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2. History of Gainesville, Florida - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Gainesville, Florida - Wikipedia

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   12-25175. GNIS feature ID. 0282874 [6] Website. gainesvillefl .gov. Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, 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.

4. Butler Plaza - Wikipedia

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   Butler Plaza is a large retail complex located in southwest Gainesville, Florida. It is the largest retail power center in Florida and among the largest in the southeast United States. Built on the former site of Stengel Airport, which closed in 1971, [1] [2] the shopping center currently consists of four major sections: Plaza, West, North and ...

5. Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park - Wikipedia

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   December 1974. Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park is a Florida state park located in the north-westernmost part of Gainesville, Florida, off County Road 232, also known as NW 53rd Avenue and Millhopper Road, northwest of the University of Florida . The park is maintained by the Florida Park Service, a division of the Florida Department of ...

6. The Oaks Mall - Wikipedia

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   The Oaks Mall is an enclosed shopping center in Gainesville, Florida . Its anchors include Belk, two Dillard's stores, J. C. Penney, and the University of Florida Health . The mall interior is one floor, but Belk and both Dillard's stores have two floors. The mall serves an extremely large trade area stretching into 11 counties with a ...

7. Hogtown, Florida - Wikipedia

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   Hogtown, Florida. Hogtown was a 19th-century settlement in and around what is now Westside Park in Gainesville, Florida, United States (in the northeast corner of the intersection of NW 8th Avenue and 34th Street) where a historical marker [1] [2] [3] notes Hogtown's location at that site and is the eponymous outpost of the adjacent Hogtown Creek.

8. Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida - Wikipedia

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   UTC-5 ( EST) • Summer ( DST) UTC-4 ( EDT) 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. [2]

9. Florida beats Baylor 4-2 to begin Gainesville Super Regional ...

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   May 24, 2024 at 11:54 AM. GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Senior Katie Kistler hit a two-run double in the first inning, Korbe Otis smashed her ninth home run of the season in the fifth and fourth ...