Duval County Florida

Duval County Florida is located in the northeast corner of the State of Florida. With a population close to a million people Duval county and the Jacksonville area are growing rapidly. Duval County and the city of Jacksonville consolidated to form a single government during the 1960′s and maintain a uniform city-county government still today.& The Jacksonville Sheriffs Office is the main law enforcement division in the area. Located in Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit, the Duval County Courthouse is located in downtown Jacksonville at 330 East Bay Street. Duval County has a traffic violations bureau that handles both civil and criminal traffic citations.

Interstate 95 passes directly through Duval County and is often the location of many Florida Highway Patrol Troopers. Local colleges and universities include the University of North Florida, Jacksonville University, Florida Community College of Jacksonville, and Florida Coastal School of Law.

Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Jacksonville, and Neptune Beach are cities located within Duval County.