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Jacksonville is the most populous city in the state of Florida and the
thirteenth most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of
Duval County.GR6 Since 1968, the city has shared a consolidated government with
the county, making it the largest city in land area in the contiguous United
States. In 2006, the city proper had an estimated population of 834,789 with a
metropolitan population of more than 1.3 million. Jacksonville is the third most
populated city on the East Coast, after New York City and Philadelphia. It is
the central city of the Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jacksonville is located in the First Coast region of northeast Florida. The city
is situated on the banks of the St. Johns River, which flows north and empties
into the Atlantic Ocean about 20 miles east of downtown. The settlement that
became Jacksonville was founded in 1791 as Cowford due to its location at a
narrow point in the river across which cattle were once driven. The city was
renamed in 1822 for Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida
Territory and eventual seventh President of the United States. A bronze
sculpture of Jackson atop a steed stands downtown at the corner of Hogan and
Water Streets.