ||
| − | *[[Heinberg Street]] - | + | *[[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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*[[Bobe Street]] - [[Bobe family]] or a specific Bobe | *[[Bobe Street]] - [[Bobe family]] or a specific Bobe | ||
*[[Yonge Street]] - [[Yonge family]] or a specific Yonge | *[[Yonge Street]] - [[Yonge family]] or a specific Yonge | ||
| − | *[[Scott Street]] - | + | *[[Scott Street]] - possibly [[John Jackson Scott]] or [[W. M. J. Scott]] |
| − | *[[Hatton Street]] - | + | *[[Hatton Street]] - almost certainly [[T. Chalkley Hatton]], a City engineer |
*[[Fisher Street]] - [[William Fisher, Sr.]] or one of the other William Fishers | *[[Fisher Street]] - [[William Fisher, Sr.]] or one of the other William Fishers | ||
*[[Leonard Street]] - [[J. S. Leonard]] | *[[Leonard Street]] - [[J. S. Leonard]] | ||
*[[Baars Street]] - [[Baars family]] | *[[Baars Street]] - [[Baars family]] | ||
| − | *[[Hayes Street]] - | + | *[[Hayes Street]] - possibly [[James S. Hayes]] or [[William Hays]] |
*[[Anderson Street]] - probably [[Walker Anderson]], or possibly [[Warren E. Anderson]] | *[[Anderson Street]] - probably [[Walker Anderson]], or possibly [[Warren E. Anderson]] | ||
*[[Maura Street]] - unknown | *[[Maura Street]] - unknown | ||
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*[[Chipley Avenue]] - [[W. D. Chipley]] | *[[Chipley Avenue]] - [[W. D. Chipley]] | ||
| − | *[[Van Kirk Avenue]] - | + | *[[Van Kirk Avenue]] - possibly [[W. J. van Kirk]] |
| − | *[[Watson Avenue]] - presumably [[Thomas Campbell Watson] | + | *[[Watson Avenue]] - presumably [[Thomas Campbell Watson]] |
| + | *[[Knowles Avenue]] - [[Knowles family]], [[William Hyer Knowles]] | ||
| + | *[[Pickens Avenue]] - [[Fort Pickens]] or [[Wikipedia:Andrew Pickens (congressman)|Andrew Pickens]] | ||
| + | *[[Perry Avenue]] - [[Edward Aylesworth Perry]] | ||
| + | *[[Stanley Avenue]] - unknown | ||
| + | *[[Yates Avenue]] - unknown | ||
| + | *[[Whaley Avenue]] - [[P. H. Whaley]] | ||
| + | *[[Cevallos Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Pedro Cevallos|Pedro Cevallos]] | ||
| + | *[[Florida Blanca Street]] - probably [[Wikipedia:José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca|José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca]] | ||
| + | *[[Davis Street]] - [[Davis family]] | ||
| + | *[[Alcaniz Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Alcañiz]] | ||
| + | *[[Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive]] - [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Martin Luther King, Jr.]] | ||
| + | *[[Adams Street]] - [[Wikipedia:John Quincy Adams|John Quincy Adams]] | ||
| + | *[[Hayne Street]] - likely [[Wikipedia:Arthur P. Hayne|Arthur P. Hayne]] | ||
| + | *[[Manresa Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Manresa|Manresa]] | ||
| + | *[[Barracks Street]] - site of military barracks in Spanish and British Pensacola | ||
| + | *[[Tarragona Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Tarragona|Tarragona]] | ||
| + | *[[Guillemard Street]] - [[Arnaldo Guillemard]] | ||
| + | *[[Jefferson Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson]] | ||
| + | *[[Palafox Street]] - [[Wikipedia:José de Palafox y Melzi|José de Palafox y Melzi]] | ||
| + | *[[Baylen Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Baylen|Baylen]] | ||
| + | *[[Spring Street]] - A former spring on the site called [[Washerwoman's Bayou]] | ||
| + | *[[Barcelona Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Barcelona|Barcelona]] | ||
| + | *[[Reus Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Reus|Reus]] | ||
| + | *[[de Villiers Street]] - [[Marcos de Villiers]] | ||
| + | *[[Coyle Street]] - unknown | ||
| + | *[[Donelson Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Rachel Jackson|Rachel Donelson Jackson]] | ||
| + | *[[Clubbs Street]] - [[Alexander V. Clubbs]] | ||
| + | *[[Davison Street]] - unknown | ||
| + | *[[Myrick Street]] - unknown | ||
| + | *[[Cahn Street]] - [[Sol Cahn]] | ||
| + | *[[Stillman Street]] - unknown | ||
| + | *[[Water Street]] - self-explanatory | ||
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| + | ==Non-grid== | ||
| + | ''In alphabetical order.'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[[Airport Boulevard]] - [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport]] | ||
| + | *[[Barrancas Avenue]] - [[Fort Barrancas]] | ||
| + | *[[Bauer Road]] - [[LtCol Harold William Bauer]] | ||
| + | *[[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]] - Samuel Pierpont Langley, aeronautics and aircraft engineer. | ||
| + | *[[Lynn Ora Drive]] - Lynn Ora Overman, wife of Charles Overman, mayor from 1961-'63. | ||
| + | *[[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. | ||
| + | *[[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]] | ||
| + | *[[Nobles Street]] - Nobles family, major landowners in Eastgate area. | ||
| + | *[[Pace Boulevard]] - [[Pace family]] or a specific Pace | ||
| + | *[[Texar Drive]] - [[Bayou Texar]] | ||
| + | *[[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.
- Sonia Street - unknown
- McLeod Street - unknown
- Cypress Street - presumably the tree
- Interlaken Street - unknown
- 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
- Blanchard Street - unknown
- Romana Street - Marquis de Romana
- Reymarde 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 - possibly John Jackson Scott or W. M. J. Scott
- Hatton Street - almost certainly T. Chalkley Hatton, a City engineer
- 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 or William Hays
- Anderson Street - probably Walker Anderson, or possibly Warren E. Anderson
- Maura Street - unknown
North-south streets[edit]
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 - Pedro Cevallos
- Florida Blanca Street - probably José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca
- Davis Street - Davis family
- Alcaniz Street - Spanish town of Alcañiz
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive - Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Adams Street - John Quincy Adams
- Hayne Street - likely Arthur P. Hayne
- Manresa 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 - Rachel Donelson Jackson
- Clubbs Street - Alexander V. Clubbs
- Davison Street - unknown
- Myrick Street - unknown
- Cahn Street - Sol Cahn
- Stillman Street - unknown
- Water Street - self-explanatory
Non-grid[edit]
In alphabetical order.
- Airport Boulevard - Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport
- Barrancas Avenue - Fort Barrancas
- Bauer Road - LtCol Harold William Bauer
- 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 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, aeronautics and aircraft engineer.
- Lynn Ora Drive - Lynn Ora Overman, wife of Charles Overman, mayor from 1961-'63.
- 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
- Nobles Street - Nobles family, major landowners in Eastgate area.
- Pace Boulevard - Pace family or a specific Pace
- Texar Drive - Bayou Texar
- Tippin Avenue - unknown
