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Alachua County (/ ə ˈ l æ tʃ u ə / ⓘ 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.
Gainesville offered free water for the school from the city system, 500 acres (200 ha) west of the city, purchase of the East Florida Seminary site from the state for $30,000, and $40,000 cash. The fact that Alachua was a dry county, banning the sale of all alcohol other than low-alcohol beer, was viewed as a factor in favor of Gainesville. The ...
Location of Alachua in Alachua County, Florida. / 29.77917°N 82.47972°W / 29.77917; -82.47972. Alachua ( / əˈlætʃueɪ / ⓘ ə-LATCH-oo-ay) is the second-largest 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 ...
Newnansville, Florida was one of the first American settlements in the interior of Florida. It became the second county seat of Alachua County in 1828, and one of the central locations for activity during the Second Seminole War, during which time it was one of the largest cities in the State. In the 1850s, the Florida Railroad bypassed ...
Hope was a community in eastern Alachua County, between Hawthorne and Melrose. A post office was established in 1894 and closed in 1907. [4] [25], Hummock Ridge, later known as Hammock Ridge, was a community in central Alachua County on the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad (later part of the Florida Central and Western Railroad). It was ...
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.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alachua County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
Fort Mitchell, Florida. Fort Michell, located in today's Alachua County, was the capital of the short-lived Republic of East Florida during the Patriot War of 1814 . Only one building was built, a 25-foot [7 meters]-square, two-story blockhouse. It was located about one mile [1.6 km] from the city limits of modern Micanopy, Florida.