Jacksonville History - On June 15, 1822 a group of citizens decided to petition Congress to make Cowford city a port of entry. It was later named Jacksonville. In the early 1820’s the first lay out of the town was made by the city founder Isaiah D. Hart who decided to lay out a town for the small river crossing. It was in 1845 that Florida became a state. In the 1880’s Jacksonville was called the “Winter City in a Summer Land”. It had plenty of visitors to the area, especially in the winter months.
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