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The Great Fire of 1901 occurred on the 3rd of May 1901 and consumed 146 city blocks within eight hours. This event left 10,000 residents homeless and remains the largest urban fire in the southeastern United States.
The town was named Jacksonville after Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, and was platted in 1822. The area was originally known to the Seminole people as Wacca Pilatka, meaning Cow Ford.
On the 22nd of May 2010, the first notable retail cryptocurrency transaction involving physical goods occurred in Jacksonville, Florida. Laszlo Hanyecz exchanged 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas delivered from a Papa John's restaurant.
The Consolidated City of Jacksonville covers 900 square miles and is the largest city by total area, land and water, in the contiguous United States. This consolidation occurred on the 1st of October 1968 when city and county governments merged.
The population of Jacksonville, Florida was 949,611 at the official 2020 U.S. census. The Jacksonville metropolitan area contains over 1.76 million residents and is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Florida.
The Friendship Fountain opened in 1965 and was designed by Jacksonville architect Taylor Hardwick in 1963. It reaches a height of 190 feet and was the world's largest and tallest fountain upon its opening.