American Beach

Local nameAmerican Beach
LocationNassau, United States

American Beach is a historic beach community in northeastern Florida popular with American vacationers. It is located north of Jacksonville on Amelia Island in Nassau County. During the time of segregation and the Jim Crow era, African Americans were not allowed to swim at most beaches in Jacksonville, and several black-only areas were created. American Beach was the largest and most popular, and was a community established by Abraham Lincoln Lewis, Florida's first black millionaire and president of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company. It contains American Beach Historic District, a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beach,_Florida

Coordinates 30°34'29.857" N -81°26'38.324" E

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