Jacksonville Beach
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city in Duval County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Duval
- Incorporated as pablo beach
- May 22, 1907
- Type
- Council–Manager
- City
- 21.964 sq mi (56.886 km )
- Land
- 7.316 sq mi (18.948 km )
- Water
- 14.648 sq mi (37.939 km )
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 23,447
- Density
- 3,203.8/sq mi (1,237.01/km )
- Urban
- 1,247,374
- Metro
- 1,713,240
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 32227, 32240, 32250
- Area codes
- 904 and 324
- Fips code
- 12-35050
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Encyclopedic overview
Jacksonville Beach is a coastal resort city in Duval County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,830 at the 2020 census. The city is part of a group of communities collectively referred to as the Jacksonville Beaches on the northern half of San Pablo Island. These communities include 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. As a result, citizens of Jacksonville Beach are also eligible to vote in mayoral election for the City of Jacksonville. It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacksonville Beach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.