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Memorial Park Jacksonville is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, and eleventh most populous in the United States. Originally called Wacca Pilatka by the Seminole and Cowford by the British, the city takes its present name from Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States. In 1968, Jacksonville consolidated with Duval County, creating the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. Most of its metropolitan population is within the city limits; with an estimated population of 827,908. The entire metropolitan area had a population of 1,345,596 in 2010. Residents of Jacksonville are referred to as "Jacksonvillians" or "Jaxsons". The city is in Northeast Florida, centered on the banks of the St. Johns River, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Georgia state line and about 340 miles (547 km) north of Miami. It is a major military and civilian deep-water port, housing two U.S. Navy bases and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport. Significant sectors of the local economy include services such as banking, insurance, healthcare, logistics, and tourism Template:/box-footer Show new selections edit  Featured article Kingsley Plantation is the site of a preserved estate in Jacksonville, Florida. Named for an early owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there. It is located at the northern tip of Fort George Island at Fort George Inlet, and is part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The plantation was originally 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), most of which has been taken over by forest; the structures and grounds of the park now comprise approximately 60 acres (242,811.385 m2). Evidence of Pre-Columbian Timucua life is on the island, as are the remains of a Spanish mission named San Juan del Puerto. Under British rule in 1765, a plantation was established that cycled through several owners while Florida was transferred back to Spain and then the United States. The longest span of ownership was under Kingsley and his family, a polygamous and multiracial household controlled by and resistant to the issues of race and slavery. edit  Featured picture 400px Photo credit: Theodor de Bry Depiction of Fort Caroline, illustrated by Theodor de Bry. edit  Selected quotation “ We, the undersigned, respectfully request the Duval County Delegation to the Florida Legislature to prepare an enabling act calling for the citizens of Duval County to vote on the consolidation of government within Duval to secure more efficient and effective government under one governmental body. ” Claude Yates, 'Yates Manifesto' (1965) edit  Featured biography Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, actor, and writer. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. His hit songs were cover versions of black R&B artists' hit songs, when parts of the country were racially segregated and black musical artists were not played on white radio stations. He sold over 45 million albums, had 38 Top 40 hits and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood movies. Boone's talent as a singer and actor, combined with his old-fashioned values, contributed to his popularity in the early rock and roll era. According to Billboard, Boone was the second biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley but ahead of Ricky Nelson and The Platters, and was ranked at No. 9—behind The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney but ahead of artists such as Aretha Franklin and The Beach Boys—in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995. Boone still holds the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week. Old City of Jacksonville Eastside Murray Hill New Town Ortega Panama Park Riverside and Avondale San Marco Springfield St. Nicholas Downtown Brooklyn LaVilla Northbank Southbank Sports Complex Divsions Arlington Northside Southside Westside Suburbs Bayard Lake Shore Mandarin Oakleaf Plantation Sandalwood Beaches Atlantic Beach† Jacksonville Beach† Mayport Neptune Beach† † sui generis - not in the City of Jacksonville More about Jacksonville Neighborhoods Jacksonville items from Wikinews April 14: Zimmerman stands before judge for the Trayvon Martin shooting November 25: Wikinews interviews Darcy Richardson, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama September 20: Leonard Skinner, namesake of rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies at age 77 April 14: Physicist John Wheeler dies at age 96 January 13: New England Patriots go 17-0Template:/box-footer Art Walk One Spark Crowdfunding Festival Blessing of the Fleet Springing the Blues Florida United States New Spain New France British Empire You are invited to participate in WikiProject Jacksonville, a project dedicated to developing and improving articles about the Greater Jacksonville area. 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