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- Jacksonville - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
The city of Jacksonville has grown prosperous as a shipping, commercial, banking, and industrial center. Jacksonville, in northeastern Florida, is located on a bend of the St. Johns River, 22 miles (35 kilometers) from the Atlantic Ocean. A dredged channel in the river is 38 feet (12 meters) deep. The city’s banks finance developments in the state and on islands in the Caribbean Sea. Its industries draw raw materials from the area’s farms and orchards, pine forests, and minerals. The business district lies close to the north bank of the St. Johns.