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Waldo, Florida
Waldo is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020 census, the population was 846, down from 1,015 at the 2010 census.
William Sparkman, the "father of Waldo", was the first non-indigenous, English-speaking settler in the early 1800s, who in the 1820s, made it easier for more settlers to reside in Waldo when he built Bellamy Road, which connected St. Augustine to Pensacola. Bellamy Road was the first major U.S. federal highway in early territorial Florida and was constructed in the 1820s through the 1830s passing through Waldo from around Lake Santa Fe to the east and on towards the Santa Fe River in the west, where it passed over the river on a natural land bridge at modern O'Leno State Park. During this time, the community was known as "Bellamy Station".
In 1853, the Florida Legislature chartered the Florida Railroad to build a line from Fernandina Beach to Tampa, with a branch running to Cedar Key. U.S. Senator David Levy Yulee, president and chief stockholder of the Florida Railroad, made the decision to build the Cedar Key branch first. The section up to Gainesville was completed by 1859, with the intersection of Bellamy Road and the Florida Railroad named Waldo Station, after Senator Yulee's friend, Benjamin Waldo, a doctor and politician. And that same year, the Bellamy Station community was renamed "Waldo". In 1876, the railroad branch from Waldo to Ocala was completed.
The City of Waldo was incorporated as a municipality in 1907.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km2), of which 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.74%, is water.
Lake Alto is a freshwater lake east of Waldo.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, the City of Waldo has a humid subtropical climate zone (Cfa).
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 846 people, 538 households, and 154 families residing in the city.
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Waldo, Florida
Waldo is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020 census, the population was 846, down from 1,015 at the 2010 census.
William Sparkman, the "father of Waldo", was the first non-indigenous, English-speaking settler in the early 1800s, who in the 1820s, made it easier for more settlers to reside in Waldo when he built Bellamy Road, which connected St. Augustine to Pensacola. Bellamy Road was the first major U.S. federal highway in early territorial Florida and was constructed in the 1820s through the 1830s passing through Waldo from around Lake Santa Fe to the east and on towards the Santa Fe River in the west, where it passed over the river on a natural land bridge at modern O'Leno State Park. During this time, the community was known as "Bellamy Station".
In 1853, the Florida Legislature chartered the Florida Railroad to build a line from Fernandina Beach to Tampa, with a branch running to Cedar Key. U.S. Senator David Levy Yulee, president and chief stockholder of the Florida Railroad, made the decision to build the Cedar Key branch first. The section up to Gainesville was completed by 1859, with the intersection of Bellamy Road and the Florida Railroad named Waldo Station, after Senator Yulee's friend, Benjamin Waldo, a doctor and politician. And that same year, the Bellamy Station community was renamed "Waldo". In 1876, the railroad branch from Waldo to Ocala was completed.
The City of Waldo was incorporated as a municipality in 1907.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km2), of which 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.74%, is water.
Lake Alto is a freshwater lake east of Waldo.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, the City of Waldo has a humid subtropical climate zone (Cfa).
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 846 people, 538 households, and 154 families residing in the city.