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Yulee, FL
Yulee is a Census county division (CCD) in Nassau County, Florida, United States. The population is currently 28,798 as of April 2018. Yulee is part of the Jacksonville metropolitan area, which was home to 1,504,980 people in 2017. Today, the Yulee CCD is a residential bedroom community for those who commute to Jacksonville, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, or other locations in Southeast Georgia, but is working to diversify its tax base. Yulee is located within 15 miles of Amelia Island and the Jacksonville International Airport and is home to the Florida State College at Jacksonville's Nassau Center, the White Oak Conservation, two renown golf courses, the Nassau Wildlife Management Area, Robert M. Foster Justice Center, Four Creeks State Forest, the Yulee Branch Library, Nassau County Sheriff's Office Headquarters, and the Florida Welcome Center on Interstate 95. In addition the Yulee CCD is provided regional services by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southeast Georgia
Southeast Georgia is a nineteen-county region located south of the Altamaha River in the U.S. state of Georgia. The 2010 census calculated the region's population to be at 523,905. The largest city in this region is Valdosta and the largest county is Lowndes County. Counties * Camden County - pop. 50,513 * Glynn County - pop. 79,626 * Charlton County - pop. 12,171 * Wayne County - pop. 30,099 * Brantley County - pop. 18,411 * Ware County - pop. 36,312 * Pierce County - pop. 18,758 * Appling County - pop. 18,236 * Bacon County - pop. 11,096 * Clinch County - pop. 6,798 * Echols County - pop. 4,034 * Jeff Davis County - pop. 15,068 * Coffee County - pop. 42,356 * Atkinson County - pop. 8,375 * Lanier County - pop. 10,078 * Lowndes County - pop. 109,233 * Brooks County - pop. 16,243 * Cook County - pop. 17,212 * Berrien County - pop. 19,286 Major cities # Valdosta - pop. 56,457 # St. Marys - pop. 18,567 # Kingsland - pop. 17,949 # Brunswick - pop. 16,256 # Waycro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassauville, Florida
Nassauville is an unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is located on the northern bank of the Nassau River, near its northernmost bend. The Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Nassauville is listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v .... Geography Nassauville is located at (30.56917, -81.51972). References Unincorporated communities in Nassau County, Florida Unincorporated communities in the Jacksonville metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Florida {{NassauCountyFL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Senator
The United States Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives being the Lower house, lower chamber. Together they compose the national Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The Senate is composed of #Membership, senators, each of whom represents a single U.S. state, state in its entirety. Each of the 50 states is equally represented by two senators who serve Classes of United States senators, staggered terms of six years, for a total of 100 senators. The Vice President of the United States, vice president of the United States serves as presiding officer and president of the Senate by Ex officio member, virtue of that office, despite not being a senator, and has a vote only if the Senate is equally divided. In the vice president's absence, the Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Levy Yulee
David Levy Yulee (born David Levy; June 12, 1810 – October 10, 1886) was an American politician and attorney. Born on the island of St. Thomas, then under British control, he was of Sephardic Jewish ancestry: His father was a Sephardi from Morocco, and his mother, also of Sephardi descent, was born in Sint Eustatius and raised in St. Thomas. The family moved to Florida when he was a child, and he grew up there on their extensive lands. He later served as Florida's territorial delegate to Congress. Yulee was the first person of Jewish ancestry to be elected and serve as a United States senator, serving 1845–1851 and again 1855–1861. He founded the Florida Railroad Company and served as president of several other companies, earning the nickname of "Father of Florida Railroads." In 2000 he was recognized as a "Great Floridian" by the state. Levy added Yulee, the name of one of his Moroccan ancestors, to his name soon after his 1846 marriage to Nancy Christian Wickliffe, daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is the independent agency responsible for public transit in the city of Jacksonville, Florida, and roadway infrastructure that connects northeast Florida. However, they do not maintain any roadways. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . History In 1955, the Florida Legislature established the Jacksonville Expressway Authority. Its responsibility was limited to highways, bridges and tolls in Duval County until 1971, when the Jacksonville Transportation Authority was formed by a merger of the Jacksonville Expressway Authority with several private bus companies. Governance The JTA is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors. The mayor of Jacksonville appoints three members who must be confirmed by the Jacksonville City Council; the Florida Governor appoints three members who must be confirmed by the Florida Senate. Each member serves a four-year, unpaid term and can be re-appointed for a second ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 95 In Florida
