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St. Augustine Community Information

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Utilities

• Electricity FPL 1-800-226-3545   www.fpl.com
• Water       904-825-1037  www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us
• Telephone  AT&T  Residential  1-800-288-2020
• Business  1-866-620-6000  www.att.com

Automotive Information

• Driver license/ Tags/Registration 904-209-2250

Government

• St Johns County  www.sjcfl.us

• Administration Building 904-209-0655

• Animal Control 904-209-0746

• Clerk of Courts 904-819-3600

• Commissioners Offices 904-209-0300

• Courthouse Information 904-209-0655

• Health Department 904-825-5055

• Property Assessor 904-827-5500

• Sheriff�s Office 904-824-8304

• Hospital Flagler Hospital 904-819-5155 www.flaglerhospital.org

Tourist Information

• Lightner Museum

• Potters Wax Museum

• Sightseeing Train Tours

• Old Town Trolley Tours

• The Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse

• Fiesta Falls Miniature Golf

• World Golf Village

• World Golf Hall of Fame & Imax Theater

• Ripley�s Believe it or Not Museum

• Ghost tour of St Augustine

• The St Augustine Lighthouse & Museum

• Fountain of Youth

• Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum

• Old Florida Museum

• Authentic Old Jail

• San Sebastian Winery

• Scenic Cruise Victory III

 Brief History

St Augustine is the oldest, continuously occupied European settlement in the continental US. The original occupants were Native Americans, including the Timucuans. In 1513, Ponce De Leon saw Florida near the mouth of the St Johns River. The flowers in full bloom prompted the name La Florida (the flowering). In 1562, Spain sent an expedition to route a French Huguenot settlement. The expedition, led by Pedro Menendez de Aviles, succeeded and moved down the coast. Menendez left a small force in the natural harbor of St Augustine. On September 8,1565, Menendez officially claimed Florida in the name of Spain. St Augustine continued as the center of Spanish control. In 1586, the English sailor Sir Francis Drake attacked and burned St Augustine, but the Spanish rebuilt it. During the 16^th,17^th, and 18^th centuries, St Augustine suffered repeated attacks, but the Spanish maintained control. Under the Treaty of Paris, England acquired Florida as one of the prizes of the French & Indian War. In 1783, England returned Florida to Spain, but the US succeeded in negotiating for full control of the peninsula, and it became a territory of the young nation in 1821. In 1845, Florida became part of the United States. Near the end of the 19^th century, St Augustine began to be transformed into a place to visit. Oil Magnate Henry M Flagler saw the city�s potential and purchased a railroad to bring passengers from New York to St Augustine. He built two grand hotels, to attract the rich and famous.

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