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The Fairfield area of Jacksonville, Florida is a historic neighborhood next to the East Jacksonville area. Fairfield is a community that is been home to heavy industry and recreation since its establishment in the 1860s. In continuance with its roots, the economic tools that gave the community life at its origin have continued to help the area grow such as the residence whom used to live there.

Summary
Fairfield's beginnings came in the late 1860’s when New Yorker Jacob S. Parker acquired over 150 acres along the St. Johns River. In 1880, the community was founded as a town and Parker was elected as the first mayor. In 1887, with a population of 543 residents, the City of Fairfield was moved into Jacksonville. Now with a population of 1.13k people, it has become the 135 most populous neighborhood out of the 195 in Jacksonville.

History
The Great Fire of 1901 changed Jacksonville In the decade following its destruction. The the city’s rebuilding effort, with both the Seaboard Air Line (SAL) and the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) railroads opening lumber terminals along Fairfield’s riverfront. Those events led as one of the first entertainment districts in Jacksonville, the Fairfield area of Jacksonville tied together with the Talleyrand area hosted one of the first state fairs in Florida. The success of that fair led to a colonization of the area and a boom in real estate in its beginnings. in continuance through the latter half of the 19th century, Fairfield largely remained a residential community. Public investments in the rapidly growing neighborhood included the opening of Fairfield Park in 1909 and Fairfield public school in 1910. In addition, Fairfield gave birth to a new Jacksonville industry, attracting New York-based Kalem Studios to become the first company to open a permanent film studio at the old Roseland Hotel in 1908. By 1916, Jacksonville had grown to become the silent film industry’s winter filming capital of the world, launching the careers of actors like Oliver Hardy and studios like Metro (the “Metro” in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM).

The Fairfield area played a role in the desegregation of Jacksonville. With a new emergence of blacks on the political scene the framework of the old racial system was being deteriorated. The black suburbs of Fairfield were merged into Jacksonville thus increasing the black vote over the white voters. The new majority of 364 registered black voters led to there being less color disadvantages in many aspects of their life.

Features
The Great Fire of 1901 changed Jacksonville In the decade following its destruction. The the city’s rebuilding effort, with both the Seaboard Air Line (SAL) and the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) railroads opening lumber terminals along Fairfield’s riverfront
 * EverBank Field
 * Crowley Maritime
 * Matthews Bridge
 * Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant
 * Fairfield Public School
 * The Great Fire of 1901