Editing Zephyrhills, Florida (section)

==History==
Zephyrhills began as the town of Abbott on April 18, 1888, and consisted of 280.74 acres. It was briefly renamed Hegman from 1890 to 1892 until its name was reverted back to Abbott.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Pasco County, Florida |url=https://www.fivay.org/pasco1.html |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Fivay.org |archive-date=May 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529202719/http://fivay.org/pasco1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A voting district was established in 1893 followed by a post office in 1896. In 1909, Captain Howard B. Jeffries, a [[American Civil War|Civil War Union veteran]] from Pennsylvania, purchased 35,000 acres and created the Zephyrhills Colony Company with a plan to create a community for Civil War veterans.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blackstone |first=Lillian |date=March 23, 1952 |title=Into Center of State |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H6xaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xk8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5126%2C1819266 |access-date=November 1, 2015 |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |page=19 |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203082546/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H6xaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xk8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5126%2C1819266 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1910 the town voted to change its name to Zephyrhills; it was incorporated in 1914.<ref name="Historic">{{Cite web |title=Historic Tour &#124; Zephyrhills, FL |url=http://www.ci.zephyrhills.fl.us/321/Historic-Home-Tour |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Ci.Zephyrhills.fl.us |publisher=City of Zephyrhills |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411033449/http://www.ci.zephyrhills.fl.us/321/Historic-Home-Tour |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1941, one resident reported that Zephyrhills had a [[sundown town]] policy forbidding [[Black people]] from living within the city limits.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1941 |title=Down in Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29073746/ |work=Marengo Republican-News |location=[[Marengo, Illinois]] |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |quote='Believe it or not, we have 'black-outs' here. Negroes are not allowed to live in the city. They must live either in the country or on the R.-R. right-of-way.' |access-date=March 3, 2019 |archive-date=September 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912060721/https://www.newspapers.com/article/marengo-beaconrepublican-news/29073746/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
The city created a historic district in 1999; in 2001 the Zephyrhills Historic District was nominated for and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=Historic/> A Founders Day celebration is held annually in March.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founder's Day Parade - Zephyrhills |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/FL/200002872.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417234551/https://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/FL/200002872.html |archive-date=2010-04-17 |website=[[American Folklife Center]] |publisher=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref>