26 Interesting Facts About Jacksonville Florida

Jacksonville is an excellent place to vacation. There’s a lot to do in Jacksonville, with miles of tranquil beaches, outdoor attractions, a stunning skyline, and one of the oldest areas for many exciting things. In this article, read facts about Jacksonville Florida. 

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Facts About Jacksonville Florida (Jacksonville facts)

• People of Jacksonville on the east coast of Florida are known as Jacksonvillians, Jaxsons, or Jaxons.
• Regarding landmass, Jacksonville is the largest city in the country, measuring 841 square miles. 
• Jacksonville boasts the largest urban park system in the nation, 4x the size of the island of Manhattan! 80,000 acres of parks, including 7 State Parks, 2 National Parks, a National Preserve, 400 City Parks and Gardens, and an Arboretum. The Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve covers 46,000 acres.
• The City of Jacksonville ranks as the 14th largest city in the United States in population, with more than 800,000 residents.
• “Bold New City” of the South, “City on the Move,” “Gateway to Florida,” the “First Coast,” and “The River City” are some of the nicknames of Jacksonville, Florida. 
• Jacksonville is the Most Populous City in Florida.
• Jacksonville’s Original Name was Cowford.
• Jacksonville (Jax) is Florida’s youngest city, with an average age of 36 – the state of Florida’s average age is 42.
• Friendship Fountain on the Southbank Riverwalk is one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks.
• Jacksonville (Jax) was Hollywood before there was Hollywood in L.A. It was known in the 1910s as “The Winter Film Capital of the World.” 
• Jacksonville got its name from Andrew Jackson. He’s most famous as the seventh U.S. President, but he was also the first military governor of the Florida Territory.
• The Morocco Temple, built in 1910-11, is the oldest Shrine Temple in Florida.
• Florida is a significant hurricane hotspot in the north of America, and still, Jacksonville has only been hit by one hurricane since 1871.
• Jacksonville is also a military city, with many military facilities employing and housing over 50,000 active-duty families.
• Jacksonville is famous for its bridges, and its Dames Point Bridge is the second-longest cable-stayed concrete bridge in the Western Hemisphere. 
• Florida’s oldest farmer market is the Jacksonville farmers market, since 1938. 
• The Great Fire of Jacksonville on May 3, 1901, was the third-largest metropolitan fire in U.S. history. 
• The major economy of the city comes through Port of Jacksonville. 
• Jacksonville is less expensive to live in than some of the other larger cities in Florida.
• Jacksonville is the birthplace of the Blues. It is the Birthplace of Southern Rock.
• Jacksonville receives an average of 221 sunny days each year and, therefore a perfect sunny city in the USA.
• Jacksonville has 1,100 miles of shoreline, which is the maximum in Florida. There are 22 miles of white sand beaches. 
• This city was also the site of some of the first European settlements in America, including the first French settlement, Fort Caroline. In 1564 many settlers landed in this region too. 
• Some of the oldest pottery remnants dating back to around 2500 BC are country are found in Jacksonville.
• Jacksonville hosted Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005.
• Jacksonville is the nation’s most value-friendly travel destination.

I hope you loved reading interesting facts about Jacksonville Florida, with some unique Jacksonville facts.

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