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.
Body found off Florida's Turnpike, deputies say. Osceola County deputies are investigating after a male was found dead off Florida's Turnpike Tuesday morning. A construction worker found the male's body at about 10:15 a.m. in some woods off the road, near mile marker 226, sheriff's spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain said. The body could not be seen from...