Huguenot Cemetery - St. Augustine, FL
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Rayman
N 29° 53.904 W 081° 18.838
17R E 469687 N 3307568
The Huguenot Cemetery was located outside the City Gate of St. Augustine.
Waymark Code: WM5XN5
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2009
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From
Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State in the St. Augustine points of interest section:
The HUGUENOT CEMETERY, NW. corner San Marco Ave. and Orange St., surrounded by a coquina wall, is overgrown with moss-hung cedars and magnolias. It was opened in 1821 during the yellow-fever epidemic. Despite the name, there is no record of Huguenot burials in the cemetery, but it may have been so named because it was a Presbyterian cemetery, and all Protestants were known to Spaniards as Huguenots.
The cemetery is well maintained and is occasionally open for people to walk through. There are many burials dating back to the early 1800s. Donations for upkeep are gladly appreciated.