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Amelia City is an unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is located in the southern half of Amelia Island , on A1A near the Amelia River . Geography
Fernandina Beach is a city in northeastern Florida and the county seat of Nassau County, Florida, United States.It is the northernmost city on Florida's Atlantic coast, situated on Amelia Island, and is one of the municipalities comprising Greater Jacksonville (formally the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area).
Amelia Island hosted a Women's Tennis Association tournament for 28 years (1980 to 2008). From 1987 to 2008 it was known as the Bausch & Lomb Championships. [56] Since 2009 Amelia Island has hosted the annual Pétanque America Open of the game of pétanque, a form of boules. [57]
Nassau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.It is the northeasternmost county in the state. The county seat is Fernandina Beach.The population was 90,352 at the 2020 census.
Allison Island: Miami-Dade: Amelia Island: 18 square miles (47 km 2) [2] Nassau: One of the Sea Islands: Anastasia Island: 14 square miles (36 km 2) [3] St. Johns: Barrier island Anna Maria Island: 7 square miles (18 km 2) Manatee: Barrier island Archer Key: 24.7 ha; 61.1 acres Monroe: One of the Mule Keys in the lower Florida Keys: Arsenicker ...
Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFHB, FAA LID: FHB, formerly 55J) is a city-owned public-use airport located on Amelia Island three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Fernandina Beach, a city in Nassau County, Florida, United States. [1] It is designated as a reliever airport for Jacksonville International ...
Prior to the arrival of Europeans on what is now Amelia Island, the Old Town site was home to Native Americans. The French, English, and Spanish all maintained a presence on Amelia Island at various times during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, but the Spanish established Fernandina. Old Town, the original location of the town of Fernandina ...
Starting in 2005, the Amelia Island Company leased the Royal Amelia Golf Course and it was renamed Amelia River Golf Club in 2007. [9] The property was owned by the city of Fernandina Beach, and was created by Tom Jackson. [10] [11] When AIC filed for bankruptcy in 2009, the lease was terminated and possession was returned to the owner ...