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Revision as of 04:27, 20 October 2009

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.

List of annexation petitions & referenda

Date Area(s) to annex Size Residents[1] Votes[2]
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
October 21, 1958 Scenic Hills-Gull Point area 500 acres 149 registered voters 60 19
December 9, 1958 Warrington 1,532 2,036
August 14, 1962 "Old Aviation Field" south of Goulding Road and Hermann Avenue and east of Palafox 343 acres 3,114 224 303
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
Areas around Woodchuck Avenue, Baywoods Drive, and Whisper Way 102 353

Notes & references

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