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.
Osceola -- Polk County. Bird's eye sketch of Osceola, shows its Iowa and Indiana roots with streets named Hawkeye and Hoosier, 1880. Recent Hufnagle aerial of Osceola, looking north, ...Right in the middle of everything! [courtesy of Bernie Gissler] Our town derives its unusual name from Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indian tribe.