History · Ensley

Ensley’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Ensley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Ensley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida. It is a community located northwest of Pensacola. The population was 23,817 at the 2020 United States census, up from 20,602 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ensley is a transportation corridor for the Pensacola Area, with US 90 Alt, US 29, and I-10 running through Ensley.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 20,602 to 23,817 (+16%). Half of its homes were built before 1989.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ensley yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Ensley is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ensley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Crystal Ice Company Building in Pensacola, 7.2 miles away.

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Crystal Ice Company Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ensley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ensley’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

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