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St. Johns County, Florida

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
55historic places
—earliest paper
1821formed
273,425pop. 2020
11cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 55 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 6 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, Ponte Vedra Beach.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse St. Johns titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

32 of 55 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

55 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abbott Tract Historic District (Additional Documentation)St. AugustineDistrict1983
Alcazar HotelSt. AugustineBuilding1971
Avero HouseSt. AugustineBuilding1972
Bridge of LionsSt. AugustineStructure1982
Castillo de San Marcos National MonumentSt. AugustineDistrict1966
Cathedral of St. Augustine NHLSt. AugustineBuilding1970
City of St. Augustine Miniature Golf CourseSt. AugustineSite2014
Constitution ObeliskSt. AugustineBuilding2012
Father Francisco Lopez StatueSaint AugustineObject2012
Fish Island SiteSt. AugustineSite1972
Fort Matanzas NM Headquarters and Visitor CenterSt. AugustineBuilding2008
Fort Matanzas National MonumentSt. AugustineDistrict1966
Fort Mose Site, Second NHLSt. AugustineSite1994
Fountain of Youth Archeological ParkSt. AugustineDistrict2016
Fullerwood Park Residential Historic DistrictSaint AugustineDistrict2010
Gonzalez-Alvarez House NHLSt. AugustineBuilding1970
Government HouseSt. AugustineBuilding2014
Grace United Methodist ChurchSt. AugustineBuilding1979
Hastings High SchoolHastingsBuilding2006
Henry S. O'Brien EstateSt. AugustineBuilding2024
Hotel Ponce De Leon NHLSt. AugustineBuilding1975
Lincolnville Historic DistrictSt. AugustineDistrict1991
Lindsley HouseSt. AugustineBuilding1971
Llambias House NHLSt. AugustineBuilding1970
Lodge and HutSummer HavenBuilding2024
Lopez, Xavier, HouseSt. AugustineBuilding1993
MarklandSt. AugustineBuilding1978
Menendez Encampment SiteSt. AugustineSite2016
Milam, Arthur, HousePonte Vedra BeachBuilding2016
Model Land Company Historic DistrictSt. AugustineDistrict1983
Moultrie ChurchSt. AugustineBuilding2014
Nelmar Terrace Historic DistrictSt. AugustineDistrict2011
North City Historic DistrictSaint AugustineDistrict2009
O'Reilly HouseSt. AugustineBuilding1974
Old St. Johns County JailSt. AugustineBuilding1987
Record BuildingSt. AugustineBuilding2006
Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez HouseSt. AugustineBuilding1971
Sanchez HomesteadElktonBuilding2001
Sanchez Powder House SiteSt. AugustineSite1972
Shell Bluff Landing (8SJ32)Ponte Vedra BeachSite1991
Solla-Carcaba Cigar FactorySt. AugustineBuilding1993
Spanish Coquina QuarriesSt. Augustine BeachSite1972
St. Augustine Alligator Farm Historic DistrictSt. AugustineDistrict1992
St. Augustine Beach Hotel and BeachfrontSt. Augustine BeachDistrict2022
St. Augustine Civic CenterSt. AugustineBuilding2005
St. Augustine Lighthouse and Keeper's QuartersSt. AugustineStructure1981
St. Augustine National CemeterySt. AugustineDistrict2016
St. Augustine Public Burying GroundSt. AugustineSite2021
St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District NHLSt. AugustineDistrict1970
St. Augustine Water WorksSt. AugustineBuilding2014
Stanbury CottageSt. AugustineBuilding2008
Storm WreckSt. AugustineSite2017
Villa ZoraydaSt. AugustineBuilding1993
Walker, Horace, HouseSt. AugustineBuilding1998
Ximenez-Fatio HouseSt. AugustineBuilding1973

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Johns was formed in 1821 (1821-07-21) from who had been appointed by President Monroe on 10 Mar 1821 to exercise authority over Florida until the establishment of the territorial government.

ST. JOHNS created from non-county area by decree of Provisional Governor Andrew Jackson, who had been appointed by President Monroe on 10 Mar 1821 to exercise authority over Florida until the establishment of the territorial government.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. Johns County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

273k138k2,52518301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,5382,6943,0384,5359,16513,06120,01224,99830,03451,303123,135273,425

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Castillo De San Marcos National MonumentPark unit8.5 km
Fort Matanzas National MonumentPark unit23.4 km
Fort Caroline National MemorialPark unit55.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed
NameLatLon
Bakersville Cemetery29.91607-81.52626
Barnes Memorial Cemetery29.8268-81.3241
Evergreen Cemetery29.89332-81.33766
Mount Pleasant Cemetery29.92968-81.34396
Pellicer Creek Cemetery29.65302-81.31979
Resthaven Cemetery and Memorial Park29.71274-81.50257
Saint Augustine Memorial Park29.89608-81.31646
Saint Augustine National Cemetery29.88605-81.30963
Sampson Cemetery30.05202-81.50884
San Lorenzo Cemetery29.87219-81.32424
Woodlawn Cemetery29.89663-81.33785
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Julia30.04258-81.58133
Nombre de Dios29.90025-81.31646
Pocotalaco29.91691-81.54981
San Buenaventura29.70025-81.46646
San Diego Salamototo30.05024-81.63315
San Nicolas Tolentino29.85025-81.5498

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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