Brownsville-Brent-Goulding, Florida

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Brownsville-Brent-Goulding
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Brownsville-Brent-Goulding
Location within the state of Florida
Coordinates: 30°26′14″N87°13′50″W / 30.43722°N 87.23056°W / 30.43722; -87.23056 Coordinates: 30°26′14″N87°13′50″W / 30.43722°N 87.23056°W / 30.43722; -87.23056
Country United States
State Florida
County Escambia
Population
 (1950)
  Total20,269
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Brownsville-Brent-Goulding was a Census-designated place in Escambia County, Florida during the 1950 United States Census, which consists of the communities of Brent, Brownsville, Goulding and West Pensacola. [1] [2] The population in 1950 was 20,269. [3]

The census area's name was reduced to just "Brownsville" during the 1960 Census, when the population increased to 38,417. [4] During the 1970 census, the census area was reduced and was reassigned to West Pensacola, with a recorded population of 20,924. [5] The communities of Brent and Goulding were not returned separately by census enumerators until 1980. [6]

Geography

The census area of Brownsville-Brent-Goulding was located northwest of Pensacola and northeast of Warrington, the only existing CDP in the county enumerated since the concept began in 1950. [7]

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References

  1. West Pensacola Profile: Hometown Locator. Retrieved 2010-08-06
  2. 1950 Census of Population Alabama-Georgia
  3. American peoples encyclopedia. Goggle Books. (snippet view only) 1951. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  4. Encyclopædia Britannica. Google Books (snippet view only). 1963. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  5. 1970 U.S. census: Florida. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  6. 1980 census of population. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  7. 1950 Census of Population Alabama-Georgia