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15 unusual facts about Gainesville


2005 Presidents Cup

They were played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA.

25374 Harbrucker

It is named after Roberta Harbrucker, an American educator in Gainesville, Florida.

Aerojet

Aerojet was an American rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer based primarily in Rancho Cordova, California, with divisions in Redmond, Washington, Orange and Gainesville in Virginia, and Camden, Arkansas.

Clay Allison

At the war's end, he surrendered with Forrest's men on May 4, 1865, at Gainesville, Alabama.

Dan Washburn

Prior to moving to Shanghai, Washburn was a sports writer for The Times in Gainesville, Georgia.

Eddie McAshan

Edward 'Eddie' McAshan, III was born the son of a mortician in Gainesville, Florida.

Edmund P. Gaines

A number of places in the United States were named in his honor, including Gainesvilles in Florida, Texas, and Georgia; Gaines Township in Michigan; and Gainesboro in Tennessee.

Gainesville, Texas

"The 1912 Cooke County Courthouse was designed by the Dallas firm of Lang & Witchell. The courthouse was designed in the Beaux Arts style with some Prairie Style features and influences from famed Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. The courthouse in the center of Gainesville features black and white marbled interiors and a tall central atrium capped by a stained glass skylight under the tower."

Gainesville, Virginia

The intersection of I-66 and Lee Highway (29 Highway) boasts the largest shopping center with big box stores, such as Target Supercenter, Lowe's, Best Buy, DSW, Walgreens, and many other stores and restaurants.

GNV FLA

The album's title is an abbreviation of the band's hometown, Gainesville, Florida.

History of Bartow, Florida

In 1845 Florida became the 27th state and the time seemed right for the part of Florida south of Gainesville to grow.

Sam J. McAllister

McAllister later served as the head coach of the Florida Gators men's basketball team of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, from 1937 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1951, leading the Gators to an overall record of 119–96 in ten seasons.

The Girl in a Swing

In the event, their marriage and honeymoon end up taking place near Gainesville, Florida in the United States, thanks to the intervention of an American acquaintance.

Tom Leadon

In high school, Leadon was a member of the Epics in Gainesville, Florida, where he met Petty.

Virginia Railway Express

VRE is studying an extension of the Manassas Line west to the communities of Gainesville and Haymarket.


Alachua County Today

The focus of the publication is the small towns around Gainesville, Fla. that are often overlooked by larger newspapers such as The Gainesville Sun.

Aleka's Attic

Aleka's Attic were an alternative folk/rock band from Gainesville, Florida formed by River Phoenix and his sister Rain.

Baughman

The Baughman Center, two buildings (a chapel or pavilion and an administration building) on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States

Braselton, Georgia

Braselton borders the mailing addresses (not city limits) of Gainesville (Candler), Flowery Branch, Oakwood (Chestnut Mountain side), and Pendergrass.

Civic Media Center

Furthermore, the CMC has an impressive track record of bringing prominent progressive speakers to Gainesville, including Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Christian Parenti, David Barsamian, and Diane Roberts.

Clarence Jordan

The Cotton Patch series used American analogies for places in the New Testament; Rome became Washington, D.C., Judaea became Georgia (the Governor of Judaea became the Governor of Georgia), Jerusalem became Atlanta, and Bethlehem became Gainesville, Georgia.

Claude Weaver

Weaver practiced in Gainesville, Texas from 1887 to 1895, serving as assistant prosecuting attorney of Cooke County, Texas, in 1892.

Crepidula onyx

USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.

Dance marathon

Dance Marathon at the University of Florida, commonly referred to as DM at UF, is an annual 26.2-hour Dance Marathon that takes place every April benefiting the patients of University of Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, United States.

Florida Gators baseball

The stadium is named for Florida alumni Alfred A. McKethan and Carl E. Perry, and is located on the University of Florida's Gainesville campus.

Gainesville Airport

Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida, United States (IATA/FAA: GNV)

Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville, Georgia, United States (IATA/FAA: GVL)

Gainesville Times

The Gainesville Sun, formerly The Gainesville Times, a Gainesville, Florida, newspaper

Gladys Horton

Born in Gainesville, Florida, she was raised in the western Detroit suburb of Inkster by foster parents.

