Baylen Street
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Baylen Street | |
Former names: | Cumberland Street |
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North end: | West Leonard Street |
Major junctions: |
Cervantes Street Garden Street Government Street |
South end: | West Cedar Street |
Namesake: | Bailén, Spain |
Baylen Street is a north-south street in downtown Pensacola and North Hill. Baylen's northern terminus is at West Leonard Street; from there it runs southerly uninterrupted to its southern terminus at West Cedar Street on Pensacola Bay. From Garden Street north to Cervantes Street, Baylen runs one-way northbound.
Baylen Street is named for the town of Baylen (Bailén) in Spain.
British Pensacola[edit]
In British Pensacola, what is now Baylen Street was called Cumberland Street, for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 15, 1882.