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Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County. The governments of the City of Jacksonville and Duval County consolidated in 1968, expanding Jacksonville's city limits and making it the largest city in land area continental United States. Consequently most of Jacksonville's metropolitan population lives within its city limits, and it is the most populous city proper in Florida and the thirteenth most populous in the United States. Jacksonville is the principal city in the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan Area, a region with a population of more than 1,313,228.
Jacksonville is located in the First Coast region of northeast Florida and is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Georgia border and about 340 miles (547 km) north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are located along the adjacent Atlantic coast. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people, and in 1564 was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States. During Florida's British period a community grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed, known as Wacca Pilatka to the Indians and Cowford to the British. The town was incorporated in 1822, a year after the United States acquired the colony of Florida from Spain, and renamed after Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States.
Harbor improvements since the late 19th century have made Jacksonville a major military and civilian deep-water port. Its riverine location facilitates two U.S. Navy bases and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport. Significant factors in the local economy include services such as banking, insurance, and healthcare; as with much of Florida tourism is also important to the Jacksonville area, in particular tourism related to golf.
Downtown Jacksonville has a skyline with the tallest building being the Bank of America Tower, constructed in 1990 as the Barnett Bank Center. It has a height of 617 ft (188 m) and includes 42 floors. Other notable structures include the 37-story Modis Building (with its distinctive flared base making it the defining building in the Jacksonville skyline), originally built in 1972-74 by the Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company, and the 28 floor Riverplace Tower which, when completed in 1967, was the tallest precast, post-tensioned concrete structure in the world.
There are more than 500 neighborhoods within Jacksonville's vast area. The city of Jacksonville divides its territory into six planning districts, each containing a number of neighborhoods and developments, with borders defined by a set of major roads and rivers that run through the city: the Urban Core, Greater Arlington, Southeast Jacksonville, Southwest Jacksonville, Northwest Jacksonville, and North Jacksonville.
The Urban Core includes Jacksonville's traditional downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods of LaVilla, Springfield, East Jacksonville, Fairfield, and Brooklyn, plus a section on the south side of the St. Johns River known as Southbank. Greater Arlington is centered on the area known as Arlington, located east and south of the river. Southeast Jacksonville, located south of Arlington and the St. Johns, includes most of the area typically known as Southside. The Southwest and Northwest districts together comprise the area known as West Jacksonville or Westside. These districts contain neighborhoods west of downtown and the river, as well the large tract of mostly rural land further inland. North Jacksonville or Northside includes some residential neighborhoods north of Downtown and the large, sparsely populated area to the north of the St. Johns.
Notable neighborhoods in Jacksonville include Downtown, LaVilla, San Marco, Mandarin, and Arlington. Four neighborhoods, Avondale, Ortega, Springfield, and Riverside, have been identified as U.S. historic districts and are in the National Register of Historic Places. Some neighborhoods were originally towns or communities prior to being annexed by the city. Additionally, Baldwin, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, and Jacksonville Beach retain their own municipal governments though they are represented in the Jacksonville City Council. Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach and Jacksonville Beach are collectively known as the Jacksonville Beaches.
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Jacksonville is such a beautiful city! These pictures are amazing, but not even pictures can do this city justice! We could use a skyline upgrade, but other than that. . it's simply perfect!
JanaINJax 1 day ago
I'm from jacksonville. It is nice place to be it's better then hollywood, new york city. It like up north it better then that.
Calebware100 1 month ago
@MrNick7cool thanks for the response,sorry so long for the reply back. We're still looking at coming to J'ville.Matter of fact,we contacted someone today on booking our condo. How about the weather for Late March/Early April....too cold to get in the water?
Wayneman117 1 month ago
@Wayneman117 Well, if you're going to go downtown, visit the Jacksonville Landing. It's great. They have a live band playing just about every night. Also, visit some of the restaurants in the Jacksonville Landing itself. And, if you're feeling up to it, go to the Friendship Fountain. It's the big, round fountain located in front of the Museum of Science and History, both of which are located on the south foot of the John T. Alsop bridge, the blue bridge in skyline pictures.
MrNick7cool 2 months ago
Coming for MY VERY FIRST VISIT TO J'VILLE in late March,2012....any advice guys? Must see...must do? We're looking to stay around the Ponte Vedra area.Wanna go to St Augustine while there too...thx.
Wayneman117 3 months ago
@annaluvs90210 dude i live in jax but i would advise the original hollywood (jax) but you folks have NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL pro sports teams i envy you NYC man.
DansEditorials 4 months ago
Thank you for such nice presentation, you only need to add music. I Just moved here and I find this city very pretty, the proximity to the ocean, the river, the beautiful skyline, many hospitals and a lot of Southern hospitality. No city is perfect but I think I made the right choice.
gncma 5 months ago
@Bottyknocker2010: Hey, look. I live there, and it's really not as bad as you're thinking. If you want a great city to say is bad, take New York City, for example. There's PLENTY of worse places to be. So don't complain about it. ;)
MrNick7cool 5 months ago
jacksonville sucks. Redneck, Nigger or Snob. take your pick. THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN!
bootyknocker2010 6 months ago
luv Jacksonville!!!!!
PurpleQueen14 1 year ago