Atlantic Beach, Florida

Atlantic Beach is a city located in Duval County, Florida. It became part of Jacksonville, Florida, following Jacksonville's consolidation with Duval County in 1968, along with Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and Baldwin, Florida. Like the other towns, it maintains its own municipal government as well. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 13,368.

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Duval County, Florida - Jacksonville - Florida - Consolidation - 1968 - Jacksonville Beach - Neptune Beach - Baldwin, Florida - 2000

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Atlantic Beach took off around 1900 after Henry Flagler built the Mayport stop of his East Coast Railway to the north of the town. The Atlantic Beach Corporation bought and developed most of the land in what is now Atlantic Beach in 1915, and the town was incorporated in 1926.

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1900 - Henry Flagler - Mayport - East Coast Railway - 1915 - 1926

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