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St. Augustine

Also known as Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Florida, Saint Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine, FL, Saint Augustine, FL, St Augustine, Florida

city in St. Johns County, Florida, United States

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St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the continental United States, located in northeastern Florida. It matters as a significant historical site that preserves early American colonial history and culture.

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Official name: St. Augustine
Population: 14329
Area: 33.058062
Elevation: 152
Official website: www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us
Image: StAugustineC12.png
Households: 5828
Dialing code: 904

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Commons category: St. Augustine, Florida
inception: 1565-00-00
postal code: 32095
water as percent of area: 26.1354
per capita income: 33060
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St. Augustine or Saint Augustine (/ˈɔːɡəstiːn/ 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. Founded in 1565 by Spanish settlers, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in what is now the contiguous United States.

St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. He named the settlement San Agustín, because his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida eleven days earlier on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine. The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years. It became the capital of British East Florida in 1763 and continued as the capital after the 1783 Treaty of Versailles in the Second Spanish Period.