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List of street namesakes

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Non-grid
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
*[[Gimble Street]] - unknown
*[[Government Street]] - self-explanatory
*[[Innerarity Street]] - [[John Innerarity]] or [[Panton-Innerarity family|Innerarity family]]
*[[Intendencia Street]] - Named for the residence of the Spanish ''intendente''*[[Blanchard Street]] - unknown*[[Romana Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of La Romana|Marquis de Romana]]*[[Reymarde Street]] - unknown
*[[Hilary Street]] - unknown
*[[Colfax Street]] - unknown
*[[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]] - [[Wikipedia:Miguel de Cervantes|Miguel de Cervantes]]*[[Strong Street]] - [[Jasper Strong]]*[[de Soto Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Hernando de Soto|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===Ordered from the [[Pensacola Bay|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 [[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 ==Non-grid==''In alphabetical order.'' *[[Airport Boulevard]] - [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport]]*[[Barrancas Avenue]] - [[Fort Barrancas]]*[[Bauer Road]] - unknown*[[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]]
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