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Alachua County, Florida

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68historic places

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1824formed

278,468pop. 2020

91cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 68 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Gainesville, Alachua, Newberry.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

42 of 68 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

68 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anderson Hall	Gainesville	Building	1979
Axline House	Hawthorne	Building	2015
Bailey, Maj. James B., House	Gainesville	Building	1972
Baird Hardware Company Warehouse	Gainesville	Building	1985
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church	Archer	Building	2018
Boulware Spring Waterworks	Gainesville	Building	1985
Branch, Dan, House	Gainesville	Building	2015
Bryan Hall	Gainesville	Building	1979
Buckman Hall	Gainesville	Building	1974
Church of God by Faith	Gainesville	Building	2023
City of Alachua Downtown Historic District	Alachua	District	2000
Cox Family Log House	Gainesville	Building	2017
Cox Furniture Store	Gainesville	Building	1994
Cox Furniture Warehouse	Gainesville	Building	1994
Devil's Millhopper	Gainesville	District	2017
Dixie Hotel, Hotel Kelley	Gainesville	Building	1982
Dudley Farm	Newberry	District	2002
Dudley Farm NHL	Newberry	District
Engineering Industries Building	Gainesville	Building	2008
Epworth Hall	Gainesville	Building	1973
Evinston Community Store and Post Office	Evinston	Building	1989
Federal Building, United States Post Office, and Court House	Gainesville	Building	2022
Flint Hall	Gainesville	Building	1979
Floyd Hall	Gainesville	Building	1979
Hawthorne Cemetery	Hawthorne	Site	2015
High Springs Historic District	High Springs	District	1991
Hotel Thomas	Gainesville	Building	1973
Hub, The	Gainesville	Building	2008
Island Grove Masonic Lodge No. 125	Island Grove	Building	2010
Jones, A. Quinn, House	Gainesville	Building	2010
Kanapaha	Gainesville	Building	1986
Lake Pithlachocco Canoe Site	Gainesville	Site	2001
Lakeshore Towers	Gainesville	Building	2024
Liberty Hill Schoolhouse	Gainesville	Building	2003
Library East	Gainesville	Building	1979
Masonic Temple	Gainesville	Building	1998
Matheson House	Gainesville	Building	1973
McKenzie, Mary Phifer, House	Gainesville	Building	1982
Melrose Historic District	Melrose	District	1990
Micanopy Historic District	Micanopy	District	1983
Mission San Francisco de Potano	Gainesville	Site	2009
Neilson House	Windsor	Building	1973
Newberry Historic District	Newberry	District	1987
Newell Hall	Gainesville	Building	1979
Newnansville Town Site	Alachua	District	1974
Northeast Gainesville Residential District	Gainesville	District	1980
Old Gainesville Depot	Gainesville	Building	1996
Old Mount Carmel Baptist Church	Gainesville	Building	2021
Peabody Hall	Gainesville	Building	1979
Pleasant Street Historic District	Gainesville	District	1989
Proctor, Carlos and Marjorie Log House and Cottage	Gainesville	Building	2018
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, House and Farm Yard NHL	Cross Creek	Building	1970
Rochelle School	Rochelle	Building	1973
Rolfs Hall	Gainesville	Building	1986
Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church	Gainesville	Building	2005
Southeast Gainesville Residential District	Gainesville	District	1988
Star Garage	Gainesville	Building	1985
Stephens House	Alachua	Building	2017
Thomas Hall	Gainesville	Building	1974
U.S. Post Office	Gainesville	Building	1979
University Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex	Gainesville	Building	2021
University of Florida Campus Historic District	Gainesville	District	1989
Waldo Historic District	Waldo	District	2001
Weil-Cassisi House	Gainesville	Building	2015
Winecoff House	Micanopy	Building	2002
Women's Gymnasium	Gainesville	Building	1979
Yonge, P. K., Laboratory School, Old	Gainesville	Building	1990
Yulee-Mallory-Reid Dormitory Complex	Gainesville	Building	2008

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Alachua was formed in 1824 (1824-12-29) from Duval, St.

