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.
Poinciana ranks in the upper quartile for Diversity Index when compared to the other cities, towns and Census Designated Places (CDPs) in Florida. See peer rankings below. The primary coordinate point for Poinciana is located at latitude 28.1187 and longitude -81.4792 in Osceola County. The formal boundaries for the Poinciana Census Designated Place (see map below) encompass a land area of 71.88 sq. miles and a water area of 1.05 sq. miles. Osceola County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5). The elevation is 66 feet.