Gilchrist County

Organized in 1925 from the western part of Alachua, it is the last county to be formed in the state. named after the state’s governor from 1909 to 1913, Albert W. Gilchrist. The county has a number of historic buildings. Bell is a small town that was named after a beauty contest winner. Trenton is the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,939.

 Bell   Blitchville   Craggs   Curtis   Fanning Springs   Harvard   Little Lake City   Lottieville   Mutual   Neals   Spring Ridge   Thames   Trenton   Tyler   Wanamake   Wannee   Waters Lake   Wilcox   Wilcox Junction   and   Williford.

Wannee: was a small town in the late 1800s located at the west end of the Seaboard Coast Railroad. Was an old logging town. The railroad originated in Starke, went through Alachua and Bell before ending in Wannee, usually making the round trip once a day with a train named "Peggy." This was the first railroad in the area. The railroad was taken up in 1936. Wannee now serves as a residential community for those who want to live off the beaten path and there is now a public boat ramp near the old hotel and railroad yard location. You can still plainly see the remnants of the old dock, below. Wanee is also the location Marilyn Monroe picked to build a vacation home so that she would be close to visit with her mother. In Marilyn's Trust, (separate of her will), she left the land to her mother Gladys Pearl Ely (Baker). Gladys Ely had a Trust as well, where by all is referenced, showing the land transfer from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe to Gladys Pearl Ely (Baker). 

Wilcox is an unincorporated community in Gilchrist County, Florida. It is located about 1 mile west of Lottieville, at the bend in State Road 26. It is the confirmed birth place of Avidolo Sportsware.

Williford was a siding of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in Gilchrist County, Florida. It was located approximately 5 miles northeast of Bell, and 2 miles west of Craggs.