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SR79 SR20 intersection in Ebro FloridaPhoto: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Ebro

Ebro’s post office opened in 1897

Most of Ebro was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1981 on and the census since 1970.

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How Ebro began

When was Ebro founded?

1897

The Ebro post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 125 in 19702020 census: 237129 years
Founding year: the first Ebro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ebro’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ebro are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ebro’s history is told.

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The story so far

Ebro, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ebro yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ebro is a town in Washington County, Florida, United States. The town is part of the Florida Panhandle, and located in North Florida. As of the 2020 census, Ebro had a population of 237. It is part of the Panama City—Panama City Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 270 to 237 (-12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Ebro, decade by decade

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On the map

Ebro on the map in 1981

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ebro.

Ebro on the 1981 USGS map1981Panama City sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ebro.

People over time

Ebro, census by census

0100200300198020002020Peak: 270

Between 125 and 270 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ebro’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ebro

Nobody well known was born in Ebro itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Artis GilmoreAmerican basketball player · b. 1948
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Carolyn MurphyAmerican model · b. 1973
Janay DeLoachAmerican track and field athlete · b. 1985
Tom ShieldsAmerican swimmer · b. 1991
Kenny SaiefAmerican-born Druze-Israeli footballer · b. 1993
Charles O. AndrewsAmerican politician · b. 1877

Questions about Ebro’s history

What year was Ebro founded?

The Ebro post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (9), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.