Gainesville City, Alachua County, Florida (FL) 32601

Gainesville City

Alachua County, Florida

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Gainesville City Hall is located at 200 East University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601.
Phone: 352‑334‑5000.

Gainesville as Described in 1939 [1]

The Gainesville area was known as Potano Province when De Soto marched through it in 1539; the name was changed to Alachua (Indian word for jug) when the Creek Indians took possession upon the English acquisition of Florida in 1763. A white settlement known as Hog Town grew up around a trading post established here in 1830, and was named Gainesville in 1853 for General Edmund P. Gaines, a Seminole War leader. Families from Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina came to lay out large cotton plantations. Completion of the Yulee railroad across the State in the early 1860s stimulated development. A post office, abolished during the Civil War, was re-established in 1866; stagecoach service was opened with Ocala. As transportation facilities improved, truck farming and citrus culture grew in importance.

Neighborhoods

  • Abbey Glen
  • Abbington Oaks
  • Alamar Gardens
  • Anglewood
  • Appletree
  • Arredondo Estates
  • Arredondo Park
  • Arrowhead
  • Ashley Creek
  • Ashton
  • Avalon
  • Bailey Estates
  • Balmoral
  • Barrington Place
  • Bartram Woods
  • Bayberry
  • Bellamy Forge
  • Belvedere Heights
  • Beville Heights
  • Biltmore
  • Bivens Forest Condos
  • Bivens Lake Esatates
  • Bivens North Condos
  • Bivens South Condos
  • Black Acres
  • Black Oaks
  • Black Pines
  • Blues Creek
  • Boardwalk
  • Boulevard House
  • Braddisen Place
  • Brandywine
  • Breckenridge
  • Breezy Acres
  • Briarwoodland
  • Bridges Quarters
  • Brighton Park
  • Broadmoor
  • Brookfield
  • Brown Addition
  • Brush Addition
  • Brytan
  • Brywood
  • Buckingham East
  • Buckingham South
  • Burberry Ponds
  • Cambridge Forest
  • Camellia Trace
  • Campus Edge Condos
  • Campus Point Condos
  • Campus Station
  • Campus View Condos
  • Campus View North
  • Campus View South
  • Canterbury Farms
  • Capri
  • Capstone Quarters
  • Carlton Court
  • Carol Estates East
  • Carol Estates North
  • Carol Estates South
  • Carollton
  • Carriage Way
  • Casablanca East
  • Casablanca West
  • Cedar Creek
  • Cedar Grove
  • Cedar Ridge
  • Charleston
  • Charleston Place
  • Chase Hollow
  • Chateau Forest
  • Chelsea Lane
  • Cheney Walk Estates
  • Cherrytree
  • Chesswood Park
  • Chestnut Hill
  • Cobble Field
  • Colony Park
  • Colson Corner
  • Concordia
  • Copeland
  • Cottage Grove
  • Cottages at Millhopper Forest
  • Country Club Estates
  • Country Club West
  • Countryside
  • Countryside Forest
  • Courtyards
  • Coventry
  • Creek Park Estates
  • Creeks Edge
  • Creekside
  • Creekwood
  • Cricket Club
  • Cumberland Circle
  • Cypress Point
  • Deborah Heights
  • Deer Run
  • Destiny Condos
  • Devonshire Hills
  • Dixie Gardens
  • Duck Pond
  • Durant Estates
  • Duval
  • Duval Heights
  • Eagle Point
  • Eagle Trace
  • East Waldo
  • Easterwood
  • Eastview
  • Edens Crossing
  • Edgewood Hills
  • Elizabeth Gardens
  • Ellis Park
  • Eloise Gardens
  • Emerald Woods
  • Eryns Garden at Buck Bay
  • Fairbanks
  • Fairfield
  • Fairfield Manor
  • Fairoaks
  • Farms of Kanapaha
  • Fernwood Manor
  • Fletcher Heights
  • Fletcher Park
  • Fletchers Mill
  • Fletchers Oak Glen
  • Floral Park
  • Florida Park
  • Forest Creek Cluster
  • Forest of the Unicorn
  • Forest Ridge
  • Fort Clarke Forest
  • Founders Hill
  • Fox Grove
  • Foxfire Woods
  • Foxmoor
  • Foxridge
  • Gainesville Heights
  • Gaineswood
  • Garison Way
  • Garland Condos
  • Gateway Park
  • Gator Place
  • Glenwood
  • Golf Club Manor
  • Golfview
  • Goss Addition
  • Grahams Mill
  • Grand Preserve at Kanapaha
  • Granite Parke
  • Grantwood
  • Green Gardens
  • Green Grove
  • Green Leaf=
  • Green Oaks
  • Greenbriar
  • Greenbriar Terrace
  • Greens Condos at West End
  • Greentree Village
  • Greystone
  • Grove Street
  • Gwynn Oaks
  • Hague Estates
  • Haile Market Square
  • Haile Plantation
  • Hailey Forest Condos
  • Hailey Gardens
  • Hamilton Heights
  • Hamilton Pond
  • Hammock Oaks
  • Hammock Ridge
  • Hampton Heights
  • Hampton Lane
  • Hampton Ridge
  • Hannahs Condos
  • Hawthorne Reserve
  • Hayes Glen
  • Haystacks
  • Hazel Heights
  • Hazen Estates
  • Heatherwood
  • Henics Heights
  • Heritage Green
  • Hermitage
  • Hibiscus Park
  • Hickory Forest
  • Hickory Walk
  • Hickory Woods
  • Hidden Creek
  • Hidden Lake
  • Hidden Oaks
  • Hidden Pines
  • Highland Court
  • Highland Court Manor
  • Highland Heights
  • Highland Pines
  • Highlands
  • Hillcrest
  • Hills of Santa Fe
  • Hillside
  • Hobbits Glen
  • Holly Forest
  • Howards
  • Huntington
  • Idylwild
  • India Station
  • Indigo Square
  • Ingleside
  • Ironwood
  • Ironwood Golf Course
  • Isabella Park
  • J B Bailey Estates
  • Jackson Square Condos
  • Jeru Park
  • Kanapaha Highlands
  • Kanapaha Oaks
  • Kanapaha Pines
  • Kensington North Condos
  • Kensington Park
  • Kensington South Condos
  • Kenwood
  • Kestral Point
  • Kingswood
  • Kingswood Court
  • Kirkwood