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main Interstate Highway of Florida's Atlantic Coast. It begins at a partial interchange with U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) just south of downtown Miami, and heads north past Daytona Beach, through Jacksonville, and to the Georgia state line at the St. Marys River near Becker. The route also passes through the cities of Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Titusville. Interstate 95 runs for , making Florida's portion the longest of any state the interstate passes through. The southernmost , from Exit 1 to Exit 87B, is known as the Miami Memorial Metropolitan (MMM) Expressway. The other of which are unsigned as State Road 9A, and the remainder being the unsigned portion of State Road 9. Route description I-95 begins its northward journey at U.S. Route 1 near 32nd Road and the Vizcaya Metrorail Station in southern Miami. It quickly interchanges with the Rickenbacker Causeway via the short unsigned SR 913, and then heads north into downtown. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Welcome Center
A Florida Welcome Center is a "tourist information house", generally located at the Florida state line. These centers provide incoming visitors with a variety of information on travel, highways, sports, climate, accommodations, cities, outdoor recreation, and attractions. Over the years, over 90 million visitors have stopped at the centers. History Florida was one of the first states to establish highway Welcome Centers. The first center opened in November 1949. It was located on U.S. Highway 17 near Yulee. The success of the first welcome center led to additional welcome centers on US 1 (near Hilliard), US 41 (near Jasper), US 231 (north of Marianna), US 90 (west of Pensacola), and U.S. Route 19 in Tallahassee. Locations The Florida Welcome Centers are operated by Visit Florida, the official tourism promotion corporation for the State of Florida. There are five official welcome centers. From west to east, they are I-10 (Pensacola), US 231 ( Campbellton), Capitol (Tallahassee), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a virtual space, or both. A library's collection can include printed materials and other physical resources in many formats such as DVD, CD and cassette as well as access to information, music or other content held on bibliographic databases. A library, which may vary widely in size, may be organized for use and maintained by a public body such as a government; an institution such as a school or museum; a corporation; or a private individual. In addition to providing materials, libraries also provide the services of librarians who are trained and experts at finding, selecting, circulating and organizing information and at interpreting information needs, navigating and analyzing very large amounts of information with a variety of resources. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Creeks State Forest
Four Creeks State Forest is a 13,147-acre protected area in Nassau County, Florida that includes the 13,060-acre Four Creeks State Forest and Wildlife Management Area . The site is located between Callahan and Yulee, Florida along the Duval/Nassau County line. The area is named for the four creeks that traverse the property: Alligator (Mills), Thomas, Boggy and Plummer Creeks, which join to form the headwaters of the Nassau River. See also *List of Florida state forests Florida's state forests are state forests overseen by the Florida Forest Service. There are 35 state forests in Florida covering more than 1,058,000 acres. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is a Florida government agency founded in 1999 and headquartered in Tallahassee. It manages and regulates the state's fish and wildlife resources, and enforces related laws. Officers are managers, researchers, and support personnel, and perform law enforcement in the course of their duties. History In 1998, an amendment to the Florida Constitution approved the establishment of the FWC with a headquarters in Tallahassee, the state capital, on July 1, 1999. It resulted from a merger between three former offices, namely the Marine Fisheries Commission, Division of Marine Resources, the former Florida Marine Patrol, and the Division of Law Enforcement of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and all of the employees and commissioners of the former Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection since then serves as the environmental regulatory agency for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Oak Conservation
White Oak Conservation, which is part of Walter Conservation, is a conservation center in northeastern Florida. It has long been dedicated to the conservation and care of endangered and threatened species, including rhinoceros, okapi, Bongo (antelope), bongo antelope, zebras, dama gazelles, and cheetahs. White Oak partners with wildlife agencies here and abroad. In the United States, White Oak collaborates with federal and state agencies on species recovery and release efforts for Florida panthers, Florida grasshopper sparrows, Mississippi sandhill cranes and whooping cranes. In addition to native species, eighteen endangered and critically endangered species have a safe haven in spacious, natural enclosures at White Oak. Through Walter Conservation, the Walter family conserves rare species and wild places around the world. Efforts include improving the quality of life of individual animals, recovering rare species, restoring ecosystems, and protecting wilderness areas. Thus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
