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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.
Map of Florida Urbanized Areas according the 2010 census Miami-Fort Lauderdale Tampa-St. Petersburg Orlando Jacksonville Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice Cape Coral Palm Bay-Melbourne Port St. Lucie Bonita Springs-Estero Kissimmee-St.Cloud
Map depicting Sir Francis Drake's 1586 attack on St. Augustine City Gate, St. Augustine c. 1861–65 View looking into town, St. George Street St. Augustine was intended to be a base for further colonial expansion [ 28 ] across what is now the southeastern United States, but such efforts were hampered by apathy and hostility on the part of the ...
St. Augustine, founded by Spain in 1565, is the oldest permanent European settlement on the mainland of North America, north of Mexico. Its long colonial history extends to 1822, when Spanish East Florida was annexed to the United States as part of the Florida Territory. The city core's street plan, with narrow streets, dates to the first ...
Palm Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The population was 21,827 at the 2020 census , up from 20,019 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the oldest capital city, having become capital in 1610 and interrupted only by the aforementioned Pueblo Revolt. An even older Spanish city, St. Augustine, Florida, served as a colonial capital from 1565 until about 1820, more than 250 years. The table below includes the following information:
St. John's [6] Newfoundland and Labrador: Canada: Oldest English-founded city in North America, [7] seasonal until c. 1630 1508 Caparra: Puerto Rico: United States 1509 Sevilla la Nueva: Seville, St. Ann's Bay: Jamaica: Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay was the third capital established by ...