Arlington Boundaries
The Greater Arlington area is a large region of Jacksonville, east of Downtown, which includes the Arlington and Fort Caroline areas, both having numerous smaller neighborhoods within them. Arlington being bounded on the West and North by the St. Johns River, on the East by the Southside Connector and it’s extension to Dames Point, and on the South by Atlantic Blvd. Fort Caroline being bounded on the west by the Southside Connector and it’s extension to Dames Point, on the North by the St. Johns River, on the east by Mt. Pleasant Creek/Mt. Pleasant Rd/McCormick Rd/Kernan Blvd and on the South by Atlantic Blvd.
Area History
One of the first areas in the United States settled by Europeans in the 1500’s; Arlington was the site of the French Fort Caroline in 1564 and is still home to the Fort Caroline National Memorial. After the destruction of Fort Caroline, the area was only sparsely inhabited until the 19th century, when sawmills and plantations were established along the St. Johns River. There was some residential development in the early 20th century but the area saw the first significant increase in development in the 1950s after the completion of the Matthew Bridge connecting Arlington to Downtown Jacksonville.
Arlington Housing Stock
Homes in the Arlington area can start as low as townhomes for $15,000 and as high as riverfront estates for $1.5 million but a single-family suburban home typically falls in a range of $150,000 - $250,000. You can find new construction homes, a handful of older houses pre-dating 1940, and everything in-between, but the majority of the housing stock is predominately mid-century homes built in the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s.