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− | The '''Pensacola city limits''' encompass the area that is governed by the [[City of Pensacola]]. Residents and property owners within the limits | + | The '''Pensacola city limits''' encompass the area that is governed by the [[City of Pensacola]]. Residents and property owners within the limits receive city services, like [[Pensacola Police Department|police]] and [[Pensacola Fire Department|fire]] protection, and pay the additional [[property taxes]] that fund city government. |
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==Expansion== | ==Expansion== | ||
− | + | The city limits as established by [[Andrew Jackson]] in [[1821]] covered an area of 9.75 square miles. This was increased to 17.2555 square miles in [[1953]].<ref>http://www.cityshowcase.com/pensacola/</ref> Other areas have been annexed since then, most recently in the 1980s to incorporate the area including [[Cordova Mall]] and [[Washington High School]],<ref>"City eyes annexation of areas." ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 17, 2005.</ref> but there is a [[Annexation movement|movement to annex]] more unincorporated urban areas of Pensacola to better represent the actual metropolitan area. | |
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==Map== | ==Map== | ||
− | <googlemap | + | <googlemap lat="30.454297" lon="-87.20089" type="map" width="100%" height="800" zoom="13"> |
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30.496757, -87.158103 | 30.496757, -87.158103 | ||
30.500344, -87.166944 | 30.500344, -87.166944 |