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Duval County
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county in Florida, United States
Duval County is a county located in Florida that includes the city of Jacksonville, the state's largest city by area. It matters as a major population and economic center in northeast Florida with significant cultural and civic importance to the region.
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Encyclopedic overview
Duval County (/djuːˈvɔːl/ 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, making it the sixth-most populous county in Florida. Its county seat is Jacksonville, with which the Duval County government has been consolidated since 1968. Duval County was established in 1822 and is named for William Pope Duval, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834. Duval County is the central county of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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