Alachua, Florida Alachua, Florida Alachua City Hall Alachua City Hall Location in Alachua County and the state of Florida Location in Alachua County and the state of Florida County Alachua Alachua (/ l t u.e / a-latch-oo-ay) is a town/city in Alachua County, Florida, United States.
Census, the city's populace was 9,059 The town/city is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 264,275 citizens at the 2010 census. Alachua got a postal service in 1887 and was incorporated as a town/city on 12 April 1905, at which time it had a populace of 526 citizens .
Alachua is positioned at 29 46 45 N 82 28 47 W (29.779286, -82.479849). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 35.1 square miles (91.0 km2), of which 34.7 square miles (90.0 km2) is territory and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2) (1.08%) is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $38,075, and the median income for a family was $49,542.
The biggest Hare Krishna improve in the Western Hemisphere is positioned in Alachua, with satellite communities throughout North Florida.
Alachua is served by the School Board of Alachua County, which operates two elementary schools, W.W.
Mebane Middle School and Santa Fe High School in the city, and the Alachua County Library District, which operates a branch library in the city. The journal Alachua County Today has its command posts in Alachua city.
The paper serves all of the communities inside Alachua County, but it focuses on lesser municipalities outside of Gainesville. Good Life Community is a life-style periodical which is also headquartered in Alachua.
It covers Gainesville and the communities of northwestern Alachua County. a b "Geographic Identifier - 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Alachua city, Florida".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Alachua County Public Schools: Schools and Centers Alachua County Library District: Alachua City of Alachua official website Alachua Branch Library Alachua County Today Municipalities and communities of Alachua County, Florida, United States Alachua Archer Gainesville Hawthorne High Springs Newberry Waldo This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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