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Evinston is an unincorporated community in Alachua and Marion counties, Florida, United States.

The Alachua County portion of Evinston is part of the Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Marion County portion is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Evinston is located at 29°29′12″N 82°13′53″W / 29.48667°N 82.23139°W / 29.48667; -82.23139.

U.S. Highway 441 connects the community to Gainesville, a few miles to the north. Evinston also is on County Road 225.

The community is on the west shore of Orange Lake.

History

Evinston was part of the Arredondo Grant of 1817. In 1884, the station at this location of the Florida Southern Railroad was named "Evinston", and a general store/post office was built.

The post office in Evinston was established in 1882.

Until the 1890s, orange growing was important, but a freeze in 1895 ended this pursuit.

The community contains a site on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, the Evinston Community Store and Post Office.

References

1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
2. Bradbury, Alford G.; Hallock, E. Story (1962). A chronology of Florida post offices. Florida Federation of Stamp Clubs. p. 27.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Alachua County, Florida, United States
County seat: Gainesville
Cities	Alachua Archer Gainesville Hawthorne High Springs Newberry Waldo
Towns	LaCrosse Micanopy
Unincorporated communities	Arredondo Bland Campville Cross Creek Earleton Evinston‡ Fairbanks Flora§ Fort Clarke Gordon Grove Park Hague Haile Haile Plantation Island Grove Jonesville Lochloosa Melrose‡ Monteocha Orange Heights Paradise§ Rochelle Rutledge Tioga Wacahoota‡ Windsor Historic communities of Alachua County
Ghost towns	Hogtown§ Newnansville Spring Grove Traxler
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties §This place has been annexed into Gainesville
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Marion County, Florida, United States
County seat: Ocala
Cities	Belleview Dunnellon Ocala
Towns	McIntosh Reddick
CDPs	Lake Kerr Liberty Triangle Marion Oaks Ocala Estates Ocklawaha On Top of the World Rainbow Lakes Estates‡ Rainbow Park Rainbow Springs Silver Springs Silver Springs Shores Silver Springs Shores East The Villages‡
Unincorporated communities	Anthony Blitchton Boardman Candler Citra Early Bird East Lake Weir Emathla Eureka Evinston‡ Fairfield Fellowship Flemington Fort McCoy Huntington Irvine Kendrick Lowell Lynne Martin Orange Lake Orange Springs Romeo Salt Springs Sparr Summerfield Wacahoota‡ Weirsdale Zuber
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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