Black history lives on in certain city in Florida.

Eatonville, Florida recently celebrated its 130th birthday this past Saturday, according to the Associated Press.

Eatonville is the oldest continuously existing African American city in the United States, receiving its official charter from the state of Florida in August 1887.

Becoming the home of newly freed slaves, Eatonville was the nation's first self-governing all-black town.

And, amongst these other claims to fame, it produced American treasure Zora Neale Hurston.

According to the National Register of Historic Places, Hurston grew up in Eatonville, a place that became one of the settings of her popular 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Although black literary luminaries including Ralph Ellison and Richard Wright were dismissive of the book and its author during its time, the novel has since become a classic in the American canon.

The book has even been adapted into a film starring Halle Berry and Michael Ealy.

Eatonville is also the home of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival, an annual celebration in the author’s honor.

This past Saturday, Eatonville residents celebrated their town's 130 years with “craft and culture market, free food, music, health screenings, fun and much more,” according to the town’s official website.

According to recent data pulled from the U.S. Census Bureau, Eatonville hosts almost 2,300 residents, with roughly 85% of residents being black.

Congratulations to Eatonville, a living piece of black history!