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*[[Sonia Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Sonia Street]] - unknown
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*[[McLeod Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Cypress Street]] - presumably the tree
 
*[[Cypress Street]] - presumably the tree
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*[[Interlaken Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Pine Street]] - presumably the tree
 
*[[Pine Street]] - presumably the tree
 
*[[Gimble Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Gimble Street]] - unknown
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*[[Innerarity Street]] - [[John Innerarity]] or [[Panton-Innerarity family|Innerarity family]]
 
*[[Innerarity Street]] - [[John Innerarity]] or [[Panton-Innerarity family|Innerarity family]]
 
*[[Intendencia Street]] - Named for the residence of the Spanish ''intendente''
 
*[[Intendencia Street]] - Named for the residence of the Spanish ''intendente''
*[[Romana Street]] - unknown
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*[[Blanchard Street]] - unknown
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*[[Romana Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of La Romana|Marquis de Romana]]
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*[[Reymarde Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Hilary Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Hilary Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Colfax Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Colfax Street]] - unknown
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*[[de Leon Street]] - [[Ponce de Leon]]
 
*[[de Leon Street]] - [[Ponce de Leon]]
 
*[[Gregory Street]] - [[Walter Gregory]]
 
*[[Gregory Street]] - [[Walter Gregory]]
*[[Heinberg Street]] - unknown; possibly [[Charles J. Heinberg]]
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*[[Heinberg Street]] - [[Charles J. Heinberg]]
 
*[[Wright Street]] - [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]
 
*[[Wright Street]] - [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]
 
*[[Belmont Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Belmont Street]] - unknown
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*[[Bobe Street]] - [[Bobe family]] or a specific Bobe
 
*[[Bobe Street]] - [[Bobe family]] or a specific Bobe
 
*[[Yonge Street]] - [[Yonge family]] or a specific Yonge
 
*[[Yonge Street]] - [[Yonge family]] or a specific Yonge
*[[Scott Street]] - unknown
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*[[Scott Street]] - possibly [[John Jackson Scott]] or [[W. M. J. Scott]]
*[[Hatton Street]] - unknown
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*[[Hatton Street]] - almost certainly [[T. Chalkley Hatton]], a City engineer
 
*[[Fisher Street]] - [[William Fisher, Sr.]] or one of the other William Fishers
 
*[[Fisher Street]] - [[William Fisher, Sr.]] or one of the other William Fishers
 
*[[Leonard Street]] - [[J. S. Leonard]]
 
*[[Leonard Street]] - [[J. S. Leonard]]
 
*[[Baars Street]] - [[Baars family]]
 
*[[Baars Street]] - [[Baars family]]
*[[Hayes Street]] - unknown
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*[[Hayes Street]] - possibly [[James S. Hayes]] or [[William Hays]]
 
*[[Anderson Street]] - probably [[Walker Anderson]], or possibly [[Warren E. Anderson]]
 
*[[Anderson Street]] - probably [[Walker Anderson]], or possibly [[Warren E. Anderson]]
 
*[[Maura Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Maura Street]] - unknown
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*[[Chipley Avenue]] - [[W. D. Chipley]]
 
*[[Chipley Avenue]] - [[W. D. Chipley]]
*[[Van Kirk Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Van Kirk Avenue]] - possibly [[W. J. van Kirk]]
 
*[[Watson Avenue]] - presumably [[Thomas Campbell Watson]]
 
*[[Watson Avenue]] - presumably [[Thomas Campbell Watson]]
 
*[[Knowles Avenue]] - [[Knowles family]], [[William Hyer Knowles]]
 
*[[Knowles Avenue]] - [[Knowles family]], [[William Hyer Knowles]]
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*[[Stanley Avenue]] - unknown
 
*[[Stanley Avenue]] - unknown
 
*[[Yates Avenue]] - unknown
 
*[[Yates Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Whaley Avenue]] - likely [[P. H. Whaley]]
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*[[Whaley Avenue]] - [[P. H. Whaley]]
*[[Cevallos Street]] - possibly Pedro Cevallos
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*[[Cevallos Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Pedro Cevallos|Pedro Cevallos]]
*[[Florida Blanca Street]] - Spanish for "white flower"
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*[[Florida Blanca Street]] - probably [[Wikipedia:José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca|José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca]]
 
*[[Davis Street]] - [[Davis family]]
 
*[[Davis Street]] - [[Davis family]]
 
*[[Alcaniz Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Alcañiz]]
 
*[[Alcaniz Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Alcañiz]]
 
*[[Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive]] - [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Martin Luther King, Jr.]]
 
