Misplaced Pages

Bland, Florida

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Unincorporated community in Florida, United States
Bland, Florida
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyAlachua
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code352

Bland is an unincorporated community in northwestern Alachua County, Florida, United States. Cotton planters from Georgia and South Carolina settled in the area in the 1840s. The community briefly had a post office, from 1903 to 1906. The Alachua County School Board operated the Ogden School (Elementary School No. 49) for African-American students of the Bland community from the early 1900s until 1951. William Washington, who successfully homesteaded 102 acres (41 ha) in the Bland area, has been identified as an ancestor of Whoopi Goldberg.

References

  1. Bradbury, Alford G.; Hallock, E. Story (1962). A chronology of Florida post offices. Florida Federation of Stamp Clubs. p. 9.
  2. "Bland Community - Ogden School". Explore Historic Alachua County. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  3. Stewart, Sarah L. (February 3, 2006). "Documentary tells of Whoopi's ties to Alachua County". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
Municipalities and communities of Alachua County, Florida, United States
County seat: Gainesville
Cities
Towns
Unincorporated
communities
Ghost towns
Footnotes
  • ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
  • §This place has been annexed into Gainesville

29°54′08″N 82°29′56″W / 29.90222°N 82.49889°W / 29.90222; -82.49889


This article about a location in Alachua County, Florida is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Bland, Florida Add topic