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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Eatonville, Florida 16
Eatonville, Florida, United States canonical 3
Eatonville community 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf incorporated place ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
adjacentTo Maitland, Florida ⓘ
Orlando ⓘ
surface form: Orlando, Florida

Winter Park, Florida ⓘ
areaCode 321 ⓘ
407 ⓘ
associatedMovement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: 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, Florida, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: “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 ⓘ
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 (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zora Neale Hurston → grewUpIn → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
Their Eyes Were Watching God → settingPlace → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Orange County, Florida → contains → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Eatonville, Florida, United States → hasHistoricDistrict → Eatonville, Florida, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Eatonville, Florida
this entity surface form: Eatonville Historic District
Dust Tracks on a Road → setting → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Janie Crawford → residesInFiction → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Janie Crawford → associatedWithCommunity → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville community
Tea Cake → settingOfActivity → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Joe Starks → residence → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida (fictional)
Joe Starks → controls → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville’s political life
Deacon Jones → placeOfBirth → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
Norm Lewis → placeOfBirth → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
Orange County → contains → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Orange County, Florida
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities → locatedIn → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Hungerford School site → locatedIn → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
National Register of Historic Places (Eatonville Historic District) → locatedIn → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
National Register of Historic Places (Eatonville Historic District) → associatedWith → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, one of the oldest incorporated African American towns in the United States
“The Town That Freedom Built” → usedBy → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: The Town That Freedom Built
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
“The Town That Freedom Built” → describes → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: The Town That Freedom Built
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
“The Town That Freedom Built” → appliesTo → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: The Town That Freedom Built
this entity surface form: municipality of Eatonville
“The Town That Freedom Built” → mottoOf → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: The Town That Freedom Built
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Eatonville Branch Library (Orange County Library System) → locatedIn → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Part One: Folk Tales → setting → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Pheoby Watson → setting → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida
Pheoby Watson → residence → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eatonville community
Vergible → workSetIn → Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Vergible Woods
this entity surface form: Eatonville, Florida