  • Kreftwood Estates
  • La Mancha Villas
  • Lake Forest Farms
  • Lake Ridge
  • Lakeview
  • Lakeview Estates
  • Lamplighter
  • Landmark Woods
  • Las Pampas
  • Las Pampas
  • Laural Park
  • Leaning Oaks
  • Leeaire Estates
  • Leewood
  • Lenox Place
  • Leonard
  • Lexington Farms
  • Libby Heights
  • Lincoln Estates
  • Lincoln Park
  • Lionsgate Condos
  • Littlewood Estates
  • Livingston Square
  • Lofts at West University Avenue
  • Longleaf
  • Lorraine Court
  • Mackey Hudson
  • Madera Cluster
  • Madison Park
  • Madison Square
  • Magnolia Heights
  • Magnolia Park
  • Magnolia Place
  • Magnolia Walk
  • Mallorca Square
  • Malore Gardens
  • Maple Hill
  • Marchwood
  • Market Square
  • Marmaduke West
  • Martins Island
  • Mason Manor
  • Masonwood
  • Matthews Grant
  • Mcneil Gardens
  • Meadowbrook
  • Meadowood
  • Meadows of Kanapaha
  • Meadows on the Prairie
  • Mentone
  • Michigan Heights
  • Middleton Green
  • Mile Run
  • Mill Pond
  • Mill Run
  • Millhopper Forest
  • Millhopper Road Estates
  • Millington
  • Misty Oaks
  • Monteocha Creek
  • Monteocha Farms
  • Monteocha Highlands
  • Monteocha North
  • Monterey
  • Monticello
  • Mossy Oaks
  • Nantucket Condos
  • North Lincoln Heights
  • North Point at Ironwood
  • North Pointe Villas
  • Northeast
  • Northridge
  • Northwest Estates
  • Northwood
  • Northwood Oaks
  • Northwood Pines
  • Northwood South
  • Northwood West
  • Oak Hill
  • Oak Park
  • Oakbrook Walk
  • Oakcrest
  • Oakcrest Forest
  • Oakgate
  • Oakmont
  • Oaks of Kanapaha
  • Oakview
  • Old Mill
  • Old Oak Estates
  • Palm Grove
  • Palm Terrace
  • Palm View Estates
  • Palmetto Creek
  • Palmetto Villas
  • Palmetto Woods
  • Paradise Pines
  • Parkside
  • Patio Homes of West End
  • Pebble Creek Villas
  • Phoenix
  • Picwick Park Condos
  • Pine Acres
  • Pine Creek
  • Pine Estates
  • Pine Glade
  • Pine Haven
  • Pine Hill Estates
  • Pine Meadows
  • Pine Park
  • Pine View
  • Pine Woods
  • Pinebreeze
  • Pinedell
  • Plantation Estates
  • Plantation Villas
  • Planters Grove
  • Porters
  • Portofino
  • Prairie Bluff
  • Prairie Pointe
  • Prairie South
  • Prariewood Condominiums
  • Preston Woods
  • Provence
  • Quail Ridge
  • Rainbows
  • Rainbows End
  • Raintree
  • Regents Park
  • Ricelands
  • Richland Heights
  • Ridgemont
  • Ridgeview
  • Ridgewood
  • Ridgewood Park
  • Robertson
  • Robinson Heights
  • Robinswood
  • Rock Creek
  • Rockwood Villas
  • Roper Addition
  • Rosehill
  • Rosemary Park
  • Rosemont
  • Royal Gardens
  • Royal Oaks
  • Rustic Springs
  • Rustlewood
  • Sable Chase
  • Sable Pointe
  • Saddlebrook Farms
  • San Felasco Estates
  • Sanctuary
  • Savanna Pointe
  • Savannah Place
  • Sawbuck
  • Segal Building Condos
  • Seola
  • Serenola Manor
  • Seville
  • Shadow Lawn Estates
  • Shady Forest
  • Shady Lawn Estates
  • Shady Rest Estates
  • Shell Rock Villas
  • Shenandoah
  • Sherwin Acres
  • Skylines Heights
  • Somerset Village
  • Sorrento
  • South Black Acres
  • South Pointe
  • Southbrooke
  • Southgate
  • Southside Manor
  • Southwood
  • Spalding Place
  • Sparrow Condo
  • Sperry Heights
  • Spring Forest
  • Spring Meadows
  • Spring Park
  • Springhill
  • Springtree
  • St Charles Condos
  • Staghorn
  • Stephen Foster Heights
  • Stillwind
  • Storeys Round
  • Stratford Ridge
  • Suburban Heights
  • Sugarfoot
  • Sugarfoot Oaks
  • Sugarhill
  • Sugarlane
  • Summer Creek
  • Summit House
  • Summit Oaks
  • Sun Crest
  • Sun Kist
  • Sunningdale
  • Sunnybrook Estates
  • Sunrise
  • Sunset Acres
  • Sunshine Estates
  • Sutherland Crossing
  • Sutters Landing
  • Sweetwater Pines
  • Taylor Square
  • The Gables
  • The Greens at Westend
  • The Grove
  • The Hammock
  • The Links
  • The Meadows
  • The Oaks
  • The Palms
  • Thornehill
  • Thousand Oaks
  • Thwaite
  • Tiffany
  • Timberbrook
  • Timberlane
  • Timberway
  • Tower Oaks
  • Tower Oaks Arms
  • Tower Oaks Manor
  • Tower Oaks Ridge
  • Tower Village
  • Townsend
  • Treehouse Village
  • Trout Pond
  • Tumblin Creek
  • Turkey Creek
  • Turkey Creek Forest
  • Turnberry Lake
  • Union Street Station
  • University Acres
  • University Commons
  • University Commons West
  • University Estates
  • University Heights
  • University Park
  • University Terrace
  • University Terrace West
  • University Village
  • Valwood
  • Vastavia
  • Victoria Station
  • Village Center
  • Villages of Santa Fe
  • Villages of Weatherly
  • Villas of West End
  • Vintage View
  • Vista Palms
  • Walnut Creek
  • Weatherly
  • Weatherstone
  • Wellington
  • Weseman
  • West End Estates
  • West Fells
  • West Hills
  • West Park
  • West Point
  • Westchester Manor
  • Westfield
  • Westfield Commons
  • Westmoreland
  • Westside Estates
  • Westside Farms
  • Westvilla
  • Westwood
  • Westwood Estates
  • Whitaker Oaks
  • Wilds Plantation
  • Williamsburg
  • Willow Creek
  • Willow Croft
  • Willow Oak Plantation
  • Wimberley Estates
  • Windsor Glen
  • Windsor Park Condos
  • Windward Meadows
  • Windy Hills Farms
  • Wood Meadows
  • Wood Ridge
  • Woodcreek
  • Woodland Park
  • Woodland Terrace
  • Woodlands
  • Woods Edge
  • Woods Edge South
  • Woodside Villas
  • Wyngate Farms

