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St. Augustine (/ ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; Spanish: San Agustín [san aɣusˈtin]) is a city in and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States.Located 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Jacksonville, the city is on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.
Heading north, it intersects US 1 Business (US 1 Bus.), known locally as King Street, and a tourist route through old St. Augustine. Just north of the intersection, it crosses the San Sebastian River and then straddles on the eastern riverbed. At the northern end of St. Augustine, it intersects SR 16, followed by US 1 Bus. five blocks later.
Location of St. Johns County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Johns County, Florida.. 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.
Spanish Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, founder of St. Augustine, moved his initial settlement to Anastasia Island after a revolt by the Timucuan Indians in 1566. [7] This settlement was short-lived, and the colonists moved back to the mainland [8] at the site of present-day downtown St. Augustine. Original Anastasia Island lighthouse, now ...
The St. Augustine Civic Center (also known as the Visitor's Information Center) is a historic site in St. Augustine, Florida. It is located at 10 Castillo Drive. It is located at 10 Castillo Drive. On April 21, 2005, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .
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 ...
St. Augustine South is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,066 at the 2020 census , up from 4,998 at the 2010 census . [ 3 ] It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 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.