Early Bird is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Marion County, Florida Marion County is a county located in the North Central region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 375,908. Its county seat is Ocala. Marion County comprises the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan S ...

, United States.

History

Early Bird was located along a now-abandoned branch of the

Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was the final name of a system of railroads throughout Florida, becoming part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900. The system, including some of the first railroads in Florida, stretched from Jackso ...

, constructed in 1891. A phosphate mine was located in Early Bird, and other mines were located nearby. Early Bird had a post office in 1893. By 1915, the mine had been "long ago abandoned". In 1920, the Melton Timber Company operated a logging railroad and mill in Early Bird.

References

Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida {{MarionCountyFL-geo-stub