Lake City, Florida
| Lake City, Florida | |
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| City | |
Top, left to right: Lake De Soto, Battle of Olustee monument, Columbia County Courthouse, City Hall, Florida Gateway College, Osceola National Forest
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| Motto: Gateway to Florida | |
 Location in Columbia County and the state of Florida |
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| Coordinates: 30°11′N 82°38′W / 30.183°N 82.633°WCoordinates: 30°11′N 82°38′W / 30.183°N 82.633°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Columbia |
| Settled | 1830 |
| Incorporated | 1859 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Stephen M. Witt |
| • City Manager | Wendell Johnson |
| Area | |
| • City | 12.4 sq mi (32.2 km2) |
| • Land | 12.0 sq mi (31.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) 3.20% |
| Elevation3 | 188 ft (57 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 12,046 |
| • Density | 1,002/sq mi (387.0/km2) |
| • Metro | 67,531 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 32024-32025, 32055-32056 |
| Area code(s) | 386 |
| FIPS code | 12-37775 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0305917 |
| Website | www |
Lake City is the county seat of Columbia County,Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 12,046. It is the principal city of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is composed of Columbia County, and had a 2010 population of 67,531. The city's sesquicentennial was held in 2009.
The site of Lake City was a Seminole village named Alpata Telophka or Hvlpvtv Tvlofv, meaning "Alligator Village". By 1830, a Euro-American town called Alligator was established, adjacent to the Seminole town. The city was incorporated and changed to its current name in 1859. The name was changed because the mayor's wife, who had recently moved to the town, refused to hang her lace curtains in a town named Alligator. Local bodies of water include Lake DeSoto, Lake Isabella, Alligator Lake, Lake Hamburg, Gwen Lake, Lake Harper and Watertown Lake.
The Civil War Battle of Olustee took place east of Lake City, near Olustee in Baker County, in February 1864. It was the only major battle in Florida during the war. Union casualties were 1,861 men killed, wounded or missing; Confederate casualties were 946 killed, wounded or missing. The Confederate dead were buried in Lake City.
By the early 20th century, Lake City had become an important railroad junction, served by the Seaboard Air Line, Atlantic Coast Line, Georgia Southern Railroad, and the Florida Railroad.
Florida Agricultural College, one of the four schools that formed the University of Florida, was originally located in Lake City before consolidation to Gainesville in 1905.
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