Pensacola Naval Air Station Historic District · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domain
30% of Pensacola Station’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 97% of U.S. towns · #2 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
4 places in town are on the National Register, among them 2 National Historic Landmarks and two historic districts with 42 buildings between them.
About Pensacola Station’s history
How historic is Pensacola Station?
More historic than 97% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
What drives Pensacola Station’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pensacola Station is more historic than 97% of U.S. towns, #2 of 638 in Florida. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Pensacola Station’s 81.4 sits above most of its state (93% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 43 historic buildings outnumber those of 84% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
4 listings protect 43 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. 2 are National Historic Landmarks, the highest tier.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Fort Barrancas, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Pensacola Station’s history
How does Pensacola Station rank for history?
Pensacola Station is more historic than 97% of U.S. towns, #2 of 638 in Florida. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Pensacola Station?
4 listings, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks: 2 historic districts, the Fort Barrancas Historical District and the Pensacola Naval Air Station Historic District, with 42 contributing buildings, and 2 sites. 43 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Pensacola Station?
30% of Pensacola Station’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.7 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1967.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From the National Register of Historic Places (4), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.