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Alachua County Florida
Alachua County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 223,852. Its county seat is Gainesville.
History
The Alachua area appears to have been the first area occupied by the immigrant Oconees, the original Seminoles, about 1740. Their first town was situated on or near the old Alachua plain, now called Payne's Prairie in homage to "King" Payne, chief of the Alachua settlements upon his death in 1812. Alachua County proper was created in 1824.
