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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]] - unknown[[Charles J. Heinberg]]
*[[Wright Street]] - [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]
*[[Belmont Street]] - unknown
*[[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]] - [[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
 
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