The Town of Gainesville was established in 1814 from part of the Town of Warsaw. The original name was Hebe.. The Town of Gainesville is the birthplace of David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford University.
Osceola County (/ÉsiËoÊlÉ/ , o-si-OH-lÉ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 268,685. Its county seat is Kissimmee.
Davis, came with their families in October 1868. During the next two years the families of Stewart, Kerr, Beltzer, Hildebrand, Kenyon, Campbell, VanHoosen, and Arnold arrived. When organizing in 1870, the county seat, given the name Osceola, was located three miles southeast of the present town in Section 24. On October 10, 1871, another election was held at which time the people contested a proposed site five miles north of today's location.