A 2016 ecological assessment indicates Gainesville's urban tree canopy covers 47 percent of its land area. Gainesville's tree canopy is both dense and species rich, including broadleaf evergreens, conifers, and deciduous species the city has been recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation every year since 1982 as a "Tree City, USA". According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 62.4 square miles (161.6 km 2), of which 61.3 square miles (158.8 km 2) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2) is water. 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. The town of Gainesville was incorporated in 1869 and chartered as a city in 1907. ![]() Gainesville was established in 1854 and named after Edmund P. The Spanish ceded Florida to the US in 1821. ![]() 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. They were descendants of the Alachua culture people. When Europeans made first contact in the area, the Potano lived in the area. ![]() These migrants evolved into the Alachua culture and they built their burial mound on top of the Deptford culture campsite. The Deptford people who remained in the Gainesville area were displaced by migrants from southern Georgia sometime in the seventh century. The Deptford people moved south into Paynes Prairie and Orange Lake during the first century and evolved into the Cades Pond culture. A Deptford culture campsite existed in Gainesville and was estimated to have been used between 500 BCE and 100 CE. 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.
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