Neptune Beach, Florida

Neptune Beach, Florida
City
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 / 30.31667; -81.40306
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 [2]
• 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 [3]	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.