On Black Hammock Island in the national Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, a University of North Jacksonville Florida team discovered some of the oldest remnants of pottery in the United States, dating to 2500 BCE.
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58 Facts About Jacksonville Florida
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At the time of contact with Europeans, all Mocama villages in present-day Jacksonville Florida were part of the powerful chiefdom known as the Saturiwa, centered around the mouth of the St Johns River.
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British judges introduced the system of common law to Jacksonville Florida, resulting in the Floridian legal system utilizing concepts such as trial-by-jury, habeas corpus and county-based government.
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In February 1864 Union forces left Jacksonville Florida and confronted a Confederate Army at the Battle of Olustee, going down to defeat.
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From 1893 to 1938, Jacksonville was the site of the Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home; it operated a nearby cemetery.
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On May 3, 1901, downtown Jacksonville Florida was ravaged by a fire that started as a kitchen fire.
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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 Florida begin annexing outlying communities to create the needed larger geographic tax base to improve services throughout the county.
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Jacksonville Florida was mayor in 1993 when Jacksonville was awarded its National Football League franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Jacksonville Florida has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean with the Jacksonville Florida Beaches.
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Jacksonville Florida is home to a notable collection of Mid-Century modern architecture.
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The tallest building in Downtown Jacksonville Florida's skyline is the Bank of America Tower, constructed in 1990 as the Barnett Center.
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Additionally, greater Jacksonville Florida is traditionally divided into several amorphous areas, comprising large parts of Duval County.
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Jacksonville Florida has only received one direct hit from a hurricane since 1871.
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The strongest effect on Jacksonville Florida 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 Florida 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 Florida suffered damage from 2008's Tropical Storm Fay, which crisscrossed the state, bringing parts of Jacksonville Florida under darkness for four days.
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City of Jacksonville has a unique park system, with various lands operated by the National Park Service, Florida State Parks and the City of Jacksonville Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Jacksonville Florida operates the largest urban park system in the United States, providing facilities and services at more than 337 locations on more than 80, 000 acres throughout the city.
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Jacksonville Florida has the country's tenth-largest Arab population, with a total population of 5, 751 according to the 2000 United States Census.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Jacksonville Florida has its see at St John's Cathedral; the current building was completed in 1906.
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The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Jacksonville Florida, defined as a minor basilica in 2013, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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Jacksonville Florida 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 Florida has long had a regional legacy in banking and finance.
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Jacksonville Florida is the site of Deutsche Bank's second largest US operation; only New York is larger.
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Jacksonville Florida is a rail, air, and highway focal point and a busy port of entry, with Jacksonville Florida International Airport, ship repair yards and extensive freight-handling facilities.
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Port of Jacksonville Florida, a seaport on the St Johns River, is a large component of the local economy.
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Approximately 50, 000 jobs in Northeast Jacksonville Florida are related to port activity and the port has an economic impact of $2.
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Jacksonville Florida is the 47th-largest local television market in the United States.
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Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida is a military airport 4 miles south of the central business district.
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Jacksonville Florida is home to many breweries and a growing number of distilleries.
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Theatre Jacksonville Florida 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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The Alhambra Dinner Theatre, on the Southside near the University of North Jacksonville Florida, has offered professional productions that often starred well-known actors since 1967.
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Florida Theatre, opened in 1927, is in downtown Jacksonville 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 Florida 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 Florida include Inherit the Wind, Orpheus Descending (1990), Saved by the Light (1995), The Babysitter's Seduction (1996), First Time Felon (1997), Safe Harbor (2009), Recount (2008), American Idol (2009), and Ash vs Evil Dead (2015).
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Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville is a contemporary art museum funded and operated as a "cultural resource" of the University of North Florida.
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Florida State College at Jacksonville has the Kent Gallery on their westside campus and the Wilson Center for the Arts at their main campus.
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Jacksonville Florida 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 Florida is in a 1921 neoclassical building on the outskirts of downtown.
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Jacksonville Florida is home to one major league sports team, the Jacksonville Florida Jaguars of the National Football League.
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The Jacksonville Florida 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 Florida Armada FC is a soccer team that began play in the North American Soccer League in 2015.
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Jacksonville Florida 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 Florida 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 Florida is home to a number of institutions of higher education.
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The University of North Jacksonville Florida, opened in 1972, is a public institution and a member of the State University System of Jacksonville Florida.
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Jacksonville Florida University is a private institution founded in 1934.
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Florida State College at Jacksonville 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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The University of Florida has its second campus of the J Hillis Miller Health Science Center in Jacksonville.
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In 1988, Jacksonville Florida voters chose to eliminate toll collection and replace the revenue with a ½ cent local sales tax increase.
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In 2014, the Jacksonville Florida was among the top large cities ranked by percentage of commuters who drove to work alone.
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Jacksonville Florida was served by the thrice-weekly Sunset Limited and the daily Silver Palm.
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Jacksonville Florida is served by Jacksonville Florida International Airport, 13 miles north of downtown, with 82 departures a day to 27 nonstop destination cities.
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The state of Jacksonville Florida has designated Cecil Airport a space port, allowing horizontal lift spacecraft to use the facility.
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Public seaports in Jacksonville Florida are managed by the Jacksonville Florida Port Authority, known as JAXPORT.
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The state of Jacksonville Florida transferred responsibility for ferry operations to JAXPORT on October 1, 2007.
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Basic utilities in Jacksonville Florida are provided by JEA (formerly the Jacksonville Florida Electric Authority).
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