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About City of Jacksonville

The city is named after former President Andrew Jackson, and it was founded in 1832 as a town. It became the seat of Onslow County shortly afterward. The name Jacksonville was selected to honor Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, which took place on January 8, 1815 (the day before his inauguration). In recent years, average temperatures in Jacksonville have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July; although there are typically fewer than ten days annually that reach or higher. Average monthly precipitation ranges from about at mid-summer to around during winter months; measurable snowfall occurs only occasionally – once every several years – but 1.0 inch or more has been observed five times since 1974 (in 1977–78 and 1996–97). Jacksonville is located along Interstate 95 approximately northeast of Wilmington and west-northwest by north-northwest (bearing 296°) southeast by east () from Washington DC .