ALACHUA created by Florida Territory from DUVAL and ST. JOHNS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Alachua County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,204	2,282	8,232	16,462	32,245	31,689	38,607	57,026	74,074	151,348	217,955	278,468

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

91 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 91 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alachua Hillcrest Memorial Park	29.65441	-82.26371
Antioch Cemetery	29.48198	-82.06969
Antioch Cemetery	29.81805	-82.37889
Archer Cemetery	None	None
Asberry Cemetery	29.85468	-82.54789
Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery	None	None
Campbell Cemetery	None	None
Carlton Cemetery	29.45552	-82.07842
Cason Cemetery	None	None
Cathcart Cemetery	29.77663	-82.52844
Coleman Cemetery	29.54247	-82.20621
Damascus Cemetery	29.87997	-82.53372
Davis Family Cemetery	29.89645	-82.47654
Dell Cemetery	None	None
Evergreen Cemetery	29.62844	-82.31607
Fairbanks Cemetery	29.72636	-82.25538
Fairbanks Cemetery	None	None
Forest Grove Cemetery	29.73013	-82.58234
Forest Meadows Cemetery	29.66033	-82.49659
Forest Meadows Cemetery	29.69042	-82.38746
Forest Meadows Cemetery - East	29.63939	-82.2785
Forrest Grove Cemetery	None	None
Free Canaan Methodist Cemetery	29.75422	-82.13106
Freedom Cemetery	29.82585	-82.26288
Grove Park Cemetery	29.60163	-82.15371
Hague Cemetery	29.7694	-82.42066
Hatchet Creek / Pons Cemetery	29.71703	-82.20602
Hawthorne Baptist Church Cemetery	29.59415	-82.0871
Hawthorne Cemetery	None	None
Hawthorne Cemetery	29.59667	-82.07306
High Springs Cemetery	None	None
High Springs Cemetery	29.83534	-82.59599
Hilton Cemetery	None	None
Jewish Cemetery	None	None
Jonesville Cemetery	None	None
Jonesville Cemetery	29.63861	-82.53167
Kanapaha Presbyterian Church Cemetery	29.61539	-82.41236
Kelley Cemetery	None	None
Laurel Grove Cemetery	29.79067	-82.16056
Laurel Hill Cemetery	29.52525	-82.52955
Means Cemetery	None	None
Micanopy Cemetery	None	None
Micanopy Historic Cemetery	29.50227	-82.2856
Morrison Cemetery	29.59126	-82.06525
Mount Nebo Cemetery	29.74496	-82.49261
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	29.67948	-82.33792
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	29.78374	-82.65612
Nelson - Starke Cemetery	29.68017	-82.10325
New Hope Cemetery	None	None
New Hope Cemetery	29.91005	-82.50538
New Oak Grove Cemetery	None	None
New Oak Grove Cemetery	29.89528	-82.53667
Newberry Cemetery	None	None
Newberry Municipal Cemetery	29.63806	-82.61694
Newnansville Cemetery	29.80453	-82.47758
Nobel Hill Cemetery	29.78485	-82.63661
North Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery	29.88789	-82.45402
Oak Ridge Cemetery	29.55941	-82.25843
Old Thomas Cemetery	29.76633	-82.49389
Orange Heights Cemetery	29.72997	-82.14407
Patrick Memorial Gardens	29.6733	-82.25594
Pine Grove Cemetery	29.62824	-82.31298
Pine Hills Cemetery	29.82166	-82.57611
Pinesville Historical Cemetery	None	None
Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery	29.65038	-82.17365
Rheuters Branch Cemetery	None	None
Rhuda Branch Cemetery	29.82718	-82.33788
Richard Cemetery	None	None
Richard Family Cemetery	29.91281	-82.47526
Robinson Family Cemetery	None	None
Rutledge Community Cemetery	29.67341	-82.3902
Saint Johns Cemetery	None	None
Saint Johns Cemetery	29.73872	-82.10479
Saint Johns Cemetery	29.89361	-82.45197
Saint Joseph Missionary Baptist Cemetery	None	None
Saint Mark Cemetery	29.59808	-82.59002
Saint Paul Memorial Cemetery	29.62328	-82.1808
Saint Peter's Cemetery	29.57777	-82.52194
Shiloh Cemetery	29.53471	-82.52888
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Historical Black Cemetery	None	None

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Alachua II	29.61691	-82.36649
Alackaway Tolofa	29.53358	-82.28316
San Francisco Potano	29.88357	-82.56651

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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