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Monteocha is an unincorporated rural community in northern Alachua County, Florida, near the Santa Fe River. A post office was opened in Monteocha in 1889, and closed in 1913. The Homowo-Afi African Cultural and Educational Festival has been held annually in Monteocha since 2005. Alachua County's Monteocha Park is located in the neighboring community of Gordon.

Notes

1. "Feature detail report for Monteocha". USGS GNIS. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
2. Bradbury, Alford G.; Hallock, E. Story (1962). A chronology of Florida post offices. Florida Federation of Stamp Clubs. p. 56.
3. Tinker, Cleveland (July 30, 2009). "Monteocha area to host annual festival". Gainesville Guardian. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
4. Tinker, Cleveland (August 7, 2019). "Local festival promotes African culture, history". Gainesville Guardian. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
5. "Monteocha Park". Alachua County Parks and Open Space. Retrieved July 11, 2021.

Maps

• "Florida Railroads - Alachua County, 1900". Florida Center for Instructional Technology. 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
• "Monteocha, 1936". Florida Center for Instructional Technology. 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2021.

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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