Townsend House Church & Cemetery

Townsend House Church & Cemetery (HM1A29)

Location: Dade City, FL 33523 Pasco County
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Country: United States of America
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N 28° 25.657', W 82° 19.081'

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Captain John Townsend and his wife, Nancy, brought their family and slaves to this area from North Florida in the late 1840's. The log home they built became the center of a pioneer community and a refuge from unfriendly Indians. After 1865 when the Townsends moved to a new home nearby, settlers built another "Townsend House" for use as a Methodist church and three-month-term school. The present building was constructed about 1880 on land donated by Joshua Mizell. The cemetery has been in use since before 1854.The area also was the site of a substantial Indian settlement in the sixteenth century.
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HM NumberHM1A29
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Year Placed1981
Placed ByThe Pasco Board of County Commissioners and The Historical Preservation Committee
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, September 5th, 2014 at 1:43pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 370918 N 3145279
Decimal Degrees28.42761667, -82.31801667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 28° 25.657', W 82° 19.081'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds28° 25' 39.42" N, 82° 19' 4.86" W
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Area Code(s)352
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 18201-18423 Townsend House Rd, Dade City FL 33523, US
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