Gainesville

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University
1

A town in Sumter County, Alabama.

2

An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, the county seat until 1884.

3

A city, the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, home to the University of Florida. Named after Edmund P. Gaines.

4

A city, the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, named after Edmund P. Gaines.

5

A minor city, the county seat of Ozark County, Missouri, named after Gainesville, Georgia.

6

A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, named after Edmund P. Gaines.

7

A city, the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, named after Edmund P. Gaines.

8

A census-designated place in Prince William County, Virginia, probably named after Thomas Brawner Gaines.

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Consonance

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