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Alachua County is administered by the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners, a five-member legislative body. The Constitutional county-wide elected officials include the Clerk of the Court, the Supervisor of Elections, the Property Appraiser, the Sheriff, and the Tax Collector.
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Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,212 in 2022. [7] It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area with a population of 350,903 in 2022.
Alachua (/ ə ˈ l æ tʃ u eɪ / ⓘ ə-LATCH-oo-ay) is the second-most populous city in Alachua County, Florida and the third-largest in North Central Florida. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 10,574, up from 9,059 at the 2010 census. [4] It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
All of the other counties were created later from these two original counties. Florida became the 27th U.S. state in 1845, and its last county was created in 1925 with the formation of Gilchrist County from a segment of Alachua County. [1] Florida's counties are subdivisions of the state government.
Harvey Ward was elected to district 2 of the Gainesville City Commission in 2017, narrowly avoiding a run-off. He was re-elected in 2020 with more than two-thirds of the vote. Term-limits prevented Ward from running for a third term. He ran to be mayor of Gainesville and was elected by more than 5,000 votes.
Jonesville, Florida, at the intersection of W Newberry Road and NW 170th Street, June 2020. Jonesville is an unincorporated community in Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is located roughly at the intersection of County Road 241 and State Road 26 (Newberry Road).
Charles S. Chestnut IV was born in Gainesville, Florida to Charles S. Chestnut III and is the step-son of Cynthia M. Chestnut.Chestnut attended Bethune-Cookman College, receiving a degree in business administration, and then Miami-Dade Community College, graduating with a degree in mortuary science.