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6 unusual facts about Duval County


1955 Pulitzer Prize

Mrs. Caro Brown of the Alice Daily Echo, for a series of news stories dealing with the successful attack on one-man political rule in neighboring Duval County, Texas, written under unusual pressure both of edition time and difficult, even dangerous, circumstances.

Alan Gionet

While in Jacksonville, he logged many hours during hurricanes and the 2000 election controversy, when he revealed more than 20,000 over and under votes in Duval County.

Duval County, Texas

The Texas Almanac of 1867 reported that Duval and nearby Dimmit County had only four stock raisers and their population was unlikely to grow much absent the discovery of mineral wealth.

The important colonists came from Mier, Tamaulipas - and Anglos later respected their descendants as the old Mexican families.

Jan Garavaglia

In 1988, she got her first job as an Associate Medical Examiner in Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida and gave birth to her first son.

Ray Nettles

In his senior year, he was Duval County defensive player of the year and third team All-State.



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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

In 1967 a mandate was given by residents of Jacksonville and Duval County with 65 percent of the votes cast in favor of consolidating the city (Jacksonville Police Department) and county governments (Duval County Sheriff's Office).