Editing Gainesville, Florida (section)

==History==
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There is archeological evidence, from about 12,000 years ago, of the presence of [[Paleo-Indians]] in the Gainesville area, although it is not known if there were any permanent settlements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/north-american-indian-artifacts/177596-paleo-indians-florida.html|title=Paleo-Indians in Florida|website=www.treasurenet.com|date=June 2, 2010 |access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref> A [[Deptford culture]] campsite existed in Gainesville and was estimated to have been used between 500 BCE and 100 CE.<ref name="histmark1">{{Cite web|url=http://apps.flheritage.com/markers/markerDetail.cfm?id=41&keyword=THE%20LAW%20SCHOOL%20MOUND&city=&county=|title=Florida Historical Markers Programs - Marker Detail - Preservation - Florida Division of Historical Resources|website=apps.flheritage.com|access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref> The Deptford people moved south into Paynes Prairie and Orange Lake during the first century and evolved into the [[Cades Pond culture]].<ref name="Milanich">{{Cite book |title=Florida's Indians from ancient times to the present |last=Milanich |first=Jerald T. |date=1998 |publisher=University Press of Florida|isbn=0813022002|location=Gainesville|oclc=48138342}}</ref> The Deptford people who remained in the Gainesville area were displaced by migrants from southern Georgia sometime in the seventh century.<ref name="Milanich" /> These migrants evolved into the [[Alachua culture]] and they built their burial mound on top of the Deptford culture campsite.<ref name="histmark1" /> When Europeans made first contact in the area, the [[Potano]] lived in the area. They were descendants of the Alachua culture people.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Paynes Prairie.|last=Andersen, Lars.|date=2014|publisher=Pineapple Press, Inc |isbn=978-1561646654|oclc=915153938}}</ref> European contact diminished the numbers of native peoples (through disease, enslavement, war) and Spanish colonists began cattle ranching in the Paynes Prairie area in the 18th century. The Spanish ceded Florida to the US in 1821.<ref>{{Cite book |title=A history of Florida |last1=Tebeau |first1= Charlton W. |date=1999 |publisher=University of Miami Press |last2=Marina |first2=William |isbn=0870243381 |edition=3rd |location=Coral Gables, Fla.|oclc=43972863}}</ref>

Gainesville was established in 1854 and named after [[Edmund P. Gaines]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Florida; a Guide to the Southern-Most State|year=1939|page=380}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|last=Gannett|first=Henry|publisher=US Government Printing Office|year=1905|page=133}}</ref> The town of Gainesville was incorporated in 1869<ref>{{citation |url=https://localgov.fsu.edu/readings_papers/Boundaries%20of%20Government/Munincipal_Incorporations_in_Florida.pdf |year=2001 |title=Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida |author=Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |location=Tallahassee |publisher=State of Florida|series=LCIR Report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428092419/https://localgov.fsu.edu/readings_papers/Boundaries%20of%20Government/Munincipal_Incorporations_in_Florida.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2017 |author-link=Florida Legislature }}</ref> and chartered as a city in 1907.<ref name="britannica">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gainesville (Florida) |volume= 11 | page= 388 }}</ref> The University of the State of Florida was moved from Lake City to Gainesville in 1906 and its name was simplified to ''University of Florida'' in 1909.<ref name="britannica"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ufl.edu/history/1906.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227123225/http://www.ufl.edu/history/1906.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 27, 2008|title=University of Florida History|date=December 27, 2008|access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref>