Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Video Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida

Prior to 20th century

• 1564 - French Fort Caroline established by René Goulaine de Laudonnière.
• 1565 - Spanish forces take Fort Caroline.
• 1822
  • Settlement named "Jacksonville" to honor Andrew Jackson.
  • Town grid laid out.
  • Jacksonville becomes seat of newly formed Duval County.
• 1832
  • Town incorporated.
  • William J. Mills becomes mayor.
• 1838 - Bethel Baptist Church established.
• 1845 - Florida becomes part of the United States.
• 1846 - October 12: Gale.
• 1857 - City Park created.
• 1858 - Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad begins operating.
• 1862 - Town occupied by Union forces.
• 1869 - St. James Hotel built.
• 1871 - Furchgott, Benedict & Co. dry goods store in business.
• 1872 - Cookman Institute established.
• 1873 - Florida Circulating Library active.
• 1875 - Windsor Hotel built.
• 1876
  • Duval High School established.
  • Union Congregational Church built.
• 1877 - Board of Health established.
• 1878 - Library and Literary Association formed.
• 1881 - Florida Daily Times begins publication.
• 1882
  • Synagogue dedicated.
  • Florida Baptist Academy established.
• 1884 - Board of Trade organized.
• 1885 - Park Opera House in business.
• 1886 - Boylan Industrial Home and school established.
• 1887
  • Yellow fever epidemic.
  • The Metropolis newspaper begins publication.
  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church built.
• 1888 - Subtropical Exposition held.
• 1890 - Population: 17,201.
• 1892 - Edward Waters College active.
• 1893 - Streetcars began operating.
• 1897 - Woman's Club founded.
• 1900 - "Lift Every Voice and Sing" song first performed.

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20th century

1900s-1950s

• 1901
  • May 3: Great Fire of 1901.
  • Brewster Hospital established.
  • Continental Hotel opens.
• 1903
  • Mason Park opens.
  • Florida Automobile Association organized.
• 1904
  • Lincoln Park opens.
  • First Baptist Church built.
• 1905
  • Jacksonville Free Public Library opens.
  • Protestant Union Revival held.
• 1907
  • Manhattan Beach opens.
  • Dixieland Amusement Park opens in South Jacksonville.
  • South Jacksonville chartered as a city.
• 1908 - Filmmaker Kalem Studios active.
• 1909 - YMCA building constructed.
• 1910
  • Atlantic Boulevard laid out.
  • Population: 57,699.
• 1912
  • St. James Building constructed.
  • City Rotary Club formed.
• 1914 - Jacksonville Zoological Park established.
• 1917
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Jacksonville chapter established.
  • John W. Martin becomes mayor.
• 1920 - Population: 91,558.
• 1921 - St. Johns River Bridge opens.
• 1923 - John T. Alsop becomes mayor.
• 1925
  • Negro Welfare League organized.
  • WJAX radio begins broadcasting.
• 1926 - Carling Hotel opens.
• 1927 - Florida Theatre and 5 Points Theatre built.
• 1928 - Gator Bowl Stadium built.
• 1929 - Jacksonville Historical Society founded.
• 1930 - Population: 129,549.
• 1934
  • Jacksonville Junior College established.
  • WMBR radio begins broadcasting.
• 1938
  • WJHP radio begins broadcasting.
  • Theatre Jacksonville built.
• 1940
  • U.S. military Naval Air Station Jacksonville commissioned.
  • Population: 173,065.
• 1946 - Annual Gator Bowl college football game begins.
• 1947
  • Jacksonville Urban League formed.
  • Hanna Park created.
• 1949
  • WJXT (television) begins broadcasting.
  • W. Haydon Burns becomes mayor.
• 1950 - Population: 204,517.
• 1953 - Mathews Bridge opens.
• 1955 - Jacksonville Expressway Authority established.
• 1957 - WFGA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.

1960s-1990s

• 1960
  • August: "Ax Handle Saturday" racial unrest.
  • Population: 201,030.
• 1962 - Civic Auditorium opens.
• 1963 - December- Hotel Roosevelt fire
• 1964 - Hurricane Dora occurs.
• 1967
  • Hart Bridge opens.
  • "Mary Singleton and Sallye Mathis became the first female African Americans elected to the City Council."
• 1968
  • Consolidation of city and Duval County governments.
  • Hans Tanzler becomes mayor.
• 1970 - Population: 528,865.
• 1973 - Florida Municipal Home Rule Powers Act ratified.
• 1979 - Jake Godbold becomes mayor.
• 1980
  • Foreign trade zone established.
  • Population: 540,920.
• 1984 - Jacksonville Bulls football team formed.
• 1989 - The Jacksonville Skyway begins operating
• 1990 - Population: 635,230.
• 1993 - Corrine Brown becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district.
• 1995
  • Jacksonville Jaguars football team formed.
  • Jacksonville Municipal Stadium opens.
  • John Delaney becomes mayor.
• 1998 - City website online (approximate date).
• 2000
  • "Better Jacksonville Plan" for urban growth approved.
  • Population: 735,617.

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21st century

• 2001 - Ander Crenshaw becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 4th congressional district.
• 2003 - May 13: Jacksonville mayoral election, 2003 held; John Peyton wins.
• 2010 - Population: 821,784.
• 2011 - March 22: Jacksonville mayoral election, 2011 held; Alvin Brown wins. He was the city's first elected African-American mayor.
• 2013 - Corrine Brown becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district again.
• 2015 - Lenny Curry becomes mayor.

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See also

• History of Jacksonville, Florida
• List of mayors of Jacksonville, Florida
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Duval County, Florida
• Timelines of other cities in the North Florida area of Florida: Gainesville, Pensacola, Tallahassee

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Notes

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References

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Bibliography

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External links

• "Florida Collection". Special Collections. Jacksonville Public Library. 
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Jacksonville, Florida, various dates

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