Place:Gainesville (town), Wyoming, New York, United States

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NameGainesville (town)
Alt namesGainesville
TypeTown
Coordinates42.633°N 78.133°W
Located inWyoming, New York, United States


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Gainesville is a town in Wyoming County, New York. The population was 2,333 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Edmund P. Gaines.

The Town of Gainesville is on the eastern border of the county. Gainesville is also the name of a village in the town.

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The Town of Gainesville was established in 1814 from part of the Town of Warsaw. The original name was "Hebe." The Town of Gainesville is the birthplace of David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford University; as well as Ella Hawley Crossett, prominent activist in the women's suffrage movement.

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