The most populous cities in area code 352 are: Gainesville, Spring Hill, Ocala, Clermont, and Howey In The Hills.
Other cities in the 352 area code include: Leesburg, Eustis, Tavares, Lady Lake, Mount Dora, Groveland, Dunnellon, Beverly Hills, Brooksville, Inverness, Dade City, Wildwood, Newberry, Belleview, Umatilla, Crystal River, Bushnell, Williston, Trenton, Chiefland, Cross City, Homosassa, Hawthorne, Melrose, Astor, Keystone Heights, Archer, San Antonio, Bronson, Waldo, Reddick, Cedar Key, Micanopy, Yankeetown, Brooker, Horseshoe Beach, Citra, Earleton, Fort Mc Coy, Georgetown, Ocklawaha, Old Town, Silver Springs, The Villages, and Weirsdale.
Gainesville is the county seat and largest city in Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The population of Gainesville in the 2013 US Census estimates was 127,488, a 2.4% growth from 2010. Gainesville is the largest city in the region of North Central Florida. It is also a component of the Gainesville-Lake City Combined Statistical Area, which had a 2013 population of 337,925.Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, the nation's ninth-largest university campus by enrollment, as well as to Santa Fe College. The Gainesville MSA was ranked as the No. 1 place to live in North America in the 2007 edition of Cities Ranked and Rated. Also in 2007, Gainesville was ranked as one of the "best places to live and play" in the United States by National Geographic Adventure. Gainesville was ranked as the "5th meanest city" in the United States by the National Coalition for the Homeless twice, first in 2004 for its criminalization of homelessness and then in 2009 for its ordinance restricting soup kitchens to 130 meals a day. [note 1]
Spring Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. The estimated population was 140,000 in 2016 by the United States Census. Spring Hill belongs to Florida's Nature Coast and is in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. Spring Hill is a working class area located north of Tampa.
Ocala is a city located in Northern Florida. As of the 2013 census, its population, estimated by the United States Census Bureau, was 57,468, making it the 45th most populated city in Florida. It is the seat of Marion County and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated 2013 population of 337,362.
The 352 area code lies within the Eastern Daylight Time Zone (or EDT). The current time in Eastern Daylight Time is 4:09 PM on Apr 20, 2021.