Campville is a community in eastern Alachua County, Florida, [1] north of Hawthorne. The community grew up along the route of the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad, with a sawmill, a store, a church, a school and a score of homes in the area when a post office was established in 1881. It was named for three brothers by the name of Camp who ran a large sawmill in the area. [2] The population was about 300 in 1928, when a brick factory, several tree nurseries, and four stores were located in the community. [3] The brick factory was also founded by the Camp brothers and bricks produced there can be seen in Gainesville's old downtown buildings. The bricks are a tan buff color. [2] The post office was closed in 1966. [4]
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