Pensacola, Florida, USA
1895 - Pensacola

Pensaco'la, a port of entry and the capital of Escambia co., Fla., on the N. shore of Pensacola Bay, about 10 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and 50 miles direct S.E. of Mobile. It is the southern terminus of the Pensacola division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which connects with the Mobile & Montgomery Railroad at Pensacola Junction (Flomaton); is the eastern terminus of the Pensacola & Perdido Railroad, extending to Millview, on Perdido Bay; the southern terminus of the Pensacola, Alabama & Tennessee Railroad, and the western terminus of the Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad. The harbor has 24 feet of water on the bar, and is one of the safest in the Gulf of Mexico. The entrance of it is defended by Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas. Pensacola has a custom-house, a convent, 20 churches, 2 newspaper offices, and several saw: mills. Steamers ply regularly between Pensacola and Mobile and Havana. Pop, in 1880,6845; in 1890, 11,750. The Pensacola navy-yard is at Warrington, 7 miles to seaward of the town.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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