Place:St. Johns, Florida, United States

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Place Information
Name
St. Johns
Alternate names
Saint Johns     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Saint Johns county     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
St. Johns     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
29.883°N 81.417°W
Located in
Florida, United States     (1821 - )
See also
Flagler, Florida, United States     (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Putnam, Florida, United States     (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Contained Places

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Census-designated place
Fruit Cove
Palm Valley
Sawgrass
St. Augustine Shores
St. Augustine South
Villano Beach
Deserted settlement
Nombre de Dios
Pocotalaco
San Diego Salamototo
San Nicolas Tolentino ( 1650 - 1900 )
Inhabited place
Araquey
Armstrong
Bakersville
Bass Haven
Butler Beach
Byrd
Casa Cola
Cedar Landing
College Park
Coquina Gables
Crescent Beach
Davis Shores
Dupont Center
Elkton
Elwood
Florence
Fort Matanzas
Fort Peyton
Gopher Ridge
Hastings
Hilden
Lane Landing
Marineland
Meldrim Park
Mickler Landing
Molasses Junction
Moultrie
Orangedale
Palm Valley Landing
Palmo
Picolata
Pine Bluff
Ponte Vedra Beach
Riverdale
Sampson
San Buenaventura
Saybrook
South Ponte Vedra Beach
Spuds
St. Augustine Beach
St. Augustine ( 1565 - )
Summer Haven
Switzerland
Tocoi Junction
Tocoi
Twentymile
Usina Beach
Vermont Heights
Vilano Beach
Wesley Manor Retirement Village
Woodlawn
Yelvington
Unknown
Key West
Watching Page
Moultriecreek

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

St. Johns County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of the 2000 census, the population was 123,135. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 161,521 [1]. The county seat is St. Augustine. It is one of the highest-income counties in the United States.

St. Johns County is part of the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan area.

Contents

History

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

St. Johns County was created in 1821. It was named for St. John the Baptist. St. Johns County and Escambia County were Florida's original two counties with the Suwannee River being the boundary between the two.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1821 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1821 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1821 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1823 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1844 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1830 2,538
1840 2,694
1850 2,525
1860 3,038
1870 2,618
1880 4,535
1890 8,712
1900 9,165
1910 13,208
1920 13,061
1930 18,676
1940 20,012
1950 24,998
1960 30,034
1970 30,727
1980 51,303
1990 83,829

Research Resources

NOTE: See also St. Augustine

Governmental Resources

The main county administration center is located north of St. Augustine just off U.S. 1 on Lewis Speedway (see |map). Below are links to several useful county agencies and activities.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at St. Johns County, Florida. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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