Augustine.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, Neptune Beach has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km 2), of which 2.3 square miles (6.0 km 2) is land and 4.5 square miles (11.7 km 2) (65.96%) is water. Johns) and extends from Naval Station Mayport at its northern tip to Vilano Beach in the south, across from St.
Neptune Beach is one of several towns on San Pablo Island, which stretches through two counties ( Duval and St. McCollum, and the government met in Wheeler's old train station until a new town hall was completed in 1935. The comparatively few residents of the area were largely cut off from Jacksonville Beach city services such as police, fire, garbage collection, and road developments, though they paid taxes in equal share. Neptune seceded from Jacksonville Beach and incorporated as its own municipality in 1931, following a tax revolt. A friend who worked for the railroad informed Wheeler that if he had a station, the train would have to stop for him, so Wheeler built his own train station near his home and named it Neptune.
Wheeler had a home at what is now One Ocean Hotel (now in Atlantic Beach), and had to walk all the way home from Mayport each evening after taking the Florida East Coast Railway train home from work in Jacksonville. The name "Neptune Beach" originated in 1922 with Dan G. Through its development, the part of Jacksonville Beach north of 20th Avenue North was sparsely populated, with a brick road (First Street) connecting the more populated southern area with Atlantic Beach. Neptune Beach was originally part of Jacksonville Beach.
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