User:Donald Albury/Notes/Alachua County communities

Unincorporated communities
Populated places in the 21st century (all are listed in article)
 * Arredondo - Ashby, PO 1873-1925
 * Campville - Ashby, PO 1881-1966
 * Cross Creek
 * Earleton - Ashby, PO as Rosetta in 1886, became Earleton 1887-now
 * Evinston, partly in Marion County - Ashby, PO 1882-now
 * Fairbanks - Ashby, PO 1875-1943
 * Grove Park - Windsor Tract pp. 43-44, PO 1883-1958
 * Hague - Ashby, PO 1883-1929
 * Haile
 * Haile Plantation
 * Island Grove - Ashby PO 1894-now
 * Jonesville - Ashby, PO 1875-1907
 * Lochloosa - PO 1881-now,, Webber p. 64, Ashby, Webb p. 26
 * Melrose, partly in Bradford, Clay, and Putnam counties
 * Orange Heights - Ashby, Windsor Tract pp. 39-40 49, P.O 1884-1954
 * Rochelle - Ashby, Windsor Tract pp. 42-43, P.O. Gruelle 1881-1884, Rochelle 1884-1945
 * Rutledge
 * Tioga - PO 1903-1907
 * Wacahoota, partly in Marion County - PO 1895-1907
 * Windsor - Ashby, Windsor Tract pp. 40-42, P.O. 1884-1942

Historic communities in Alachua County
This is a list of populated places and/or places with a post office established in the 19th century or early 20th century, but abandoned, annexed into an incorporated municipality, or with a much reduced population by the later part of the 20th century. Two post offices were established at trading posts in Alachua County in 1826, before any communities existed in the county. Edward Wanton establishedA post office at Wanton's trading post- PO 1826-1834


 * Gracy was a community in northwestern Alachua County. It was on the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway about 20 mi northwest of Gainesville, between Newnansville (present-day Alachua) and Sentaffey (present-day High Springs). It had a sawmill and a store. A post office was established in 1884 and closed in 1902.
 * Hummock Ridge, later known as Hammock Ridge, was a community in central Alachua County on the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad (later part of the Florida Central and Western Railroad). It was the center of a well-regarded vegetable gtowing area. A post office named Hammock was established in 1888 and closed in 1896.
 * Kanapaha was a community southwest of Gainesville, on the Florida Railroad midway to Archer. It was the site of the Haile Plantation. A post office was established in 1887 and closed in 1907.
 * Louise was a community in northwestern Alachua County, near the Santa Fe River, 7 mi west of Waldo. The community grew up around a homestead established in 1850. The population was about 200 in 1880, reported to be between 450 and 500 in 1884. The community included schools, churches, two stores, a saw mill, grist mill, five sugar mills and a cotton gin. Oranges groves and truck farms surrounded the community.
 * Palmer was a community in southwestern Alachua County. It was located on the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad (later part of the Florida Central and Western Railroad) midway between Arredondo and Archer. Originally named Battonville, the name was changed in 1883 in honor of Colonel Frank Palmer, a resident. In 1885, Palmer had a population of about 100, reported to all be "northerners". The Battonville post office was established in 1875. the name was changed to Palmer in 1883, and the post office was closed in 1907. ,
 * Phifer - railroad town on Florida Southern Railroad between Grove Park and Rochelle, never developed beyound railroad station and several homes - Windsor tract p. 44
 * Phoenix - Saw mill of Brown and Barker employed 20 to 50 workers in 1885. PO 1882-1886, Webb p. 27
 * Santa Fe - PO 1900-1960 (Santa Fe Rural Station PO 1960-now), GNIS, Alachua County Historic Commission

