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Pinehurst Cemetery

Memorials	:	5
Location	:	Jacksonville, Duval County, USA
Coordinate	:	30.3833008, -81.7011032
Description	:	Pinehurst Cemetery is part of the Moncrief Road Cemetery District that was established following the Great Fire of 1901 due to there being few cemeteries for Jacksonville’s African American community during early 20th century. Situated at the NW corner of Moncrief Road and Restlawn Drive, the 8.5-acre Pinehurst Cemetery was established during the early 1900's by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company’s Memorial Cemetery Association. Abraham Lincoln Lewis created the Memorial Cemetery Association to provide burial space for black residents excluded by Southern segregation from “white cemeteries.” The location of more than 1,200 graves, Pinehurst Cemetery was designated as a local... Read More	Pinehurst Cemetery is part of the Moncrief Road Cemetery District that was established following the Great Fire of 1901 due to there being few cemeteries for Jacksonville’s African American community during early 20th century. Situated at the NW corner of Moncrief Road and Restlawn Drive, the 8.5-acre Pinehurst Cemetery was established during the early 1900's by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company’s Memorial Cemetery Association. Abraham Lincoln Lewis created the Memorial Cemetery Association to provide burial space for black residents excluded by Southern segregation from “white cemeteries.” The location of more than 1,200 graves, Pinehurst Cemetery was designated as a local landmark site by the City of Jacksonville in 1992 along with Memorial and Sunset cemeteries. Pinehurst Cemetery was initially privately owned by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company and the Memorial Cemetery Association, it is believed that the Moncrief Cemetery District reflected the social history of the community as well as its religious attitudes towards death and dying during the first half of the 20th century. Pinehurst Cemetery was considered as having less social status and is home to more single burials than family plots unlike the Memorial Cemetery Association’s larger and older nearby burial grounds of Memorial and Sunset cemeteries although there are many African American Military Veterans buried there from as far back as WWI. In 1986, the ownership of Pinehurst Cemetery was transferred to the Memorial Cemetery Inc. and in the 1990's the Memorial Cemetery, Inc went defunct and the cemetery was abandoned, neglected and in despair for over 20 years with trash, damaged gravesites and broken headstones. In September 2018, Pinehurst Cemetery served as the launch of a 5-year, $10.8 million plan by Mayor Lenny Curry to clean and restore Moncrief’s long abandoned historic African American cemeteries. It is estimated that it will take $1.2 million to adequately restore this historic cemetery. This restoration will give back the dignity and respect to those buried at Pinehurst Cemetery.

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Pinehurst Cemetery is located at Jacksonville, Duval County ,Florida ,USA.
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Latitude: 30.3833008
Longitude: -81.7011032

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Restlawn Memorial Park South
Jacksonville, Duval County, USA
Coordinate: 30.3834200, -81.7032100

2. Greenwood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3836002, -81.7050018

3. Sunset Memorial Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3810900, -81.6967900

4. Memorial Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3814700, -81.6956100

5. Hillside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3878002, -81.7043991

6. Restlawn Memorial Park
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Coordinate: 30.3980080, -81.6983540

7. Mount Olive Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3747005, -81.6856003

8. Spiers Cemetery
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9. Pickett Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3852997, -81.6731033

10. Edgewood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3717003, -81.7268982

11. Westview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3708000, -81.7388992

12. Stone Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.4257300, -81.7087700

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14. Jacksonville Jewish Center Memorial Park
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Coordinate: 30.3717270, -81.6484604

15. Old Mount Herman Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3448510, -81.6690320

16. Lindsley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3541144, -81.6562964

17. Saint Marys Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3656809, -81.6465962

18. Evergreen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3675003, -81.6455994

19. Old Jewish Center Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3650417, -81.6438370

20. Old Brick Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3333160, -81.6771030

21. Old Broward Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.4377880, -81.6597165

22. Old Duval Colored Cemetery
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Coordinate: 30.3336210, -81.6492360

23. Saint Johns Cathedral Bishops Garden Cinerarium
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Coordinate: 30.3289080, -81.6532360

24. Old Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
Jacksonville, Duval County, USA
Coordinate: 30.3320200, -81.6476230

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