Map of Waldo city, Florida

Waldo is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. According to the 2010 census the population was 1,015, up from 821 in 2000.

Waldo city overview:
Name:	Waldo city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Florida
County:	Alachua County
Elevation:	167 ft (51 m)
Total Area:	2.33 sq mi (6.03 km²)
Land Area:	2.17 sq mi (5.63 km²)
Water Area:	0.15 sq mi (0.40 km²)
Total Population:	846
Population Density:	389.14/sq mi (150.22/km²)
ZIP code:	32694
Area code:	352
FIPS code:	1274925
GNISfeature ID:	0292824
Website:	waldo-fl.com

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History

The first major U.S. federal highway in early territorial Florida, Bellamy Road, was constructed in the 1820s–1830s and passed through Waldo from around Lake Santa Fe to the east and on towards the Santa Fe River in the west, where it passed over the river on a natural land bridge at modern O’Leno State Park. In 1853, the Florida Legislature chartered the Florida Railroad to build a line from Fernandina to Tampa, Florida, with a branch running to Cedar Key. U.S. Senator David Levy Yulee, president and chief stockholder of the Florida Railroad, made the decision to build the Cedar Key branch first. The section up to Gainesville was completed by 1859, with the intersection of Bellamy Road and the Florida Railroad named Waldo Station, after Senator Yulee’s friend Benjamin Waldo, a doctor and politician. In 1876, the railroad branch from Waldo to Ocala was completed.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km), of which 0.015 square miles (0.04 km), or 0.74%, is water.

Lake Alto is a freshwater lake east of Waldo.