Post offices in Alachua County

 * Arno was a community in northwestern Alachua County at 29.77191°N, -82.55539°W. The community was named for George Arnow, publisher of the Cotton States, a newspaper published in Alachua County from 1860 until 1865. A post office was established in 1901, and closed in 1907.
 * Atlas was a community in northern Alachua County at 29.83996°N, -82.30844°W, a little south of the Santa Fe River. A post office was established in 1897, and closed in 1914.
 * Battonville - See Palmer in this list.
 * Benjamin was a community in southern Alachua County. A post office was established in 1892, and closed in 1894, with mail service provided through Micanopy after the post office closed.
 * Bennington was a community in Alachua County, southeast of the City of Alachua and west of Gainesville. A post office was established in 1897, and closed in 1905.
 * Cadillac was a community in western Alachua County at 29.74163°N, -82.53872°W. It was on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad between Alachua and Newberry. A post office was established in 1900 and closed in 1909.
 * Clark was a community in northwestern Alachua County at 29.7733°N, -82.62595°W. It was on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad between High Springs and Newberry. A post office was established in 1894 and closed in 1911.
 * Clyatt was a community in southern Alachua County. It was on the Gainesville and Gulf Railway between Gainesville and Micanopy. A post office was established in 1900 and closed in 1907.
 * Cyril was a community in northern Alachua County. It was on the Gainesville and Gulf Railway between Gainesville and Sampson City (in Bradford County). A post office was established in 1902 and closed in 1907.
 * Dud was a community in western Alachua County. A post office was established in 1892 and closed in 1894, with mail service provided by the Jonesville post office after the Dud post office closed.
 * Dutton was a community in western Alachua County. It was on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line between High Springs and Newberry. A post office was established in 1898 and closed in 1913.
 * Forsberg was a community in western Alachua County. A post office was established in 1915 and closed in 1917. Mail service was provided by the Newberry post office after the Forsberg post office closed.
 * Glenwood was a community in Alachua County. A post office was established in February 1885 and closed in October 1885.
 * Hallie was a community in northern Alachua County southeast of La Crosse. A post office was established in 1894 and closed in 1895.
 * Hatchett Creek - See Yulee in this list.
 * Hainesworth, or Haynesworth, was a community in northern Alachua County, on the Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway (later part of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad) between Alachua and LaCrosse. A post office was established in 1900 and closed in 1908. ,
 * Hope was a community in eastern Alachua County, between Hawthorne and Melrose. A post office was established in 1894 and closed in in 1907. ,
 * Joella was a community established on the Santa Fe River west of Sentaffey (High Springs) in about 1850. A post office was established in 1880 and closed in 1885.
 * Kirkwood was a community in southern Alachua County, on the Gainesville and Gulf Railway between Gainesville and Micanopy. A post office was established in 1895 and closed in 1907.
 * Komoko was a community in western Alachua County. It was on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad between Alachua and Newberry. A post office was established in 1900 and closed in 1914.
 * Lexington was a community in western Alachua County, north of Newberry on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line from High Springs, A post office was established in 1894 and closed in 1906.
 * Madisonboro (or Madisonborough) was a community in Alachua County, located on the mail route from Newnansville to Orange Springs, in Marion County. A post office was established in 1849 and closed in 1852.
 * Mayfield was a community in northern Alachua County, on the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway about 5.5 mi north of Gainesville. A post office was established in 1885 and closed in 1889.
 * Millsworth was a community in Alachua County. A post office was established in 1880 and closed in 1881.
 * Nettleton was a community in Alachua County. It was located on the Florida Southern Railway (later Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) between Rochelle and Evinston, Florida. A post office was established in 1899 and closed in 1904.
 * Osceola was a community in western Alachua County, west of Clark. A post office was established in 1886 and closed in 1904.
 * Pineville - PO 1897-1901, GNIS Church
 * Rex P.O. 1899-1907, GNIS,, Windsor Tract p. 39
 * Rocky Point - PO 1896-1906, GNIS, Florida Department of Agriculture Map, c. 1926
 * Socastee - PO 1915-1920, Florida Department of Agriculture Map, c. 1926
 * Stewartsville - PO 1889-1891
 * Sugar Grove - PO 1858-1867, Colton's Florida, 1873
 * Sutherland - PO 1886-1888
 * Tacoma - PO 1895-1907, GNIS,
 * Tarver was a plantation, a fort, a townsite and a railroad station in Alachua County, Florida, United States. Tarver Plantation, named for its owner, was established on the north edge of Paynes's Prairie, about 0.8 mi east of the Alachua Sink, in the 1830s. The plantation was fortified as Fort Tarver during the Second Seminole War. Part of the plantation, on a bluff overlooking the prairie, was given to the Florida Southern Railroad as a townsite to induce the company to build their railroad through the area. The railroad commenced operations between Palatka and Gainesville in 1881, with a scheduled stop at Tarver. As of 1883, only one house had been built on the townsite. The site is now an overlook in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park accessible from the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail.
 * Texan - PO 1896-1898 near Jonesville
 * Wade - PO 1893-1930, GNIS,
 * Yulee was a community in northeastern Alachua County. It was located on the Transit Railroad between Fairbanks and Waldo. A post office named Hatchett Creek was established in 1878, and renamed Yulee in 1879. The post office was closed in 1887.


 * Cadillac, Clinch, Grove Park, Half Moon, Hydro, Leno, Louise, Monteocha, Perseverance, Pinesville, Shiloh, Tuscawilla, and Wade
 * Magnesia Springs (p. 64), Gruelle (p. 64), Lochloosa (p. 64), Tarver (p. 65), Flora (p. 65), Palmer (formerly Batonville) (p. 77), Hummock Ridge (p. 79), Gordon (p. 80), Worthington Springs (p. 81), Fort Clark (p. 81), Fort Harley (p.81), Keitler (p. 83), Saludia (front map).
 * Brooklyn Lake, Tacoma, Kelley's Mill, Oliver Park, Louise, Phoenix, Hague, Paradise, Mayfield, Rutledge, Fort Walker, Kanapaha, Komoka, Mayfield, Maplesworth, Clark, Wades, Younglove, Dutton, Lexington, Colgrove.
 * Sugar Grove near Santa Fe River north of Newnansville.
 * Brewer, Ft. Tarver, Jamestown, Perry, Fort Crane, Rural Hills.
 * Dixie, Waite's Crossing, RiverStyx.
 * Santaffey P.O.(Orion), Gracy.
 * Hodges, Bennington, Hainesworth, Atlas, Thomas V., Bellamy, Prairie Creek, Rex, Hope, Daysville, Kirkville, Nettleton.
 * Waites (Hawthorne?)
 * Cyril, Graham, Bocastee, Rocky Point, Clyatt, Anderson, Wrights.