
Gainesville serves as the focal point of this late-nineteenth-century survey of Alachua County, revealing the city as a bustling rail hub before the turn of the century. The landscape is dominated by the massive Payne Prairie or Alachua Lake, a distinctive karst basin that alternated between marshland and a deep lake during this era. Multiple rail lines converge on the county seat, including the Peninsular Railroad and the Florida and Western Railroad, which connected small agrarian settlements like Arredondo, Kanapaha, and Micanopy.
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1890 Arredondo
Alachua County, FL

1892 Arredondo
Alachua County, FL

1894 Arredondo
Alachua County, FL

1938 Hawthorn
Alachua County, FL

1943 Hawthorn
Alachua County, FL

1966 Arredondo
Alachua County, FL

1966 Gainesville East
Alachua County, FL

1966 Gainesville West
Alachua County, FL

1966 Melrose
Alachua County, FL

1966 Monteocha
Alachua County, FL

1966 Orange Heights
Alachua County, FL

1966 Rochelle
Alachua County, FL

1994 Gainesville East
Alachua County, FL

1994 Gainesville West
Alachua County, FL

2024 Arredondo
Alachua County, FL

2024 Gainesville East
Alachua County, FL

2024 Gainesville West
Alachua County, FL

2024 Melrose
Alachua County, FL

2024 Monteocha
Alachua County, FL

2024 Orange Heights
Alachua County, FL

2024 Rochelle
Alachua County, FL