Neptune Beach, Florida | |
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City of Neptune Beach | |
![]() Images from top, left to right: Sunrise at the beach, City Hall, Beaches Town Center, Jaguar statue in the Beaches Town Center, Duncan U. Fletcher High School | |
![]() Location in Duval County and the state of Florida | |
Coordinates: 30°19′00″N 81°24′11″W / 30.31667°N 81.40306°W | |
Country | United States of America |
State | Florida |
County | Duval |
Incorporated | August 11, 1931[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Council–Manager |
• Mayor | Elaine Brown |
• Vice Mayor | Kerry Chin |
• Councilors | Lauren Key, Josh Messinger, and Nia Livingston |
• City Manager | Richard Pike |
• City Clerk | Catherine Ponson |
Area | |
• Total | 6.85 sq mi (17.74 km2) |
• Land | 2.34 sq mi (6.05 km2) |
• Water | 4.51 sq mi (11.69 km2) |
Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,217 |
• Density | 3,088.15/sq mi (1,192.29/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 32266 |
Area code(s) | 904, 324 |
FIPS code | 12-48100 |
GNIS feature ID | 0287587[3] |
Website | City of Neptune Beach |
Neptune Beach is a beachfront city east of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida, United States. When the majority of Duval County communities consolidated with Jacksonville in 1968, Neptune Beach, along with Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Baldwin remained quasi-independent. Like those other municipalities, it maintains its own municipal government but its residents vote in the Jacksonville mayoral election and are represented on the Jacksonville city council. As of the 2020 census, the population is 7,217, up from 7,037 at the 2010 census. Neptune Beach is the smallest of the Jacksonville Beaches communities. it is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.