Difference between revisions of "City of Pensacola annexations"

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The City of Pensacola has expanded its city limits through annexation on multiple occasions since the original area of 9.75 square miles was laid out by Andrew Jackson in 1822.

Date	Area(s) to annex	Size	Residents^[1]	Votes^[2]
Date	Area(s) to annex	Size	Residents^[1]	For	Against
November 29, 1949	East Pensacola Heights			173	531
November 10, 1953	Granada easterly around head of Bayou Texar and Municipal Airport, south (through modern Cordova Park) to 15th Street	4.21 square miles		160	73
November 17, 1953	East Pensacola Heights	448 acres
February 7, 1956	West Pensacola			153	251
June 21, 1956	Woodland Heights, Springdale and Springdale First Addition west of Carpenter's Creek	240 acres		16	0
January 16, 1958	West Pensacola business district (centered on Cervantes between O and V Streets)	<20 acres		petition
1958	Warrington			1,532	2,036
January 19, 1965	Warrington, portions of Brownsville, Ensley and Brent, Ferry Pass and others	17.2 square miles	36,000	1,393	7,126
October 11, 1966	Area generally north of West Lee Street, south of Brainerd Street, east of J Street, and west of M and N Streets	28.7 acres	1,100	73	81
November 8, 1988 (article)	Cordova Mall area and areas northeast of the Airport Boulevard/9th Avenue intersection			186	178
November 8, 1988 (article)	Areas around Woodchuck Avenue, Baywoods Drive, and Whisper Way			102	353

↑ At time of referendum
↑ Except where noted, vote tallies include only residents of areas to be annexed

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