The city of Jacksonville is the most populated in Florida and is the biggest city by area in the conterminous United States as of 2020. It is the chair of Duval County, with which the city administration incorporated in 1968; Jacksonville is the home of Jacksonville State University. It has a mayor and committee form of administration. Jacksonville State University Jacksonville arose on the site of a Native American settlement. In its early days, the town was known as Drayton and then as Madison. Nicknamed the First Coast by Jax and others, Jacksonville is Florida’s most incredible city—and, at 875 square miles, the most populous city by area in the continental United States. Friendship Fountain on the Southbank Riverwalk is one of the city’s most recognizable monuments. Jacksonville is the biggest city in the Florida state of the U.S. Jacksonville’s community in 2021 is predicted to be 934,477; the city has a whole area of 874.3 square miles (2,264 sq km), making Jacksonville the largest city in land area in the contiguous United States. Jacksonville appeared at No. 51 on the list of most costly cities, with medium monthly expenses of $1,677, just some dollars more a month than Plano, Texas, and cheaper than Colorado Springs and Columbus, Ohio. Those monthly percentages break down as follows: Rent for a one-bedroom apartment.