Neptune Beach, Florida

Neptune Beach, Florida
Images from top, left to right: Sunrise at the beach, City Hall, Beaches Town Center, Jaguar statue in the Beaches Town Center, Duncan U. Fletcher High School
Location of Neptune Beach, Florida
Coordinates: 30°18′58″N 81°22′55″W / 30.31611°N 81.38194°W / 30.31611; -81.38194
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyDuval
IncorporatedAugust 11, 1931
Government
 • TypeCouncil–Manager
Area
 • City
6.850 sq mi (17.741 km2)
 • Land2.337 sq mi (6.052 km2)
 • Water4.513 sq mi (11.688 km2)
Elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City
7,217
 • Estimate 
(2023)
6,984
 • Density2,988.9/sq mi (1,154.01/km2)
 • Urban
1,247,374
 • Metro
1,713,240
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
32266
Area codes904 and 324
FIPS code12-48100
GNIS feature ID2404355
Websitenbfl.gov

Neptune Beach is a beachfront city east of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida, United States. When the majority of Duval County communities consolidated with Jacksonville in 1968, Neptune Beach, along with Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Baldwin remained quasi-independent. Like those other municipalities, it maintains its own municipal government but its residents vote in the Jacksonville mayoral election and are represented on the Jacksonville city council. The population was 7,217 at the 2020 census. Neptune Beach is the smallest of the Jacksonville Beaches communities. it is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.