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'''Warrington''' is an unincorporated community located southwest of the [[City of Pensacola]], in southern [[Escambia County]].
Separated from [[NAS Pensacola]] by [[Bayou Grande]], Warrington has long been associated with the Navy presence in the Pensacola area. A main thoroughfare that traverses Warrington and connects it to NAS Pensacola is [[Navy Boulevard]]. Navy facilities such as [[Corry Station]], [[Naval Hospital Pensacola]], and [[Navy Exchange Pensacola]] are located in Warrington.
==History==
[[Image:1861Map-NavyYard.jpg|right|thumb|This cropped portion of an 1861 map shows the Navy Yard along with the original Warrington and Woolsey settlements.]]
Named for [[Wikipedia:Lewis Warrington|Lewis Warrington]], a Navy officer instrumental in the foundation of the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]], the community of Warrington was established in the 1840s. Originally located south of [[Bayou Grande]], near the Navy Yard, the community was abandoned and reestablished on the other side of Bayou Grande in [[1930]], as was necessitated by the expansion of the Navy facilities.
Sanborn fire insurance maps from 1892 describe the original settlement as 8½ miles southwest of Pensacola, with a population of 1,200.
