Jacksonville (Empires of Freedom and Liberty)

Jacksonville is a city located in the northeast of Florida, and is the largest city land-wise in the lower United States. It originated in the settlements of Cow Ford, and a number of other cities in Duval County, including South Jacksonville (later renamed Little Hanover), Riverside, La Villa, Springfield, and Newkirk (Neukirchen).

The city sports a number of European-style commercial districts, including Hanover Street (OTL San Marco), Rostock (OTL Panama Park), Stralsund, Wismar, Oppeln, Breslau, Miltenberg, Freising, Roth, and Würzberg.

After the Civil War, the city grew rapidly as a tourism destination, halted by yellow fever outbreaks. The Great Fire of 1901 burned down a number of areas of the town, leaving over 10,000 homeless. Willy Eisner, a local architect whose grandparents had left Germany in the 19th century, won out as the primary figure in reconstruction of the city, leaving his mark in the large number of Gothic and Neoclassical buildings, and Victorian-style houses around the now urban core, along with skyscraper department stores reminiscent of those found in European cities. To this day, a number of his building still stand, including [|City Hall].