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Gainesville was established in 1854 and named after Edmund P. Gaines. [13] [14] The town of Gainesville was incorporated in 1869 [15] and chartered as a city in 1907. [16] The University of the State of Florida was moved from Lake City to Gainesville in 1906 and its name was simplified to University of Florida in 1909. [16] [17]
The Gainesville metropolitan area is the metropolitan area in North Central Florida that includes Alachua, Levy, and Gilchrist counties, with Gainesville, Florida the principal city. [1] The metropolitan area had a population of 339,247 in 2020.
The state legislature was asked to grant Gainesville a new charter, and in 1905 it did so, also enlarging the city limits. The city offered its first bond issue the same year. Money from bond issues was used to start a sewer system and pave important streets, initially with crushed rock, and after 1910, with bricks. When private companies were ...
Mar. 2—The Gainesville online rumor mill has buzzed this week with posts about a proposed zoning update along major thoroughfares, including California Street, U.S. 82, Grand Avenue and some ...
Pages in category "Geography of Gainesville, Florida" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Haile Plantation, an unincorporated community and New Urbanist planned development, is a 2,600-household, 1,700-acre (690 ha) development of regional impact southwest of the city of Gainesville, within Alachua County, Florida, United States. [1] [2] [3]
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The project now goes before Gainesville City Council for a Sept. 6 vote. Several residents posed some concerns, ... Aug. 3—Update, Aug. 9: A 260,000-square-foot warehouse straddling Gainesville ...