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Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive breaking news, information on local events, featured content, deals and much more. Skip to content Menu. Read More. The Pursuit of Eco-Happiness published Nov 29, The Top 22 Attractions in Jacksonville published Jul 22, Scenic Drives through Jacksonville published Jul 14, The Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve covers 46, acres.
It's Always Sunny. We get average days of sunshine per year! The military employs over 30, active-duty personnel and nearly 20, civilians in the Jacksonville area and is the largest employer in the county.
We are home to 1, miles of shoreline, more than any other city in the state , not to mention 22 miles of white-sandy beaches! Plane - JAX provides non-stop flights to more than 30 major U. Train - Daily railroad passenger service to and from Jacksonville is provided by Amtrak, connecting the city with all other locations in the Amtrak system. In a normal year We average nearly 28, people visiting Jacksonville every night …Then add another 30, day-time visitors! Jacksonville was named for General Andrew Jackson , the first military governor of Florida who, incidentally, never visited Jacksonville.
Isiah Hart, who founded Jacksonville, named two of the city's first streets after his daughters, Julia and Laura. James Weldon Johnson Par k previously Hemming Park is the city's oldest public park Fort Caroline is a near full-scale rendering created to memorialize the 16th century French effort to establish a permanent colony in Florida, the actual location of the original fort is unknown.
The fire of , sparked from a chimney and igniting a fiber factory, d estroyed the heart of the city - city blocks and 2, buildings were destroyed. Some 8, residents were left homeless, and seven people died. It is the third largest urban fire in the U.
In the early s the Ostrich Farm , located on what is today's Southbank of Downtown, was the city's biggest tourist draw. In , A. Lewis opened American Beach, a retreat for African Americans who were refused entry to public beaches. Planted in or so the story says , Treaty Oak , located on the Southbank of Downtown has a circumference of 25 feet and reaches more than 70 feet into the sky.
This is Jacksonville's oldest resident. Famed architect, Henry John Klutho was commissioned to design the St. James Building in serving as a department store. Jacksonville's City Hall now calls this building its home.
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