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Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida | |
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Downtown at sunset Sweetwater Wetlands Park at Payne's Prairie | |
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| Motto: "Citizen centered. People empowered." | |
 Location in Alachua County, city (as of 2007) in red, and in the state of Florida | |
| Coordinates: 29°39′7.19″N 82°19′29.97″W / 29.6519972°N 82.3249917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Alachua |
| Settled | 1854 |
| Incorporated | April 14, 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Commission-Manager |
| • Mayor | Harvey Ward |
| • City Council | List
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| • City Manager | Cynthia W. Curry[2] |
| • City Clerk | Kristen J. Bryant |
| • City Attorney | Daniel M. Nee |
| Area | |
• City | 64.54 sq mi (167.15 km2) |
| • Land | 63.36 sq mi (164.11 km2) |
| • Water | 1.17 sq mi (3.04 km2) 1.74% |
| Elevation | 152 ft (54 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 141,085 |
• Estimate (2022) | 145,214 |
| • Rank | 194th |
| • Density | 2,226.61/sq mi (859.70/km2) |
| • Urban | 213,748 (US: 182nd)[4] |
| • Urban density | 2,437.3/sq mi (941.0/km2) |
| • Metro | 332,317 (US: 153rd) |
| • CSA | 400,814 (US: 99th) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 32601–32614, 32627, 32635, 32641, 32653 |
| Area code | 352 |
| FIPS code | 12-25175 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0282874[6] |
| Website | gainesvillefl |
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Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, 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]
Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, the fourth-largest public university campus by enrollment in the United States as of the 2021–2022 academic year. The university is represented by the Florida Gators sports teams in NCAA competitions.
- ^ "City Commission". City Of Gainesville. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ "About the City Manager". City of Gainesville, Florida. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "Gainesville, Florida". Weather Underground. Retrieved July 22, 2007.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b "United States Census Bureau — American Community Survey — 2022: ACS 1-Year Estimates Subject Table". census.gov. July 1, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
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