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St. Augustine (/ ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; Spanish: San Agustín [san aɣusˈtin]) is a city in and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States.Located 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Jacksonville, the city is on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.
The city is the eastern terminus of the Old Spanish Trail, a promotional effort of the 1920s linking St. Augustine to San Diego, California, with 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of roadways. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] From 1918 to 1968, St. Augustine was the home of the Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, serving African American students.
The establishment was a fixture in St. Augustine until her death in 1875. The Fatio House is a setting in Constance Fenimore Woolson's fictional story about visitors to St. Augustine. Titled "The Ancient City," it was published in two parts by Harper's New Monthly Magazine in 1874 and 1875. [20]
Augustine, Florida (1565) Founded on Sept. 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in ...
St. Augustine, Florida. 1565 A.D. Florida’s St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the nation, founded by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ...
Oldest continuously inhabited French established settlement in the United States. 1634: St. Mary's City: Maryland: United States 1634: Trois-Rivières: Quebec: Canada 1634: Willemstad: Curaçao: Netherlands: Oldest continuously inhabited Dutch established settlement in the Caribbean. 1635: Concord: Massachusetts: United States 1635: Dedham ...