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Paradise Just South of the County Line
Northwest St. Johns County, including Fruit Cove, Switzerland and Orangedale, has experienced unparalleled growth over the past decade and a half. In spite of its phenomenal growth spurt, the Julington Creek area has managed to maintain its rural charm and natural beauty.
Bordered by the St. Johns/Duval County line to the north, the mighty St. Johns River to the west, County Road 208 to the south and Interstate 95 to the east, the northwest sector has grown more than 55 percent in the past 10 years alone.
This area is home to Julington Creek Plantation, a massive and diverse community encompassing 4,119 acres and over a dozen distinctive smaller neighborhoods. Among the top 10 master-planned communities in Florida, Julington Creek Plantation offers recreational facilities, a large selection of homes an price ranges from the high $100's to well over a million dollars. The average price of a home in the area is in the mid to upper $200's. It is ideally and centrally located about midway between downtown Jacksonville and downtown St. Augustine - about 20-30 minutes from each.
Numerous recreational and social opportunities exists including golf, tennis, soccer, baseball, softball, and all types of water sport activities. It's no wonder, with the abundance of opportunities literally within a few miles that so many families have chosen to make Julington Creek their "home".
The St. Johns County School District is the highest rated school district in Northeast Florida simply adds to the reasons why people have flocked to the region in droves. Somehow, in spite of the tremendous growth and development, Julington Creek has maintained the natural beauty and charm that was the catalyst to that growth in the latter part of the 20th century. Subsequent to the influx of thousands of families has been the development of many fine restaurants, shopping centers, and businesses including the newly opened Baptist Medical Center South in 2005.
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