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Tioga, Florida

town in Alachua County, Florida, US

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ22814045 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tioga is a mixed-use development located about three miles west of Gainesville in unincorporated Alachua County, Florida, United States.

Tioga can be found along Florida State Road 26 east of the overlap with County Road 241.

History

Tioga Town Center

The Tioga Town Center was opened in 2004.

Town of Tioga

Demographics

In 2013, the Tioga area had an average household income of $84,487 and an average age of 37.45 years. By comparison, Alachua County as a whole had an average household income of $38,075 and an average age of 29.00 years.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Tioga, Florida” as town in Alachua County, Florida, US. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tioga, Florida and town.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004, 2013—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Tioga, Florida and town providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Tioga, Florida”, the useful work is to connect “town in Alachua County, Florida, US” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q22814045. Authority coordinates are 29.653, -82.481. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004 and 2013.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tioga, Florida”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tioga, Florida primary sources, Tioga, Florida archive and Tioga research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tioga, Florida”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Tioga, Florida” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.