Kingsley Plantation

Local nameKingsley Plantation
LocationJacksonville, Florida, United States

Kingsley Plantation is the site of a former estate in Jacksonville, Florida, that was named for an early owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there. It is located at the northern tip of Fort George Island at Fort George Inlet, and is part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve managed by the U.S. National Park Service.

The plantation was originally 1,000 acres, most of which has been taken over by forest; the structures and grounds of the park now comprise approximately 60 acres. Evidence of Pre-Columbian Timucua life is on the island, as are the remains of a Spanish mission named San Juan del Puerto. Under British rule in 1765, a plantation was established that cycled through several owners while Florida was transferred back to Spain and then the United States. The longest span of ownership was under Kingsley and his family, a polygamous and multiracial household controlled by and resistant to the issues of race and slavery.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsley_Plantation

Phone +1 904 251 3537

Address 11676 Palmetto Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32226, USA

Coordinates 30°26'21.353" N -81°26'16.619" E

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