Old Spanish Quarries

Old Spanish Quarries is a Florida historical marker in St. Johns County, dedicated 1974.

Anastasia Island State Recreation Area, Anastasia Rd. south of Flamingo Dr., St. Augustine

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About 200 yards south-east of this point are the remains of the King's Coquina Quarries. (Coquina, a type of limestone composed of mollusk shells and sand, is found along the north-east coast of Florida.) Coquina was used in the building of many early colonial structures in St. Augustine, including the fortress Castillo de San Marcos (1672-1696). On July 21, 1821, Major General Andrew Jackson, Florida's first Territorial Governor, established St. Johns County, with St. Augustine as the county seat. It contained all of Florida east of the Suwannee River, approximately 39,400 square miles, with over 1,100 miles of coastline. Since 1821, more counties have been carved from St. Johns' original boundaries, reducing it to 609 square miles of land area.

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1852 · Georgia, Florida. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1868 · Colton's Florida (1868) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1937 · St. Augustine, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1943 · St. Augustine, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, Florida, 1852, covering the location of Old Spanish Quarries, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, Florida, 1852, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

Old Spanish Quarries

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