Jacksonville FL is a city located on the Atlantic coast of Florida, the most populous city in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020.
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50 Facts About Jacksonville FL
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At the time of contact with Europeans, all Mocama villages in present-day Jacksonville FL were part of the powerful chiefdom known as the Saturiwa, centered around the mouth of the St Johns River.
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In February 1864 Union forces left Jacksonville FL and confronted a Confederate Army at the Battle of Olustee, going down to defeat.
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From 1893 to 1938, Jacksonville FL was the site of the Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home; it operated a nearby cemetery.
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The Walker Business College was opened c 1916 in Jacksonville and advertised that it was the largest African American business school in the United States.
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In 1958, a study recommended the city of Jacksonville FL begin annexing outlying communities to create the needed larger geographic tax base to improve services throughout the county.
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Jacksonville FL was mayor in 1993 when Jacksonville was awarded its National Football League franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Jacksonville FL has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean with the Jacksonville FL Beaches.
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Jacksonville FL is home to a notable collection of Mid-Century modern architecture.
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The tallest building in Downtown Jacksonville FL's skyline is the Bank of America Tower, constructed in 1990 as the Barnett Center.
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Additionally, greater Jacksonville FL is traditionally divided into several amorphous areas, comprising large parts of Duval County.
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Jacksonville FL has only received one direct hit from a hurricane since 1871.
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The strongest effect on Jacksonville FL was from Hurricane Dora in 1964, the only recorded storm to hit the First Coast with sustained hurricane-force winds.
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In 2004, Jacksonville FL was inundated by Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne, which made landfall south of the area, and suffered minor damage from Tropical Storm Bonnie, which spawned a minor tornado.
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Jacksonville FL suffered damage from 2008's Tropical Storm Fay, which crisscrossed the state, bringing parts of Jacksonville FL under darkness for four days.
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City of Jacksonville FL has a unique park system, with various lands operated by the National Park Service, Florida State Parks and the City of Jacksonville FL Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Jacksonville FL is the most populous city in Florida, and the twelfth most populous city in the United States.
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The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Jacksonville FL, defined as a minor basilica in 2013, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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Jacksonville FL is home to the headquarters of four Fortune 500 companies: CSX Corporation, Fidelity National Financial, Fidelity National Information Services and Southeastern Grocers.
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Jacksonville FL has long had a regional legacy in banking and finance.
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Jacksonville FL is the site of Deutsche Bank's second largest US operation; only New York is larger.
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Jacksonville FL is a rail, air, and highway focal point and a busy port of entry, with Jacksonville FL International Airport, ship repair yards and extensive freight-handling facilities.
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Port of Jacksonville FL, a seaport on the St Johns River, is a large component of the local economy.
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Jacksonville FL is the 47th-largest local television market in the United States.
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Naval Air Station Jacksonville FL is a military airport 4 miles south of the central business district.
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Jacksonville FL is home of River City Pride which is Northeast Florida's largest Gay Pride parade.
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Jacksonville FL is home to many breweries and a growing number of distilleries.
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Theatre Jacksonville FL was organized in 1919 as the Little Theatre and is one of the oldest continually producing community theaters in the United States.
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Florida Theatre, opened in 1927, is in downtown Jacksonville FL and is one of only four remaining high-style movie palaces that were built in Florida during the Mediterranean Revival architectural boom of the 1920s.
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Since that time, Jacksonville FL has been chosen by a number of film and television studios for location shooting.
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Notable television series or made-for-television films that have been partially or completely shot in Jacksonville FL include Inherit the Wind, Orpheus Descending, Saved by the Light, The Babysitter's Seduction, First Time Felon, Safe Harbor, Recount, American Idol, and Ash vs Evil Dead .
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Florida State College at Jacksonville FL has the Kent Gallery on their westside campus and the Wilson Center for the Arts at their main campus.
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Jacksonville FL Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum is a branch of the world's largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.
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The museum in Jacksonville FL is in a 1921 neoclassical building on the outskirts of downtown.
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Jacksonville FL is home to one major league sports team, the Jacksonville FL Jaguars of the National Football League .
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The Jacksonville FL Axemen are a semi-professional rugby league team founded in 2006, and now play in the USA Rugby League.
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The Jacksonville FL Armada FC is a soccer team that began play in the North American Soccer League in 2015.
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Jacksonville FL has several quasi-independent government agencies which only nominally answer to the consolidated authority, including electric authority, port authority, transportation authority, housing authority and airport authority.
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The Mayor and City Council of Jacksonville FL established the JHA in 1994 to create a community service-oriented, public housing agency with innovative ideas and a different attitude.
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Jacksonville FL is home to a number of institutions of higher education.
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Jacksonville FL University is a private institution founded in 1934.
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Florida State College at Jacksonville FL is a state college and a member of the Florida College System, offering two-year associate's degrees as well as some four-year bachelor's degrees.
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In 1988, Jacksonville FL voters chose to eliminate toll collection and replace the revenue with a ½ cent local sales tax increase.
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Jacksonville FL Skyway is an automated people mover connecting Florida State College at Jacksonville FL downtown campus, the Northbank central business district, Convention Center, and Southbank locations.
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The initial study was undertaken by the Florida Department of Transportation and Jacksonville FL's planning department, who took the Skyway project to the Jacksonville FL Transportation Authority in 1977.
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In 2014, the Jacksonville FL was among the top large cities ranked by percentage of commuters who drove to work alone .
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Jacksonville FL was served by the thrice-weekly Sunset Limited and the daily Silver Palm.
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Jacksonville FL is served by Jacksonville FL International Airport, 13 miles north of downtown, with 82 departures a day to 27 nonstop destination cities.
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Public seaports in Jacksonville FL are managed by the Jacksonville FL Port Authority, known as JAXPORT.
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