Alachua
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city in Alachua County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Alachua
- Incorporated
- 1905 (city)
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- Total
- 36.56 sq mi (94.70 km )
- Land
- 36.20 sq mi (93.75 km )
- Water
- 0.37 sq mi (0.95 km ) 0.11%
- Elevation
- 79 ft (24 m)
- Density
- 292.1/sq mi (112.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 32615-32616
- Area codes
- 386 , 352
- Fips code
- 12-00375
- Website
- cityofalachua.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Alachua (/əˈlætʃueɪ/ ə-LATCH-oo-ay) is the second-most populous city in Alachua County, Florida, and the third-largest in North Central Florida. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 10,574, up from 9,059 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Alachua has one of the largest bio and life sciences sectors in Florida and is the site for the Santa Fe College Perry Center for Emerging Technologies.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alachua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.