Hawthorne gives Cooper Lake Estates a quiet, small-city setting in north Florida, east of Gainesville along US 301 and close to the Putnam County line. The community takes its name from Cooper Lake, and its streets sit in a landscape of pine woods, pasture, and scattered lakes that still feels rural even as Hawthorne's shops and services stay within easy reach. Homes here are residential in character, set on lots with room for trees, gardens, and outbuildings, rather than in a dense subdivision pattern. Daily life runs on a local rhythm shaped by the lake country around Little Orange Lake and Orange Lake to the south, and by schools and churches in town. Browse current Cooper Lake Estates homes for sale below and see how the community fits that setting.