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I have just joined the Society for One-Place Studies. The organization is based in Great Britain, but is a place for one-place studies of anywhere in the world. My one-place study is of the city I grew up in. I lived there from 1954 to 1980, when my husband wanted a more rural life, and we moved down into the next county south of Jacksonville. Jacksonville started as a village with the pragmatic name of Cowford (also seen as Cow Ford) on the banks of the St. Johns River. The location was at a shallow part of the river that allowed for the passage of cattle from one side of the river to the other. In 1822, people figured that Cowford was not the name that would grow the city into the metropolis it is today, so the city was formally founded as Jacksonville, named for Andrew Jackson. These days, when old Andy has fallen into disfavor for some of his policies while President of the United States, the name of the city is not likely to be change...