About West Florida
West Florida (Spanish: Florida Occidental) was a region on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico that underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Great Britain established West and East Florida in 1763 out of land acquired from France and Spain after the Seven Years' War. As its name suggests, it was formed out of the western part of former Spanish Florida (East Florida formed the eastern part, with the Apalachicola River as the border), along with land taken from French Louisiana. Pensacola became West Florida's capital. The colony included about two thirds of what is now the Florida panhandle, as well as parts of the modern U.S. states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
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Things to see nearby
- Lavalle House
- L & N Marine Terminal Building
- Julee Cottage
- Plaza Ferdinand VII
- Clara Barkley Dorr House
- Thiesen Building
- Old Christ Church (Pensacola, Florida)
- American National Bank Building (Pensacola, Florida)
- United States Customs House and Post Office (Pensacola, Florida)
- First National Bank Building (Pensacola, Florida)
- Saenger Theatre (Pensacola, Florida)
- Palafox Historic District
- Pensacola News Journal
- Pensacola Historic District