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Alachua County
County
Alachua County Courthouse
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Location within the U.S. state of Florida
Florida's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 29°41′N 82°22′W / 29.68°N 82.37°W / 29.68; -82.37
Country	United States
State	Florida
Founded	December 29, 1824
Named for	Alachua (Timucuan word for "sinkhole")
Seat	Gainesville
Largest city	Gainesville
Area
• Total	969 sq mi (2,510 km²)
• Land	875 sq mi (2,270 km²)
• Water	94 sq mi (240 km²) 9.7%
Population (2020)^[1]
• Total	278,468
• Density	290/sq mi (110/km²)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Website	www.alachuacounty.us

Alachua County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida, and was formed on February 29, 1824. As of 2020, the population is 278,468.^[1] Alachua County's seat is Gainesville.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "QuickFacts: Alachua County, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

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Official county website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Alachua County, Florida, United States
County seat: Gainesville
Cities	Alachua Archer Gainesville Hawthorne High Springs Newberry Waldo
Towns	LaCrosse Micanopy
Unincorporated communities	Arredondo Bland Campville Cross Creek Earleton Evinston‡ Fairbanks Flora§ Fort Clarke Gordon Grove Park Hague Haile Haile Plantation Island Grove Jonesville Lochloosa Melrose‡ Monteocha Orange Heights Paradise§ Rochelle Rutledge Tioga Wacahoota‡ Windsor
Ghost towns	Hogtown§ Newnansville Spring Grove Traxler
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties §This place has been annexed into Gainesville

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