Eatonville, Florida, United States

E59670

incorporated place municipality town

Eatonville, Florida, United States, is one of the first self-governing all-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. and is famously associated with writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.

Aliases (5)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	incorporated place → municipality → town →
adjacentTo	Maitland, Florida → Orlando, Florida → Winter Park, Florida →
areaCode	321 → 407 →
associatedMovement	Harlem Renaissance (through Zora Neale Hurston) →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
country	United States of America →
culturalHeritage	important site in African-American history →
demographicHistory	historically African-American town →
economicCharacteristic	primarily residential community →
elevation	approximately 82 feet →
festivalType	African-American cultural festival →
foundedBy	African-American community leaders →
governmentType	council–manager government →
hasFIPSCode	12-19725 →
hasGNISFeatureID	0280160 →
hasHistoricDistrict	Eatonville Historic District →
hasLandmark	Hungerford School site →
hasMotto	“The Town That Freedom Built” →
hasNotableResident	Zora Neale Hurston →
hasPostalCode	32751 →
hasPublicInstitution	Eatonville Branch Library (Orange County Library System) →
hasPublicSchool	Eatonville’s elementary and middle schools in Orange County Public Schools system →
heritageDesignation	recognized as a historic African-American town →
hosts	Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities →
incorporationDate	1887 →
inspiredWork	Zora Neale Hurston’s autobiographical writings → “Their Eyes Were Watching God” →
isOneOf	first self-governing all-Black incorporated towns in the United States →
latitude	approximately 28.618° N →
listedIn	National Register of Historic Places (Eatonville Historic District) →
locatedIn	Florida → Orange County, Florida NERFINISHED →
longitude	approximately 81.380° W →
namedAfter	Josiah Eaton →
notableFor	African-American self-governance → association with Zora Neale Hurston →
partOf	Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford metropolitan area →
populationCharacteristic	small-town population size →
region	Central Florida →
timezone	Eastern Time Zone →
transportationAccess	near Interstate 4 → served by Florida State Road 414 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Janie Crawford ("Eatonville community") →	associatedWithCommunity
Orange County, Florida ("Eatonville, Florida") →	contains
Joe Starks ("Eatonville’s political life") →	controls
Zora Neale Hurston →	grewUpIn
Eatonville, Florida ("Eatonville Historic District") →	hasHistoricDistrict
Joe Starks ("Eatonville, Florida (fictional)") →	residence
Janie Crawford ("Eatonville, Florida") →	residesInFiction
Dust Tracks on a Road ("Eatonville, Florida") →	setting
Tea Cake ("Eatonville, Florida") →	settingOfActivity
Their Eyes Were Watching God ("Eatonville, Florida") →	settingPlace