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Gainesville
Alabama · AL
About Gainesville
Town in Alabama, United States172Population
1.7 sq miArea
128 ftElevation
Gainesville is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1832, it was incorporated in 1835. As of the 2020 census, Gainesville had a population of 172. Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered his men near Gainesville on May 19, 1865, at the Civil War's end.
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