Gainesville
city and county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States
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Gainesville was founded in 1853.[1]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alachua County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Lauren Poe[5], Harvey Ward[6]
- Instance of: academic enclave[7], big city[8], county seat[9]
- Named after: Edmund P. Gaines[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Kfar Saba[11], Tegucigalpa[12], Novorossiysk[13], Matagalpa[14], Rzeszów[15], Deir Alla[16], Jacmel[17], Mejdlaya[18]
- Postal code: 32601[19], 32602[20], 32603[21], 32604[22], 32605[23], 32606[24], 32607[25], 32608[26], 32609[27], 32610[28], 32611[29], 32612[30], 32614[31], 32627[32]
- Commons category: Gainesville, Florida[33]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[34], UTC−04:00[35], Eastern Time Zone[36]
- Local dialing code: 352[37]
- Inception: 1853[38]
- Official website: https://www.gainesvillefl.gov/[39]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gainesville, Florida[40]
- Commons gallery: Gainesville, Florida[41]
- Population: 124,354[42], 95,447[43], 131,591[44], 141,085[45]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Gainesville[46]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47]
- Capital of: Alachua County[48]
- Official name: Gainesville[49]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gainesville, Florida[50]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Gainesville, Florida[51]
- Number of households: 51,180[52]
- Native label: Gainesville[53]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Gainesville, Florida[54]
Why It Matters
Gainesville has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Gainesville is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]