The New Student's Reference Work/Jacksonville (Florida)

Jacksonville, a notable winter health-resort in northeastern Florida, the county seat of Duval County and the principal business town in the state, is on the St. John's River, 23 miles from its mouth. Five railroads meet there. In a direct line it lies within 15 miles west of the Atlantic, where are the coast-resorts of Mayport and Pablo Beach. Thirty miles northeast is Fernandina, and forty miles southeast is St. Augustine. The streets of Jacksonville are wide and well-shaded; there are numerous hotels, chiefly for the accommodation of invalids and winter visitors. The city has a large coast-trade, besides an active river trade. The chief exports are lumber, cotton, moss, oranges, marmalade and early vegetables. Population 57,699.