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The Cities and communities of Alachua County, Florida *
Cross Creek
Gainesville (County Seat)
Hague
Melrose
Rochelle
Santa Fe
Traxler
Windsor
*This list of cities may not be complete. The list may contain towns, cities, villages, boroughs, townships, ghost towns and other populated places.
If you have information about any of these unlinked communities, please send it to us and we will add a page for that community. Some of these places above may only be neighborhoods or local area names and are not listed with the census at all or just included in a larger surrounding designated census area.
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Information
& Facts about Alachua County, Florida
Alachua County Official website
The County Seat of Alachua County is Gainesville
Alachua County Visitors
and Convention Bureau
30 East University Avenue
Gainesville, Florida 32601
Phone: 352-374-5231
FAX: 352-338-3213
email: acvacb@ns1.co.alachua.fl.us
Size: 965 square miles
Population: 208,000, this
figure includes approximately 44,000 University of Florida students.
Climate and Weather:
The county has a moderate climate. Winds from the Gulf of Mexico help produce
mild winters and cool summer evenings.
Average Temperature: 70.1 degrees F.
Summer Highs: 90's
Winter Lows: 40's
Sunshine: 2,803 hours each year!!
A weather page
for the Alachua County area.
Location:
in north-central Florida 85 miles south of Georgia and 50 miles east of
the Gulf of Mexico. It is also only 67 miles west of the Atlantic Ocean.
History:
Gainesville, the County seat, was established in 1854 on land that was part
of a grant that the King of Spain gave to Don Fernando Arredondo in 1817. The
name "Alachua" is a Seminole world that means "jug", and
the County probably takes its name from the sinkhole in Paynes Prairie. Micanopy,
the second oldest town in Florida, was an Indian settlement when DeSoto passed
through the County in 1539. Due to its strong heritage, here are several areas
in the County that are on the National Register of Historic districts.
Museums and
historical sites in the area.
Alachua
County Library District
School
Board of Alachua County
620 E. University Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: (352) 955-7300
Attractions in the area.
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This page was created 9 August 1999
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