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2. Gainesville, Florida - Wikipedia

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   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. [7]

3. 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]

4. 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.

5. Alachua County, Florida - Wikipedia

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   Alachua County ( / əˈlætʃuə / ⓘ 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.

6. 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 ...

7. University of Florida - Wikipedia

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   The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member and flagship of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853 [12] and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.