Saint Matthew Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Also known as Clearwater Heights Cemetery
Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
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Get directions 100 S Missouri Avenue
Clearwater, Florida 33756 United StatesCoordinates: 27.96373, -82.78875 - Cemetery ID:
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Add PhotosThe site was previously where the St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church established its cemetery in 1909 for colored residents. When the cemetery site was sold in 1955 to a group who owned Parklawn Memorial Cemetery for African Americans in Dunedin., most of the graves were moved to another cemetery in nearby Dunedin.
But an unknown number of bodies were left behind because many graves were unmarked.
The black neighborhood of Clearwater Heights was first established in the early 1900s. The neighborhood's former bounds stretched between Cleveland Street, Court Street, Missouri Avenue, and Ewing Avenue.
The cemetery is locarated near South Missouri and Pierce Avenues in Clearwater .
The site was previously where the St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church established its cemetery in 1909 for colored residents. When the cemetery site was sold in 1955 to a group who owned Parklawn Memorial Cemetery for African Americans in Dunedin., most of the graves were moved to another cemetery in nearby Dunedin.
But an unknown number of bodies were left behind because many graves were unmarked.
The black neighborhood of Clearwater Heights was first established in the early 1900s. The neighborhood's former bounds stretched between Cleveland Street, Court Street, Missouri Avenue, and Ewing Avenue.
The cemetery is locarated near South Missouri and Pierce Avenues in Clearwater .
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Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
- Total memorials5
- Percent photographed80%
- Percent with GPS0%
Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
- Total memorials200
- Percent photographed98%
- Percent with GPS0%
Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
- Total memorials5k+
- Percent photographed75%
- Percent with GPS3%
- Added: 19 Jun 2020
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2708572
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