The fictional Eatonville of "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

The Eatonville described in Hurson's book "Their eyes Were Watching God" is located in Flordia. When Jody and Janie arrived in Eatonville there were only about 50 acres of land, no mayor, and a little over a dozen shacks. The name of the town was also called West Maitland because both Captain Eaton and Mr. Laurence donated land but Captain Eaton was the first to give land.
Jody was not very excited about living in a place that was so small so he bought an extra 200 acres. Later, he called a town meeting and told everyone he was going to build a post office and a store that would become the heart of the town. It was at this meeting that Jody was named mayor of Eatonville and where Janie became "Mrs. Mayor Starks" (Hurston 43).
As town members started to clear out roads and better the town, Jody began to advertise to neighbooring towns so that more people would come. In about six weeks, ten new families arrived at the town and set up their new homes. (Paul Guzman)