Hansontown Explained

Hansontown was a community of working class African-Americans in Jacksonville, Florida.^{[1] [2]} It was razed in the 1940s in an urban redevelopment plan.^{[3] [4] [5]}

The Great Fire of 1901 hit the area.^[6] The North Jacksonville Street Railway, Town and Improvement Company planned a rail line to link downtown to Hansontown and other African American communities in Jacksonville. It had “shotgun rows”.^[7]

See also

• Manhattan Beach (Florida)
• American Beach

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hansontown / Downtown Campus, Florida State College at Jacksonville. October 6, 2017. jaxpsychogeo.com.
2. Web site: Higbee v. Housing Authority of Jacksonville, 197 So. 479, 143 Fla. 560 – CourtListener.com. CourtListener.
3. Web site: The Space Inbetween: Hansontown . Metro Jacksonville . 2022-09-13.
4. Web site: Remembering our History Hansontown. www.coj.net.
5. Web site: Destroyed by Urban Renewal: Hansontown. Article by Ennis Davis. AICP. www.thejaxsonmag.com.
6. Web site: FIRE'S ANNIVERSARY STIRS MEMORIES JACKSONVILLE RECALLS DISASTER THAT DESTROYED DOWNTOWN 85 YEARS AGO. Orlando Sentinel.
7. Web site: The rich history of Jacksonville - the one you probably didn't know about. Ennis. Davis. The Florida Times-Union.