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Alachua County is best known as home of the University of Florida in Gainesville which is the county seat. Originally, Newmansville was the Alachuan county seat, but was relocated to Gainesville in 1853 when its convenient location on the railroad drew business and residents away. Although Alachua County is now associated with the University's FLorida Gators, the Alachua area is the thought to be the first area occupied by the Oconees, the original Seminoles. Their first town was located near the old Alachuan plain now known as Payne's Pairie. Alachua County is thought to have been named after the Timucuan word for sinkhole which is consistent with the many springs in the area that are without effluent streams. Alachua County is not only steeped in history, but also in the natural beauty of old Florida.