*[[Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive]] - [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Martin Luther King, Jr.]]
*[[Adams Street]] - unknown
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*[[Adams Street]] - [[Wikipedia:John Quincy Adams|John Quincy Adams]]
*[[Hayne Street]] - unknown
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*[[Hayne Street]] - likely [[Wikipedia:Arthur P. Hayne|Arthur P. Hayne]]
*[[Manressa Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Manresa|Manresa]]
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*[[Manresa Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Manresa|Manresa]]
 
*[[Barracks Street]] - site of military barracks in Spanish and British Pensacola
 
*[[Barracks Street]] - site of military barracks in Spanish and British Pensacola
 
*[[Tarragona Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Tarragona|Tarragona]]
 
*[[Tarragona Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Tarragona|Tarragona]]
 
*[[Guillemard Street]] - [[Arnaldo Guillemard]]
 
*[[Guillemard Street]] - [[Arnaldo Guillemard]]
*[[Jefferson Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson]]?
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*[[Jefferson Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson]]
 
*[[Palafox Street]] - [[Wikipedia:José de Palafox y Melzi|José de Palafox y Melzi]]
 
*[[Palafox Street]] - [[Wikipedia:José de Palafox y Melzi|José de Palafox y Melzi]]
 
*[[Baylen Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Baylen|Baylen]]
 
*[[Baylen Street]] - Spanish town of [[Wikipedia:Baylen|Baylen]]
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*[[de Villiers Street]] - [[Marcos de Villiers]]
 
*[[de Villiers Street]] - [[Marcos de Villiers]]
 
*[[Coyle Street]] - unknown
 
*[[Coyle Street]] - unknown
*[[Donelson Street]] - unknown
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*[[Donelson Street]] - [[Wikipedia:Rachel Jackson|Rachel Donelson Jackson]]
 
*[[Clubbs Street]] - [[Alexander V. Clubbs]]
 
*[[Clubbs Street]] - [[Alexander V. Clubbs]]
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*[[Davison Street]] - unknown
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*[[Myrick Street]] - unknown
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*[[Cahn Street]] - [[Sol Cahn]]
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*[[Stillman Street]] - unknown
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*[[Water Street]] - self-explanatory
  
 
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==Non-grid==
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*[[Airport Boulevard]] - [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport]]
 
*[[Airport Boulevard]] - [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport]]
 
*[[Barrancas Avenue]] - [[Fort Barrancas]]
 
*[[Barrancas Avenue]] - [[Fort Barrancas]]
*[[Bauer Road]] - unknown
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*[[Bauer Road]] - [[LtCol Harold William Bauer]]
 
*[[Bayou Boulevard]] - [[Bayou Texar]]
 
*[[Bayou Boulevard]] - [[Bayou Texar]]
 
*[[Beverly Parkway]] - unknown
 
*[[Beverly Parkway]] - unknown
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*[[Brent Lane]] - [[Francis Celestino Brent]]
 
*[[Burgess Road]] - unknown
 
*[[Burgess Road]] - unknown
 
*[[Creighton Road]] - [[Creighton family]] or a specific Creighton
 
*[[Creighton Road]] - [[Creighton family]] or a specific Creighton
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*[[Fairfield Drive]] - For former site of the [[Pensacola Interstate Fair]], near [[Town & Country Plaza]]
 
*[[Fairfield Drive]] - For former site of the [[Pensacola Interstate Fair]], near [[Town & Country Plaza]]
 
*[[Johnson Avenue]] - unknown
 
*[[Johnson Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Langley Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Langley Avenue]] - Samuel Pierpont Langley, aeronautics and aircraft engineer.
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*[[Lynn Ora Drive]] - Lynn Ora Overman, wife of Charles Overman, mayor from 1961-'63.
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*[[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.
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*[[Mobile Highway]] - City of [[Mobile]], Alabama
 
*[[Navy Boulevard]] - U.S. Navy, [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]
 
*[[Navy Boulevard]] - U.S. Navy, [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]
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*[[Nine Mile Road]] - The road's distance from [[Garden Street]]
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*[[Nobles Street]] - Nobles family, major landowners in Eastgate area.
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*[[Pace Boulevard]] - [[Pace family]] or a specific Pace
 
*[[Texar Drive]] - [[Bayou Texar]]
 
*[[Texar Drive]] - [[Bayou Texar]]
 
*[[Tippin Avenue]] - unknown
 
*[[Tippin Avenue]] - unknown
  
 
[[Category:Street namesakes]]
 
[[Category:Street namesakes]]

Latest revision as of 14:59, 24 September 2021

The following is a list of streets and their namesakes.

City grid[edit]

East-west streets[edit]

Ordered from the Bay north.

North-south streets[edit]

Ordered from the Bay west.

Non-grid[edit]

In alphabetical order.