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'''Pickens Avenue''' is a north-south street in [[East Pensacola Heights]].  It is named either for [[Fort Pickens]], or its namesake, Revolutionary War hero [[Wikipedia:Andrew Pickens (congressman)|Andrew Pickens]].  On early maps ([[:Image:EastPensacolaHeightsMap.jpg|example]]) of East Pensacola Heights, the street is called '''Blount Avenue'''.
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'''Pickens Avenue''' is a north-south street in [[East Pensacola Heights]].  It is named either for [[Fort Pickens]], or its namesake, Revolutionary War hero [[Wikipedia:Andrew Pickens (congressman)|Andrew Pickens]].  Prior to [[1963]], Pickens Avenue was named '''Blount Avenue'''.<ref>Ordinance #56-63, City of Pensacola</ref>
  
 
Pickens Avenue runs from East [[Lakeview Avenue]] southerly uninterrupted to its southern terminus south of [[Chipley Avenue]] at [[Pensacola Bay]].
 
Pickens Avenue runs from East [[Lakeview Avenue]] southerly uninterrupted to its southern terminus south of [[Chipley Avenue]] at [[Pensacola Bay]].
  
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Latest revision as of 01:30, 16 June 2019

Pickens Avenue
Former names: Blount Avenue
North end: East Lakeview Avenue
Major
junctions:
East Cervantes Street
South end: Chipley Avenue/Pensacola Bay

Pickens Avenue is a north-south street in East Pensacola Heights. It is named either for Fort Pickens, or its namesake, Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens. Prior to 1963, Pickens Avenue was named Blount Avenue.[1]

Pickens Avenue runs from East Lakeview Avenue southerly uninterrupted to its southern terminus south of Chipley Avenue at Pensacola Bay.

References[edit]

  1. Ordinance #56-63, City of Pensacola