Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is an unincorporated suburb west of

Orange Park, Florida Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, United States. As a suburb of Jacksonville in neighboring Duval County, it is formally a part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,089 at the 2020 cen ...

and

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 14,482 at the 2020 census, up from 13,343 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is located in northeastern Clay County at (30.177189, -81.741776), just south of the Ortega River and east of Crosby Sanctuary, along the border with Duval County (the city of

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). To the east and partially to the south is the town of Orange Park. Also to the south, beyond Kingsley Avenue ( State Road 224) is the CDP of Lakeside. Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is the home of the

Orange Park Mall Orange Park Mall is a shopping mall located in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, an unincorporated suburban area just west of Orange Park, Florida, United States. It features Dillard's, JCPenney, Belk, Dick's Sporting Goods, and AMC Theatres as an ...

. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.48%, is water.

Neighborhoods

The Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace CDP consists of over a dozen neighborhoods, including: * Bellair - a large subdivision directly south of Meadowbrook. It mostly consists of single-family housing developments east of Blanding Boulevard. Bellair West is the subdivision on the west side of Blanding. * Cedar Bend * Grove Park / Grove Park Village * Holly Cove * Loch Rane / Loch Rane Estates * Meadowbrook - short for Meadowbrook Terrace or North Meadowbrook Terrace, is a large collection of subdivisions to the northwest on Blanding Boulevard and Wells Road. * Wellington Place * Wells Lake - Wells Lake is a small lake area just South of Wells Road and West of the Orange Park city limits, it consists of low-rise luxury apartments. * Wells Ridge / Woodside - Wells Ridge is a complex of townhomes and condominiums on the north side of Wells Road and Debarry Avenue. Further up the road going northeast is Woodside, a subdivision of single-family homes. Residents of this area often will say they live in Orange Park, although they are outside the town limits.

Notable people

Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd (, ) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The group originally formed as My Backyard and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom ...

vocalist

Ronnie Van Zant Ronald Wayne Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was an American singer, best known as the founding lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of Johnny Van Zant, the cu ...

was buried at Jacksonville Memorial Gardens (adjacent to the Orange Park Mall) in 1977, but his remains were relocated to an undisclosed location after vandals broke into his tomb and that of bandmate

Steve Gaines Steven Earl Gaines (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claime ...

on June 29, 2000. Van Zant's casket was pulled out and spilled on the ground. The bag containing Gaines' ashes was torn open and some spilled onto the grass. Their mausoleums remain as memorials for fans to visit.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 13,343 people, a 19.3% decrease from 2010. There were 5,296 households, and 3,460 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 6,805 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 70.9%

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, 17.9%

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, 0.5% Native American, 3.66% Asian, 0.2%

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, 4.3% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 12.9% of the population. There were 6,447 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were

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living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.98. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,426, and the median income for a family was $47,926. Males had a median income of $32,936 versus $23,117 for females. The

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for the CDP was $21,095. About 5.9% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the

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, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 1.1% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Major Highways

* : Blanding Boulevard * : Kingsley Avenue Blanding Boulevard is the major arterial roadway through Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace. It connects the area to the city of

to the north and to Lakeside to the south. On the southern tip, Blanding Boulevard connects to Kingsley Avenue going East towards Orange Park.

Clay Community Transportation

Clay Community Transportation (CCT) is a county-wide shuttle service operated by the

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 ...

(JTA). It runs 2 lines and 4 stops in the area.

Lines

* Clay Blue Line: Connects to

NAS Jacksonville Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jacksonville) is a large naval air station located approximately south of the central business district of Jacksonville, Florida, United States., effective 2007-10-25 Location NAS Jacksonville is located i ...

, Orange Park, Lakeside, Fleming Island and

Green Cove Springs Green Cove Springs is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Florida, United States. Green Cove Springs is a part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,786 at the 2020 census, up from 6,908 at ...

. * Clay Red Line: Connects to Orange Park, Lakeside, and Middleburg.

Stops

* Orange Park Mall * Orange Park Medical Center

References

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