Gainesville, Florida

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Gainesville is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Ocala. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the south of Gainesville and has a population of 45,943 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alachua	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	9,306	52.61% increase
	Baldwin	NE	48 mi [77.2 km]	1,546	5.39% decrease
	Belleview	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	4,467	28.44% increase
	Chiefland	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	2,133	7.02% increase
	Cross City	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	1,819	2.48% increase
	Dunnellon	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	2,009	5.85% increase
	Green Cove Springs	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	6,551	21.81% increase
	High Springs	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	4,629	19.83% increase
	Lake Butler	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	1,942	0.78% increase
	Lake City	NW	39 mi [62.8 km]	12,427	24.52% increase
	MacClenny	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	6,032	35.28% increase
	Newberry	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	4,247	28.08% increase
	Palatka	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	10,813	7.77% increase
	Starke	NE	23 mi [37.01 km]	5,972	6.78% increase
	Williston	S	20 mi [32.19 km]	2,918	27.04% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Archer	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,374	6.59% increase
	Bronson	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	1,059	9.85% increase
	Brooker	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	373	5.97% increase
	East Bronson	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	East Williston	S	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Hampton	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	457	6.03% increase
	Hawthorne	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,553	9.75% increase
	Interlachen	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	1,505	2.03% increase
	Keystone Heights	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	1,494	10.75% increase
	La Crosse	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	279	95.1% increase
	McIntosh	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	521	15.01% increase
	Micanopy	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	695	6.43% increase
	Reddick	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	671	17.51% increase
	Waldo	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	814	0.85% decrease
	Worthington Springs	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	193	---

Alachua County

Gainesville is located in Alachua County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alachua: Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam and Union. Although it doesn't share a border with Alachua, Clay it is close to Gainesville.

Below are counties that are near Gainesville (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Gainesville:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Gainesville
	Baker County	N	Sapp	33 miles [53 km]
	Bradford County	N	Brooker	14 miles [22 km]
	Clay County	E	Keystone Heights	19 miles [30 km]
	Columbia County	NW	Mikesville	24 miles [38 km]
	Dixie County	W	Dixietown	38 miles [61 km]
	Gilchrist County	W	Thames	21 miles [33 km]
	Lafayette County	W	Hatchbend	36 miles [57 km]
	Levy County	SW	Raleigh	17 miles [27 km]
	Marion County	SE	Boardman	16 miles [25 km]
	Putnam County	E	McMeekin	20 miles [32 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Gainesville. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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