Brownsville, Escambia County, Florida

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Brownsville, Florida
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Brownsville
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Brownsville
Brownsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 30°25′51″N87°15′11″W / 30.43083°N 87.25306°W / 30.43083; -87.25306
Country United States
State Florida
County Escambia
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
32505
Area code 850
GNIS feature ID279498 [1]
Website Community website

Brownsville is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is located within the census-designated place of West Pensacola. [2] It was enumerated as a Census-Designated Place in 1960, when the population recorded was 38,417. [3] The ZIP code for Brownsville is 32505.

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Geography

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1950 20,269
1960 38,41789.5%
2010 unknown
source: [4] [5]

Brownsville is located at 30.4 degrees north, 87.3 degrees west (30.4252, -87.2519); [6] or approximately three miles northwest of Pensacola. The elevation for the community is 85 feet above sea level. [1]

Brownsville boundaries include the city of Pensacola to the south and east, Avery Street to the north, and West Pensacola to the west. [7]

Major surface roads in Brownsville

Some of the major surface roads serving the community include:

Education

The community of Brownsville is served by Escambia County School District, which serves the entire county.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Brownsville, Florida profile. ‘’Hometown Locator’’. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  2. Brownsville, West Pensacola, Florida. Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  3. Encyclopædia Britannica. Google Books (snippet view only). 1963. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  4. "CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790-2000)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  5. Returned as Brownsville-Brent-Goulding in 1950.
  6. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. Map of Brownsville. Retrieved 2013-08-16.