San Marco (Jacksonville)
| San Marco | |
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| Neighborhood of Jacksonville | |
Lion statues in San Marco Square
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 San Marco
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| Coordinates: 30°18′14″N 81°39′15″W / 30.30389°N 81.65417°W | |
| Government | |
| • City Council | Lori N. Boyer Warren Jones |
| • Florida House |
Reggie Fullwood Charles McBurney |
| • Florida Senate |
Aaron Bean Audrey Gibson |
| • U.S. House | Ander Crenshaw (R) |
| ZIP Code | 32207 |
| Area code(s) | 904 |
San Marco is a neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, located south of Downtown across the St. Johns River. The neighborhood was formerly the independent city of South Jacksonville until it was annexed by Jacksonville in 1932. The neighborhood is primarily residential, with an integrated commercial sector known as San Marco Square.
The South Jacksonville community emerged after the American Civil War and incorporated in 1907. It saw its greatest growth after the Acosta Bridge was completed in 1921, connecting the neighborhood to Downtown Jacksonville. This period included the construction of the original San Marco development, which eventually gave its name to the area as a whole. Since the 1990s, the neighborhood has seen several historic preservation and redevelopment projects. It is home to fourteen city parks, several schools and other amenities.
"San Marco" originally designated only one development within South Jacksonville, but the name is now used for much of the former city's territory, south and east of the St. Johns River across from downtown Jacksonville. The place name "South Jacksonville" or Southside has similarly evolved, and now signifies a much larger area of southeastern Duval County. The neighborhood's borders are not official and have changed over time. The boundaries used by the San Marco Preservation Society are Interstate 95 to the north, Philips Highway to the east, Greenridge Road to the south, and the St. Johns River to the west. The area along the riverbank north of I-95, known as the Southbank, was historically part of the community but was designated part of the downtown Jacksonville business district in the 1980s. Notable neighborhoods within San Marco include Colonial Manor and South Riverside. The St. Nicholas neighborhood is immediately to the east of San Marco.
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