Photos • Location
Early Bird, Florida | |
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.jpg) The Alice Mine in Early Bird, 1910 | |
  Early Bird  Early Bird | |
| Coordinates: 29°12′57″N 82°22′03″W / 29.21583°N 82.36750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Marion |
| Elevation | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 295250 [1] |
Early Bird is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. [1]
History
Early Bird was located along a now-abandoned 29 mi (47 km) branch of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, constructed in 1891. [2]
A phosphate mine was located in Early Bird, and other mines were located nearby. [3]
Early Bird had a post office in 1893. [4]
By 1915, the mine had been "long ago abandoned". [5]: 9
In 1920, the Melton Timber Company operated a logging railroad and mill in Early Bird. [6]
References
- ^ a b "Early Bird". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Prince, Richard E. (1969). Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History. Indiana University Press. p. 77. ISBN 0253336953.
- ^ Railway Projects. Vol. 37. Railway World. 1893. p. 784.
- ^ United States Official Postal Guide. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1893. p. 635.
- ^ Matson, George Charlton (1915). The Phosphate Deposits of Florida. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 9.
- ^ "Florida Logging Railroads". Florida Railroad Company. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
Municipalities and communities of
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |