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HISTORY
CLOSEST FREEWAYS: I-10 & I-95
APPROXIMATE POPULATION: 693,630
Arriving here in 1564, French Huguenots built Fort Caroline
above the Saint Johns River. Just one year later the Spanish
troops from Saint Augustine took exception to this and destroyed
the fort. The English took over in the late 1700s but no white
settlement took place until Americans arrived in 1816.
Named after Andrew Jackson, the city became an important port
for cotton, fruit, and timber. During the Civil War the Union
was determined to control such an important shipping port, so
Jacksonville was occupied four times, with much of the city left
in ruins at the end of the war.
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CLOSEST FREEWAYS: I-10 & I-95 APPROXIMATE POPULATION: 693,630 Arriving here in 1564, French Huguenots built Fort Caroline above the Saint Johns River. Just one year later the Spanish troops from Saint Augustine took exception to this and destroyed the fort. The English took over in the late 1700s but no white settlement took place until Americans arrived in 1816. Named after Andrew Jackson, the city became an important port for cotton, fruit, and timber. During the Civil War the Union was determined to control such an important shipping port, so Jacksonville was occupied four times, with much of the city left in ruins at the end of the war. |