Editing First Coast (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = First Coast
| other_name = Northeast Florida
| settlement_type=[[Regions of the United States#Florida|Region]]
| image_skyline ={{Photomontage
| photo1a=FBPostOfficeFL.jpg
| photo1b=LightnerMuseumStAug12.JPG
| photo2a=HemmingPark.jpg
| photo2b=DTJax.jpg 
| photo3a=JXBeachSun.JPG
| photo3b=Palm Coast Sunset.jpg
| size=300
| position=center
| color= white
| color_border = none
| border=3
| spacing = 2
}}
|imagesize=250px
|image_caption= Left to right from top: [[United States Post Office, Custom House, and Courthouse (Fernandina, Florida)|United States Post Office, Custom House, and Courthouse]] in [[Fernandina Beach, Florida|Fernandina Beach]], [[Lightner Museum]] in [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]], [[James Weldon Johnson Park]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Downtown Jacksonville]] skyline, [[Jacksonville Beach]] Pier, the [[Matanzas River]] in [[Palm Coast, Florida|Palm Coast]].
|image_map= Northeast Florida.PNG
|image_map1=
|map_caption= {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} Northeast Florida counties
|map_caption1=
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{US}}
|subdivision_type1      = State
|subdivision_name1      = {{flag|Florida}}
|subdivision_type2      = Largest city
|subdivision_name2      = {{flagicon image|Flag of Jacksonville, Florida.svg}} [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]
|subdivision_type3      = Cities
|subdivision_name3      = [[Fernandina Beach, Florida|Fernandina Beach]]<br/>[[Jacksonville Beach]]<br/>[[Palatka, Florida|Palatka]]<br/>[[Palm Coast, Florida|Palm Coast]]<br/>[[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]]<br/>[[Yulee, Florida|Yulee]]
|subdivision_type4      = Counties
|subdivision_name4      = [[Baker County, Florida|Baker]]<br/>[[Clay County, Florida|Clay]]<br/>[[Duval County, Florida|Duval]]<br/>[[Flagler County, Florida|Flagler]]<br/>[[Nassau County, Florida|Nassau]]<br/>[[Putnam County, Florida|Putnam]]<br/>[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]
}}
'''Florida's First Coast''', or simply the '''First Coast''', is the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast of [[North Florida]] in the United States. It is the same general area as the directional region of '''Northeast Florida'''. It consists roughly of the counties abutting [[Jacksonville]]: [[Duval County, Florida|Duval]], [[Baker County, Florida|Baker]], [[Clay County, Florida|Clay]], [[Nassau County, Florida|Nassau]], and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]{{mdash}}and nearby [[Flagler County, Florida|Flagler County]] and [[Putnam County, Florida|Putnam County]]. The "First Coast" name originated in a marketing campaign in the 1980s, and has become part of Florida's regional vernacular. It is so named due to its history as the first European settlement in what is now the mainland United States, at [[Fort Caroline, Florida]], in 1564.