Alachua

Alachua is the second-most populous city in , , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 9,950 residents
  • Description: city in Alachua County, Florida, United States
  • Also known as: Alachua, FL” and “Alachua, Florida
  • Postal codes: 32615 and 32616

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Crosse.

Village
LaCrosse or is a town in , , 15 miles north of . The LaCrosse is part of the . is situated 6 miles northeast of Alachua.

Alachua

Latitude
29.78954° or 29° 47′ 22″ north
Longitude
-82.48751° or 82° 29′ 15″ west
Population
9,950
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AHU
Open location code
76XVQGQ6+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153844375
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4145719
Wiki­data ID
Q985175
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Alachua” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ألتشاو (فلوريدا)
  • Arabic: ألتشاو، فلوريدا
  • Arabic: ألتشاو
  • Basque: Alachua
  • Catalan: Alachua
  • Cebuano: Alachua
  • Chechen: Алачуа
  • Chinese: Alachua
  • Chinese: 阿拉楚阿
  • Czech: Alachua
  • Danish: Alachua
  • Dutch: Alachua
  • Egyptian Arabic: التشاو
  • French: Alachua
  • German: Alachua
  • Gilaki: الاچوا (فلؤريدا)
  • Gilaki: الاچوا
  • Haitian: Alachua, Florid
  • Haitian: Alachua
  • Hungarian: Alachua
  • Ido: Alachua, Florida
  • Ido: Alachua
  • Irish: Alachua
  • Italian: Alachua
  • Japanese: アラチュア (フロリダ州)
  • Japanese: アラチュア
  • Korean: 얼래추에이
  • Ladin: Alachua
  • Malagasy: Alachua, Florida
  • Malagasy: Alachua
  • Mazanderani: آلاچوا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Alachua
  • Newari: अलाचुवा (फ्लोरिडा)
  • Newari: अलाचुवा, फ्लोरिडा
  • Newari: अलाचुवा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alachua
  • Norwegian: Alachua
  • Persian: آلاچوا
  • Persian: الاچوا، فلوریدا
  • Polish: Alachua
  • Portuguese: Alachua
  • Russian: Alachua
  • Russian: Алачуа
  • Russian: Алачуэй
  • Serbian: Алачуеј
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alachua, Florida
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alachua
  • Slovak: Alachua
  • South Azerbaijani: آلاچوا، فلوریدا
  • Spanish: Alachua (Florida)
  • Spanish: Alachua
  • Swedish: Alachua, Florida
  • Swedish: Alachua
  • Tatar: Алачуа
  • Turkish: Alachua, Florida
  • Turkish: Alachua
  • Ukrainian: Алачуа
  • Uzbek: Alachua
  • Uzbek: Алачуа
  • Volapük: Alachua
  • Welsh: Alachua, Florida
  • Welsh: Alachua

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