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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.
Map of the counties in north central Florida. 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 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.
Florida rank U.S. rank Metropolitan area Population (2023 est.) 1 9 Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach: 6,183,199 2 17 Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater: 3,342,963 3 21 Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford: 2,817,933 4 38 Jacksonville: 1,713,240 5 63 North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota: 910,108 6 72 Cape Coral–Fort Myers: 834,573 7 75 ...
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Century Tower, University of Florida. The entire county is within the Alachua County Public Schools school district, [56] which has 75 different institutions in the county, most in the Gainesville area. Gainesville is also home to the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. The University of Florida is a major financial boost to the ...
A Metropolitan Statistical Area may have more than one Urbanized Area within its boundaries, and an Urbanized Area may extend into more than one Metropolitan Statistical Area. [ 2 ] As of 2020, the US Census Bureau has defined thirty-three Urbanized Areas in Florida.
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.