2014 Fall Newsletter

County Spotlight: DUVAL COUNTY

Duval County, which is located in the North Eastern portion of Florida, was founded on August 12, 1822 and named for William Pope DuVal, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834. The county seat for Duval is Jacksonville. Duval County had been inhabited by the Mocama, a Timucuan speaking group who lived throughout the coastal areas of northern Florida; and then by the Saturiwa which was one of the most powerful tribes in the region. During the 18 th century a European settlement was established by the name of Cowford, and would later be renamed Jacksonville.

Hon. Jim Overton, CFA

Jacksonville is the largest city in the continental US. It was named after Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States. When Duval was first formed it covered an area from the Suwannee River on the west to the Atlantic Ocean on the East. In 1824 Alachua and Nassau counties were created out of parts of Duval. Duval took parts from St. Johns County south and east of the St. Johns River in the 1840’s. Clay County was created from another part of Duval in 1858.

Duval is 918 sq. miles which is broken down into 762 sq. miles of land and 156 sq. miles of water. The topographic nature is coastal plain; however, there are some rolling hills.

On October 1, 1968 the government of Duval was consolidated with the government of the city of Jacksonville. Duval County has other cities: Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Jacksonville Beach and Neptune Beach and they maintain their own municipal governments.

2014 Preliminary Tax Roll At-A Glance

Real Property Parcels

352,643

Tangible Accounts

31,541

Just (Market) Value

$82,381,551,149

Taxable Value

$49,616,435,721

Hon. Jim Overton, CFA first elected in 2003| | Number of Positions: 117| Website: http://www.coj.net/departments/property-appraiser.aspx

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Fall 2014 Newsletter of the FCIAAO