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The 1888 Subtropical Exposition was held in Jacksonville and attended by President Grover Cleveland, but the Florida-style world's fair did not lead to a lasting boost for tourism in Jacksonville. The area declined in importance as a resort destination after Henry Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railroad to the south, reaching Palm ...
Jacksonville (US: / ˈ dʒ æ k s ən ˌ v ɪ l / JAK-sən-vihl) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.It is the seat of Duval County, [10] with which the City of Jacksonville consolidated in 1968.
Jacksonville and Florida Facts; prepared for the Jacksonville Board of Trade, Jacksonville: H. & W. B. Drew Company, 1906, hdl:2027/nyp.33433007498706, OCLC 1540641 "Jacksonville" . Florida Gazetteer and Business Directory 1907-1908 .
Wayne Weaver (right) was the first owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars from 1993 to 2011.. In 1989, the prospective ownership group Touchdown Jacksonville! was organized. The group initially included future Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Jacksonville developer Tom Petway, and came to be led by shoe magnate Wayne Weaver, founder of Nine West.
In 1934, the Florida Constitution was amended to give the Florida Legislature the “power to establish, alter or abolish, a Municipal corporation to be known as the City of Jacksonville, extending territorially throughout the present limits of Duval County," [1] but for many years thereafter, the Legislature did not exercise the power.
Duval County (/ d j uː ˈ v ɔː l / dew-VAWL), officially the City of Jacksonville and Duval County, is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census , its population was 995,567, [ 3 ] making it the sixth-most populous county in Florida .
Since its opening on Aug. 18, 1995, every game in the series has been played in Jacksonville. Georgia and Florida also announced in May the series will stay in Jacksonville through at least 2025.
The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological remains. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first