Metropolitan Gainesville Gainesville, GA Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Gainesville
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Country	United States
State	Georgia
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	300xx to 303xx
Area codes	404/678/470/943 inside the perimeter 770/678/470/943 outside the perimeter

The Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Hall – in the state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 179,684 (though a July 1, 2016 estimate placed the population at 196,637).^[1]

The Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area is also part of the larger Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Gainesville, Georgia Combined Statistical Area.

Counties

• Hall

Communities

Cities

• City of Buford (partial)
• City of Flowery Branch
• City of Gainesville (Principal city)
• City of Gillsville (partial)
• City of Lula (partial)
• City of Oakwood

Towns

• Town of Braselton (partial)
• Town of Clermont
• Town of Rest Haven (partial)