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.
In addition to The Villages, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area â another hot spot of retirees â ranked 10th on the list of fastest-growing metros. Among counties with 250,000 people or more, Osceola was third in the nation, with a 3.7 percent growth rate that added 10,580 people from 2012 to 2013.