County directory
Alachua County
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- Local places
- 9
- Population
- 290,028
- Planning millage
- 20.8894 mills
- Note paths
- 32
Data notes
Census GEOID: 12001. Population and place types come from the Florida Census place dataset used by this site. The planning millage is a Florida Revenue county-summary row, not a parcel rate, estimate, or bill. Open the property-tax guide for the limits and calculator.
Official county paths
Start with the office that owns the record.
These links go to the county office or district listed by a statewide official directory. Use the exact address when a parcel, precinct, school assignment, or evacuation instruction is involved.
Property appraiser
Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value.
Open official site ->Tax collector
Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions.
Open official site ->Clerk and recorder
Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.
Open official site ->Supervisor of Elections
Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information.
Open official site ->Emergency management
Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions.
Open official site ->School district
Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.
Open official site ->County-office snapshot checked 2026-07-13. Office names, hours, contacts, and service details can change on the linked site.
Local pages
Places in Alachua County
Direct local notes
Notes about Alachua County and its places
These entries have been reviewed as directly about the county or one of the local places listed here.
History and culture
Gainesville gave Gatorade its first sideline
Gatorade began at the University of Florida as a practical answer to heat, football practice, and tired players.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Paynes Prairie is Gainesville's wide-open neighbor
Paynes Prairie gives Gainesville a rare nearby landscape of prairie, wildlife, trails, overlooks, and changing water conditions.
Read this note ->Money and taxes
University of Florida makes Gainesville a research and hospital town
The University of Florida gives Gainesville a history-rich economy built around students, research, health care, sports weekends, clinics, and steady local work.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
The I-75 Snake Wall makes a rest stop feel local
The Snake Wall at the southbound I-75 rest area near Gainesville turns a normal stop into a small Paynes Prairie road-trip memory.
Read this note ->Home and property
Gainesville tree removal rules start with the city map
Gainesville tree work can depend on city limits, tree size, species, condition, permits, and state-law exceptions.
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A. Quinn Jones Museum keeps Gainesville's education story close
The A. Quinn Jones Museum in Gainesville keeps a Black educator, the Fifth Avenue and Pleasant Street neighborhood, and local oral histories in one home.
Read this note ->Home and property
Gainesville's Duckpond district keeps old house streets close to downtown
Gainesville's Duckpond area is part of the Northeast Residential Historic District, with older homes, Sweetwater Branch, and downtown close by.
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Gainesville RTS makes UF trips less parking heavy
Gainesville's RTS can make University of Florida trips easier, but routes, passes, schedules, and campus rules need checking.
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Dudley Farm keeps Newberry's rural work visible
Dudley Farm Historic State Park near Newberry keeps north Florida farm life visible through original buildings, fields, tools, and family land.
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Cross Creek keeps Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings close
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park keeps a writer's Cross Creek farm close to the Florida land that shaped her books.
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Alachua County Forever makes preserves part of the Gainesville map
Alachua County Forever helps explain why Gainesville's local map includes public preserves, conservation land, wet trails, and quiet access points.
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Micanopy keeps its old Florida main street
Micanopy near Gainesville is a small Alachua County town where 19th-century buildings, oaks, and local history still set the pace.
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Kanapaha Gardens gives Gainesville a slow plant walk
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens gives Gainesville a nonprofit garden with broad plant collections, a long paved walk, and a North Florida garden story.
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Depot Park makes Gainesville's water work visible
Depot Park is a downtown Gainesville park where public space, play, events, and stormwater work sit side by side.
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Sweetwater Wetlands is Gainesville's working marsh
Sweetwater Wetlands Park shows Gainesville's water-quality work, wildlife habitat, and public trails in one place.
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Devil's Millhopper is Gainesville's sinkhole classroom
Devil's Millhopper gives Gainesville a compact geology stop built around a deep limestone sinkhole.
Read this note ->Useful county context
Notes with examples, nearby ties, or broader rules
These notes create useful paths from Alachua County, but they may describe a statewide rule, regional subject, neighboring place, or one county example rather than a rule unique to this county.
Cars and driving
Florida specialty plates are a fee and renewal choice
Florida specialty and personalized plates can add choices, causes, fees, availability checks, and renewal details to a normal tag errand.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Florida moped, scooter, and e-bike labels change the road plan
Florida uses different lanes for mopeds, motor scooters, motorized scooters, and e-bikes, so the label can change license, tag, title, and local-rule details.
Read this note ->Home and property
Florida gas line work belongs in the permit file
When a Florida project adds or changes gas piping, outlets, regulators, venting, or system components, the local permit and licensed-work path belongs before installation.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Florida rest areas are short breaks, not campgrounds
Florida rest areas and welcome centers are built for travel breaks, with time, camping, pet, restroom, and overnight details to check.
Read this note ->Rules and licenses
Coreopsis is the state wildflower on road shoulders
Florida's official state wildflower is coreopsis, a small bright flower with a real connection to roadside plantings and highway beautification.
Read this note ->Money and taxes
Florida Lottery prize claims start with the official counter
Florida Lottery prize claims should start with the official claim rules, office list, signed ticket, and scam checks before anyone shares money or personal details.
Read this note ->Home and property
Florida 911 addressing is part of the new-build file
Florida has no single statewide 911-address application; the responsible office, documents, and order of steps depend on the property's local jurisdiction.
Read this note ->Outdoors
River Rise makes the Santa Fe disappear and return
O'Leno and River Rise show a North Florida river slipping underground, joining the aquifer story, and coming back a few miles later.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Florida crosswalks need patience before the turn
Florida crosswalk habits matter on beach roads, campus streets, downtown blocks, and parking-lot exits.
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Florida bicycle passing room is part of the drive
Florida drivers should plan for bicycle space, turning patience, door checks, lights, and local bike-lane patterns before a tight street surprise.
Read this note ->Home and property
Florida bulky pickup days are part of the move-out plan
Furniture, mattresses, appliances, and yard piles can have local pickup windows, request rules, placement rules, and yearly limits.
Read this note ->Home and property
Florida old aerial photos can show how land changed
Florida old aerial photos can help show former groves, roads, canals, shorelines, farms, and new neighborhoods before a map story gets too fuzzy.
Read this note ->Cars and driving
Old Florida Heritage Highway keeps Micanopy on a slower road map
Old Florida Heritage Highway is a scenic byway around Micanopy, Paynes Prairie, and rural Alachua-Marion roads where the drive still feels older than the interstate.
Read this note ->Home and property
Florida farm-neighbor checks start before the fence line
A Florida home near farms, groves, nurseries, or cattle land can bring normal rural activity, local zoning, and Right to Farm context into the property check.
Read this note ->Rules and licenses
Florida beekeeper registration keeps hives in the state file
Florida beekeeper registration helps with hive movement, apiary inspection, honey work, crop pollination, and bee health.
Read this note ->Rules and licenses
Zebra longwing is the state butterfly in the garden
Florida's state butterfly is the zebra longwing, a striped garden and hammock visitor that makes a small state symbol feel alive.
Read this note ->Sources used for this page
Use the county directory as a starting map.
Last checked July 13, 2026. The place list comes from the Florida Census place data used by this site. Direct note relationships stay separate from broader contextual paths. County office links come from the statewide directories named on the linked sites, and county tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. Before relying on a rule, fee, deadline, public record, service, school assignment, storm instruction, or permit path, use the official source for the exact address.
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Places in Alachua County
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