Mount Carmel Cemetery
Site Brief:
Founded: mid-1800's
Location: New Port Richey, FL
Additional name(s): Mount Carmel A.M.E. Church
Affiliate group(s):
No national or local groups, but Pasco County is responsible for several historic cemeteries.
History:
Mount Carmel African Methodist Episcopal Church and cemetery served the historically black community that worked at the Ehren Pine Company sawmill. The congregation folded sometime after the Great Depression and members joined other local churches.
There are many unmarked graves here and the date of the first burial is unknown. Although it is believed that the cemetery dates back to the mid-1800s, the first marked grave is 1903 and the latest is 1954.
In 2006, the Pasco County Black Caucus, in cooperation with the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners and other concerned individuals, initiated efforts to provide recognition and perpetual care of this site.
