Alachua County

Alachua County Courthouse
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Gainesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Alachua County Government 12 SE 1st Street Gainesville, Florida 32601
Foundation :	December 29, 1824
Made up from:	Duval County St. Johns County
Area code :	001 352
Demographics
Residents :	247,336  (2010)
Population density :	109.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2510 km²
Water surface :	246 km²
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Website : www.alachua-county.org

The Alachua County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Gainesville .

history

Alachua County was formed on December 29, 1824. The name comes from an Indian word that means something like "sinking hole". The administrative seat was Newnansville until 1854 before moving to Gainesville.

geography

The county has an area of ​​2510 square kilometers, of which 246 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by Clay County , Putnam County , Marion County , Levy County , Gilchrist County, and Columbia Counties . Together with Gilchrist County, the county forms the metropolitan area of ​​Gainesville .

Demographic data

growth of population Census Residents ± in% 1830 2204 - 1840 2282 3.5% 1850 2524 10.6% 1860 8232 226.1% 1870 17,328 110.5% 1880 16,462 -5% 1890 22,934 39.3% 1900 32,245 40.6% 1910 34,305 6.4% 1920 31,689 -7.6% 1930 34,365 8.4% 1940 38,607 12.3% 1950 57.026 47.7% 1960 74,074 29.9% 1970 104,764 41.4% 1980 151,348 44.5% 1990 181,596 20% 2000 217.955 20% 2010 247,336 13.5% Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Epworth Hall in Gainesville, listed on the NRHP

As of the 2010 census , Alachua County had 247,336 people in 112,766 households. The population density was 109.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 69.6% white, 20.3% African American , 0.3% American Indian and 5.4% Asian Americans . 1.8% were members of other races and 2.6% of different races. 8.4% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 19.6% of all households lived in 24.8% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 53.2% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.32 people and the average family size was 2.91 people.

24.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 37.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 22.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 15.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 30 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

The median income for a household in the 42,818 USD , while 23.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 86.43% of the population, 6.38% spoke Spanish and 7.19% had another mother tongue.

Further educational institutions

• Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville
• University of Florida at Gainesville

Attractions

Alachua County, especially the Gainesville area, is rich in attractions that are well worth a visit, such as B.

• The Archer Historical Society Railroad Museum , a former train station, built between 1857 and 1861 on the Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key railroad .
• The Dudley Farm in Dudley Farm Historic State Park in Newberry . A partly preserved farm from the 19th century.
• The Hawthorne Historical Museum in Hawthorne .
• The Haile Homestead , a mid-19th century cotton plantation. The Haile family wrote their story on the walls. More than 12,500 words in almost every room.
• The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park in Cross Creek .
• The Matheson Museum in Gainesville
• The Micanopy Historical Society Museum in Micanopy .
• The Morningside Nature Center about 3 miles east of downtown Gainesville.

Places in Alachua County

Alachua County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

• Alachua - 9,059 inhabitants
• Archer - 1,118 inhabitants
• Gainesville ( County Seat ) - 124,354 residents
• Hawthorne - 1,417 residents
• High Springs - 5,350 residents
• Newberry - 4,950 residents
• Waldo - 1,015 inhabitants

Towns :

• La Crosse - 360 inhabitants
• Micanopy - 600 inhabitants

Islands

Bird Island Burnt Island Cane Hammock

Cow Hammock Hixon Island

McCormick Island Redbird Island

Web links

Commons : Alachua County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Alachua County / Board of County Commissioners (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 308548. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
4. ↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) ( MS Excel ; 26 kB) Retrieved on March 31, 2012
5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2010) Retrieved March 31, 2012
6. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed February 17, 2014 . 
7. ^ Language distribution 2010. (No longer available online.) Modern Language Association , archived from the original on August 15, 2013 ; accessed on February 17, 2014 . 
8. ^ Archer Historical Society Railroad Museum ( Memento from June 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Dudley Farm
10. ↑ Hawthorne Historical Museum ( Memento from May 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Haile Homestead
12. ^ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
13. ↑ Link
14. ^ Micanopy Historical Society Museum
15. ^ Morningside Nature Center

Coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′  N , 82 ° 22 ′  W