Alachua County Headquarters Library- Downtown

Alachua County encompasses approximately 965 square miles and is included within the Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Alachua County is located in north central Florida almost midway between the Atlantic and gulf Coasts, approximately 145 miles southeast of the state capital of Tallahassee, 100 miles north of Orlando and 70 miles southwest of Jacksonville. In addition to Gainesville, the County Seat and population center, eight other incorporated municipalities are located within the County; Alachua, Archer, Hawthorne, High Springs, LaCrosse, Micanopy, Newberry and Waldo.

The Alachua County Library District provides public library service to a county-wide population of approximately 190,655.