Kerron Clement

In the fall of 2007, he decided to leave Gainesville, and moved to California to train under legendary track coach Bob Kersee to prepare for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Kiki Carter

Carter often used her musical talents and connections to organize and participate in fundraising concerts for her environmental causes, including a 1996 concert at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts featuring world-renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra.

KMAC

KBOD, a radio station (99.7 FM) licensed to serve Gainesville, Missouri, United States, which held the call sign KMAC from 1988 to 2012

KXI22

Hourly conditions are given for Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville, Georgia, Atlanta, Rome, Dalton, Athens, and possibly others in Georgia; and Chattanooga, Knoxville, Asheville, Greenville/Spartanburg, and possibly others in surrounding states.

Lico Reyes

:Linda Goetsch of Gainesville said she was once a third party voter, having voted for Ralph Nader in the 2000 election, but has voted Democratic this year because she said third party candidates tend to spoil major party elections, though they do "force centrist candidates to address issues. He (Reyes) certainly represents many of the issues that I believe in," she said.

Melanie Booth

Booth attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Becky Burleigh's Florida Gators women's soccer team from 2003 to 2005, before sitting out the 2006 season due to national team commitments.

Robert de Beaugrande

He served as professor of English in the University of Florida from 1978 to 1991, of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna from 1991 to 1997, Professor of English Language at the University of Botswana in Gaborone, Professor of English and English Linguistics at the University of Florida at Gainesville, and later as visiting professor in several universities in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

Royce Goodbread

After graduating from high school, Goodbread attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Tom Sebring and coach Charlie Bachman's Florida Gators football teams from 1927 to 1929.

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

The U.S. regional premiere of Trailer Park opened on June 2, 2006 at Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville, Florida.

The Vulgar Boatmen

The Vulgar Boatmen are an American rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida in the early 1980s by a group of students at the University of Florida, including John Eder and Walter Salas-Humara.

Tom Pazik

His works have been in the repertoire of the Atlanta Ballet, Augusta Ballet, Baltimore Ballet, Boston Ballet, Joffrey II, Washington Ballet, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Dance Alive, Gainesville Ballet, Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre, Tampa Ballet, Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, Peninsula Ballet, Atlanta Dance Theatre, Ballet Hawaii, Augusta Dance Theatre, The Greenville Ballet, and The Philippine Ballet Theater.

Twisted Issues

Twisted Issues is a 1988 splatter film billed as a 'psycho-punk splatter-comedy,' It featured Gainesville, Florida punk bands such as Psychic Violents, Young Pioneers, Mutley Chix, Doldrums, Just Demi-gods, Cindy Brady's Lisp, Officer Friendly, and the Smegmas, as well as local speed metal band Hellwitch avante gard incidental music by The Bill Perry Orchestra.

WARP-CD

Broadcasting on a tower on Gandy Boulevard in St. Petersburg, adjacent to Goodwill, WARP broadcasts on an east-west beam, towards central Pinellas County and Tampa, to protect the signals of Gainesville's WCJB-TV and Fort Myers' WBBH-TV, both also broadcasting on channel 20.

Werf

WERF-LP, a low-power radio station (95.7 FM) licensed to Gainesville, Florida, United States

WGFL

On October 27, 2010, WGFL launched GTN News, which is produced by INN at its studios in Davenport, and supplemented by local reporters in the Gainesville area.

William Hampton

William Wade Hampton (1854–1928), one of the first attorneys in Gainesville, Florida

WNBW

WNBW-DT, an NBC-affiliated television station in Gainesville, Florida

WRUF

WRUF-FM, a radio station (103.7 FM) licensed to Gainesville, Florida, United States

WRUF-LD, a low-power television station (channel 5/PSIP 10) licensed to Gainesville, Florida, United States

Yvonne Sapia

After working as a newspaper reporter and technical writer, she returned to academia, receiving an MFA in creative writing from the University of Florida in Gainesville.