A history of Jacksonville Beach,
since 1831
Postcards, papers and photographs of Jacksonville Beach from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗It was incorporated on May 22, 1907, as Pablo Beach, and changed to Jacksonville Beach in 1925.
The area around present-day Jacksonville Beach was first settled by Spanish settlers. Spanish missions were established from Mayport to St. Augustine. Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain by treaty in 1763, only to have Spain regain it again, and then a final time in 1821 to the United States. American river pilots and fishermen came to Hazard, present-day Mayport, and established a port.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Jacksonville Beach’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBooth's Ocean Front Cabanas, 1411…, 1937: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Jacksonville Beach
See all 3 →Jacksonville Beach, decade by decade
CommonsConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delawar…1940
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CommonsConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delawar…1940
CommonsConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delawar…1940
CommonsConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delawar…1940
CommonsConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delawar…1940
CommonsConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delawar…1940
CommonsConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delawar…1940
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CommonsRosemary Carpenter posing with a handful of sea-oats on19481990s
2 historic places in Jacksonville Beach
2 places in Jacksonville Beach are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Booth's Ocean Front Cabanas, 1411 North First Street (NBY 10495) (1937) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.