Jacksonville Beach is a city on the Atlantic coast of Duval County, east of Jacksonville, Florida, US. It is part of the Jacksonville Beaches community, together with Mayport, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, and Ponte Vedra Beach. When the city of Jacksonville consolidated with Duval County in 1968, Jacksonville Beach, together with Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, and Baldwin, voted to retain their own municipal governments. The population was 21,362 at the 2010 census. Like most of northeast Florida, the Jacksonville Beach area was originally inhabited by the Timucua peoples. Though the... Jacksonville Beaches region was one of the first parts of what is now the continental United States to see settlement during the period of European colonization, the area of Jacksonville Beach itself was not settled until the 19th century. In the late 19th century, developers began to see the potential in Duval County's oceanfront as a resort. In 1883 a group of investors formed the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad with the intention of developing a resort community that would be connected to Jacksonville by rail.
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| County: | Duval County |
| State: | Florida |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 22,051 |
| Area: | 22 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Duval County / Jacksonville Beach city |