Gainesville became an educational center with the establishment in 1867 of an academy, the nucleus of the State Seminary for the region east of the Suwanee. Not until 1905, however, were State-supported schools for white males merged and consolidated with the University of Florida. The gala event of the university year is Homecoming Day, when graduates of all ages return to their Alma Mater for the season's important football game.

Gainesville lies on the northern fringe of the ridge section, midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. For nine months of the year it is a typical college town, with business, sports, and social activities centering around the pine-shaded campus. The business district clusters about a red brick courthouse of the 1850s; in the residential areas many of the large frame houses, set back in spacious lawns, date from the Civil War Reconstruction days. Gainesville's existence and development are linked with Florida's pioneer railroad history, and trains are still routed along the center of Main Street.

The Black settlement northwest and south of the business section has its own mercantile establishments, schools and churches. Many religious meetings are held in tents, barns and abandoned houses, and sometimes continue for days, during which worshipers stroll in and out while the congregation and preachers shout and sing above the din of an impoverished orchestra. Most of the Blacks are employed in domestic service, or in nearby lumber and turpentine camps.

Naval stores and sawmills are the major support of the Gainesville area, although it ranks high in truck farming, with early Irish potatoes and watermelons as its leading products. Light-wrapper and cigarette tobaccos are cultivated, and several large nurseries propagate subtropical plants for the State and northern markets.

Two plants for the extraction of Tung Oil in the vicinity of Gainesville serve growers in Florida and parts of southern Georgia and eastern Alabama.

  1. Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Program, Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State, American Guide Series, Florida Department of Public Instruction, 1939.

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