Ebo is an

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in Washington County,

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, United States. It is located approximately northwest of Potosi on Route 185. Ebo is next to

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, the etymology of which is unknown. Ebo is mentioned as being one of the possible sites of

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's earliest

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in Missouri. The community once had Ebo Schoolhouse, now defunct.

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