Orange Lake is in the far northern part of Marion County, near the border with Alachua County.

Alachua County is a county located in the U. S. state of Florida.

Alachua County is the home of the University of Florida and is also known for its diverse culture, local music, and artisans.

The meaning of Alachua is suggested by a passage in the journal of Lieutenant Diego Peña, who on his expedition to Apalachee and Apalachicola in 1716, traversed the region, and of the area between the Ichetucknee and Suwannee Rivers in southern Suwannee County remarks:

This inference is not inconsistent with the general opinion of residents of the county, that the name Alachua means sinkhole.

Alachua County is part of the Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The entire county of Alachua is served by the Alachua County School District, which has some 47 different institutions in the county.

Alachua county is also home to the University of Florida and Santa Fe College.

Another group of Hitchiti speakers, led by Cowkeeper, settled in what is now Alachua County, an area where the Spanish had maintained cattle ranches in the 17th century.

Alachua is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States.

Alachua is located at ( 29. 779286 ,-82. 479849 ).

The largest Hare Krishna community in the Western Hemisphere is located in Alachua, with satellite communities throughout North Florida.

The City of Alachua is served by the School Board of Alachua County, which operates two elementary schools, a middle school and Santa Fe High School in the city, and the Alachua County Library District, which operates a branch library in the city.

Good Life Community is a life-style magazine which is also headquartered in Alachua.

Archer is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States.

The City of Newberry is served by the School Board of Alachua County, which operates an elementary school in the city.

The City of Hawthorne is served by the School Board of Alachua County, which operates Shell Elementary School and Hawthorne Middle / High School in the city.

The Town of LaCrosse is served by the School Board of Alachua County.

The Town of Micanopy is served by the School Board of Alachua County.

The City of Newberry is served by the School Board of Alachua County, which operates an elementary school, a middle school and Newberry High School in the city, and the Alachua County Library District, which operates a branch library in the city.

The City of Waldo is served by the School Board of Alachua County, which operates an elementary school in the city.

Gainesville ( and, Alachua County ) Elementary schools served Grades K-to-6 in the 1960s, while Junior High schools consisted of Grades 7, 8 and 9.

The Alachua area appears to have been the first area occupied by the immigrant Oconees, the original Seminoles, about 1740.

The adult citizens of Leon County enjoy the highest level of education in the state of Florida followed by Alachua County with a total of 67. 8 %.

" which organizes protests against, and publishes data about, the meal limit, the gathering of 13, 060 signatures by an online petition to repeal meal limit, protesters picketing the Mayor's State of the City Address and picketing developers who lobby City Hall to keep a meal limit on soup kitchens, and groups including the Democratic Party of Alachua County urging the lifting of the meal limit.

The northwest region of Alachua County was probably first settled on a permanent basis by English speaking people during the late 1830 ` s.

" It was first permanently settled in 1909 by William G. King, a real estate manager from Alachua County who had been given the responsibility " to plan, locate and develop a town.

Upon conclusion of the construction by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the facility was known as the Alachua Army Airfield and was used by the Army Air Corps and the Army Air Forces.

The Airport Authority, which consists of nine board members, five selected by the City of Gainesville, three by the Governor and one by Alachua County, continues to oversee the Airport to date.

The plaza was the site of many benefit concerts at which Bo Diddley performed during his lifetime to raise awareness about the plight of the homeless in Alachua County, and to raise money for local charities, including the Red Cross.

* Alachua County, Florida-west

Marion County was created in 1844 from portions of Alachua, Mosquito ( Orange ), and Hillsborough counties.

* Alachua County, Florida-northwest

James Henry Roper, an educator from North Carolina and a state senator from Alachua County, built a school, the Gainesville Academy, around the same time.

** Lake Santa Fe, lake in northeastern Alachua County, Florida, USA

* Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Alachua County, Florida

Alachua County proper was created in 1824.

Alachua County Judicial Center in Gainesville, Florida | Gainesville

Like many other counties containing large state universities, Alachua County regularly supports the Democratic Party.

* Alachua County, Florida-south

Alachua and Nassau counties were created out of parts of Duval County in 1824.

* Alachua County, Florida-east

Hillsborough County was created on January 25, 1834 from Alachua and Monroe counties.

* Alachua County, Florida — northeast