TIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville ever

MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.com · 2 years ago

TIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville ever

FapFlop@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

BORTLES!

lemillionsocks@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Jacksonville used to be an entire county containing the city of jacksonville and due to various reasons they kinda incorporated the entire metro area/county into one city.

TIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville ever

TIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville ever

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