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Welcome to Early Bird ...

Early Bird is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Early Bird, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Early Bird is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Early Bird lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Early Bird: 352

Communities near Early Bird ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Early Bird.

  • Ocala
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Ocala is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <3>
  • Williston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dunnellon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Reddick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • McIntosh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fellowship
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fellowship is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
  • York
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • York is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • Morriston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chatmire
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chatmire is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmire
  • Martin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Martin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Early Bird. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Early Bird.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Early Bird. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Early Bird.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Early Bird. See our Newspapers Page for Early Bird.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Early Bird ...

Looking for more information about Early Bird? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Early Bird, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Early Bird.

Adding Early Bird to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Early Bird in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Early Bird was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Early Bird post office opened in 1891. The Early Bird post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Early Bird.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Early Bird - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/