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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).
The Fernandina Beach Historic District is a U.S. historic district located in Fernandina Beach, Florida on Amelia Island.The Fernandina Beach Historic District was included on the National Register of Historic Places on July 20, 1973 and encompasses approximately 1,500 acres (610 ha), bounded by North 9th Street, Broome, Ash, South 5th Street, Date, and South 8th Street.
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, has the distinction of being the last Spanish city platted in the Western Hemisphere, in 1811.
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.
SR 200 is signed from Hernando through Apache Shores and Stokes Ferry in Citrus County, passing a narrow bridge over the Withlacoochee River.Entering Marion County, it passes by the Ross Prairie State Forest and continues through Marion Oaks where it changes from a two-lane road to a six-lane divided boulevard and continues with this width as it runs towards the City of Ocala.
The Fort Clinch State Park is a Florida State Park, located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island, along the Amelia River.Its 1,100 acres (4 km 2) include the 19th-century Fort Clinch, sand dunes, plains, maritime hammock and estuarine tidal marsh.
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It is located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island in Nassau County, Florida. The fort lies to the northeast of Fernandina Beach at the entrance to the Cumberland Sound, in the northeast part of the state. Today it is included within the boundaries of Fort Clinch State Park.