Alachua County, Florida

The Alachua County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Gainesville.

History

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

Geography

The county has an area of 2,510 square kilometers, of which 246 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the County's Clay County, Putnam County, Marion County, Levy County, Gilchrist County and Columbia County.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2010 lived in Alachua County 247 336 people in 112 766 households. The population density was 109.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 69.6 % White, 20.3 % African American, 0.3% Indigenous and 5.4% Asian Americans. 1.8% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.6% in different ethnic groups. 8.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

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

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

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

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

Further education institutions

Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville
University of Florida in Gainesville

Attractions

The Alachua County, especially around Gainesville are rich in attractions worth a visit, for example,

The Archer Historical Society Railroad Museum, a former railway station, built in 1857-1861 on the railway Fernandina to Cedar Key. link
The Dudley Farm in Dudley Farm Historic State Park in Newberry. A still partially preserved original farm from the 19th century. link
The Hawthorne Historical Museum in Hawthorne. link
The Haile Homestead, a cotton plantation mid-19th century. The Haile family wrote her story down on the walls. More than 12,500 words in almost any room. link
The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park in Cross Creek. link
The Matheson Museum in Gainesville Link
The Micanopy Historical Society Museum in Micanopy. link
The Morningside Nature Center about 5 km east of the city center in Gainesville. Link.