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Place Name
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Alachua County
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Pronunciation
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uh-LACH-choo-uh
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Gainesville
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Population
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181,596 (1990)
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Location
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St. Johns County, Florida (FL), United States, North America
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Latitude
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29°40'N
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Longitude
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82°21'W
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Alachua
(uh-LACH-choo-uh), county (
969 sq mi/2,510 sq km; 1990 pop.
181,596), N central Fla., bounded N by Santa Fe R.; 
Gainesville; 29°40'N 82°21'W. Has many lakes (Orange, Newmans,
Santa Fe). Produces hay, soybeans, corn, vegetables, peanuts, cotton,
tobacco, citrus fruit, nuts (pecan, tung); livestock; lumber; and naval
stores. Quarries limestone, phosphate, and flint in W. Named for a
local ranch, Alachua means “the sink” from a combination of Span.
and Seminole words, and is thought to refer to a chasm
2.5 mi/4 km SE of Gainesville. The Univ. of
Fla. and Santa Fe Community Col. are located in Gainesville. Marjorie
Kinnan Rawlings Historical Site in Hawthorne. Formed 1824 from a part
of St. Johns co.
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