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Pensacola is a city located in Escambia County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255. It is the county seat of Escambia County 6.
Pensacola is a sea port on Pensacola Bay, which connects to the Gulf of Mexico. A large United States Navy airbase is located in Pensacola, which is home to the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
Pensacola is nicknamed "The City of Five Flags" due to the five flags that have flown over it at various times in its history: the flags of Spain, France, Great Britain, the Confederate States of America, and the United States.
Pensacola is served by Pensacola Regional AirportPensacola Regional Airport is an airport in Pensacola, Florida. Its IATA Airport Code is PNS. The following airlines fly to Pensacola Regional Airport: AirTran AirTran Jetconnect Atlantic Southeast Airlines dba Delta Connection Chautauqua Airlines dba Del.
The largest daily newspaper in the area is the Pensacola News JournalThe Pensacola News Journal is a daily newspaper serving the Pensacola, Florida area. In terms of circulation, the News Journal is Northwest Florida's most widely-read daily. The News Journal is owned by the Gannett Corporation, a national media holdings c. Pensacola is also home to WEARWEAR is the ABC affiliate for the Pensacola, Florida, Mobile, Alabama, and Fort Walton Beach, Florida viewing area. The station first went on the air on January 13, 1954. It is the only major affiliate in the Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach market to b TV.
Pensacola was the first settlement of EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Seans in what is now the United States. It was founded in 1559Events January 15 Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. April 3 Peace of Cateau Cambresis France makes peace with England and Spain. France gives up most of its gains in Italy (including Savoy), keeping only Saluzzo, but keeps the three by Don Tristan de Luna and his party of Spanish settlers. However, the settlement was destroyed by a major hurricane shortly afterwards, and was abandoned. For this reason, many people instead regard St. Augustine, Florida as the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States.
The Pensacola area is home to three historic U.S. forts, Fort Pickens, Fort Barrancas , and Fort McRee, as well as Barrancas National Cemetery . Fort Pickens was completed in 1834. It holds the distinction of being the only Southern fort not to be captured by the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
When Florida seceded from the Union on January 10th, 1861, remaining Union forces in the city evacuated to Fort Pickens. The Confederacy then held Pensacola until abandoning the city in May of 1862.
From 1885 to 1887, the famous Apache Indian chief Geronimo was imprisoned in Fort Pickens, along with several of his warriors and their families. Fort Pickens is now a part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore , and as such, is administered by the United States Park Service.
Pensacola was the capital of Florida before Tallahassee became the capital.
Pensacola, Florida is the site of anti-abortion extremist Paul Hill's murder of Dr. John Britton, 69, and volunteer escort James Barrett, 74. Hill murdered the two because they helped perform abortions. Additionally, Hill maimed June Barrett, James Barrett’s wife.
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