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0282874 [ 6] Website. gainesvillefl .gov. 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. [ 7]
North central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida which comprises the north-central part of the state and encompasses the north Florida counties of Alachua, Marion, Putnam, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, and Union. [ 1] The region's largest city is Gainesville, home of ...
Gainesville. Hogtown [26] The Tree City [27] Rainesville [28] Gator Country [29] Haines City – The Heart of Florida [30] Hialeah – City of Progress [31] Jacksonville. Jax [32] Where Florida Begins [33] Bold New City of the South [34] River City [35] Murder Capital of Florida [36] Key West. Conch Republic [37] Southernmost City In The ...
Craigslist Inc. Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company [ 5] operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
Timucua teepee village in Florida circa 1562. Hernando de Soto and his army passed through Gainesville in August 1539 towards the beginning of their four-year exploration of what is now the southeastern United States, the third village where they stayed, Utinamocharra, having been in the dense cluster east of Moon Lake [13] at the northwestern edge of present-day Gainesville.
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Anthony James Barr, programming language designer ( SAS (software) ), software engineer, inventor, and businessman [ 68] Christopher Benninger, American Indian architect who grew up in Gainesville [citation needed] Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade [ 69] Scott Camil, activist [ 70] David A. Christian, retired United States Army captain and ...
Alachua County ( / əˈlætʃuə / ⓘ ə-LATCH-oo-ə) is a county in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 278,468. [ 1 ] The county seat is Gainesville, [ 2 ] the home of the University of Florida since 1906, when the campus opened with 106 students.