Alachua

Alachua County is a county in the portion of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 278,468. The county seat is , the home of the University of Florida.
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  • Type: County with 247,000 residents
  • Description: county in Florida, United States
  • Also known as: “Alachua County”, “Alachua County, FL”, “Alachua County, Fla.”, “Alachua County, Florida”, “Alachua fylke”, “Alachua ilçesi, FL”, “Alachua ilçesi, Fla.”, “Alachua ilçesi, Florida”, and “Okrožje Alachua”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and Glen Springs.

Stadium
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, popularly known as "The Swamp", is a football in , United States. It is located on the campus of the University of Florida and is the home field of the Florida Gators football team.

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is a 5th magnitude hydrological spring in , , United States, located at 2424 NW 23rd Boulevard. Formerly a popular swimming and recreation area, the property closed to the public in 1970 and is no longer maintained for swimming.

Stadium
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The at Percy Beard Track is a 4,500-seat dual-purpose located on the University of Florida campus in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gainesville.

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is in . It is home to the University of Florida, and Santa Fe College.

Alachua

Latitude
29.6756° or 29° 40′ 32″ north
Longitude
-82.364° or 82° 21′ 50″ west
Population
247,000
Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)
Open location code
76XVMJGP+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2669971301
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4145709
Wiki­data ID
Q488826
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Alachua” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Alachua County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ألاتشوا”
  • Armenian: “Ալաչուա շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Alachua”
  • Basque: “Alachua konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Alachua County, Florida”
  • Bavarian: “Alachua County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Алачуа”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলাচুৱা কাউন্টি, ফ্লোরিডা”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলাচুৱা কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Алачуа”
  • Bulgarian: “Алачюа”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Alachua”
  • Cebuano: “Alachua County”
  • Chechen: “Алачуа (гуо, Флорида)”
  • Chechen: “Алачуа”
  • Chinese: “阿拉楚阿县”
  • Chinese: “阿拉楚阿縣”
  • Dutch: “Alachua County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Alachua”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Alachua”
  • Estonian: “Alachua maakond”
  • Finnish: “Alachuan piirikunta”
  • French: “comté d’Alachua”
  • French: “Comté d’Alachua”
  • German: “Alachua County”
  • Gilaki: “آلاچوا شأرستان (فلؤريدا)”
  • Gilaki: “آلاچوا شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Αλάτσουα”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אלאצ’ואה”
  • Hungarian: “Alachua megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Alachua, Florida”
  • Irish: “Contae Alachua”
  • Italian: “contea di Alachua”
  • Italian: “Contea di Alachua”
  • Japanese: “アラチュア郡”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Алачуа (Флорида, округу)”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Алачуа”
  • Korean: “앨라추아군”
  • Latin: “Alachua Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Alachua County”
  • Malayalam: “അലാച്ചുവാ കൌണ്ടി, ഫ്ലോറിഡ”
  • Malayalam: “അലാച്ചുവാ കൌണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “अलाचुआ काउंटी, फ्लोरिडा”
  • Marathi: “अलाचुआ काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “آلاچوا شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Alachua Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alachua Kūn”
  • Newari: “आलाचुआ काउन्ति, फ्लोरिदा”
  • Newari: “आलाचुआ काउन्ति”
  • Northern Frisian: “Alachua County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alachua County”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alachua County”
  • Norwegian: “Alachua County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آلاچوا”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Alachua”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Alachua”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Alachua”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Alachua, Florida”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Alachua”
  • Russian: “Алачуа”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Alachua”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Alachua County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Алачуа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alachua County, Florida”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alachua County”
  • Slovenian: “Alachua County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلاچوا بؤلگه‌سی، فلوریدا”
  • Spanish: “condado de Alachua”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Alachua”
  • Swedish: “Alachua County”
  • Tatar: “Алачуа (округ, Флорида)”
  • Tatar: “Алачуа”
  • Turkish: “Alachua County, Florida”
  • Turkish: “Alachua ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Алачуа”
  • Urdu: “الیچوا کاؤنٹی، فلوریڈا”
  • Urdu: “الیچوا کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Alachua”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Alachua, Florida”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Alachua”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Alachua, Florida”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Alachua”
  • Welsh: “Alachua County, Florida”
  • Welsh: “Alachua County”
  • Western Panjabi: “الاچوا کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Shadow Lawn Estates and Wimberly Estates.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: First Church of Christ Scientist and Covenant Baptist Church.

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