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Gainesville is a city, seat of Alachua County, northern Florida; incorporated as a city 1907. It is the processing and shipping center for an area producing beef cattle, poultry, and lumber. Its various manufactures include sporting goods, batteries, electronic parts, and plastics. The University of Florida (1853) is here. Points of interest include the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Seminole people lived here when the area was settled about 1830. The city is named for General Edmund P. Gaines, a figure of the War of 1812 and the Second Seminole War.
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