Port Tampa Cemetery
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Port Tampa Cemetery

Also known as Port Tampa City Cemetery

Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA

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  • Get directions MacDill Air Force Base
    Tampa, Florida 33621 United States
    Coordinates: 27.86350, -82.51388
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The Florida Department of Military Affairs listed the cemetery as part of the 1940-1941 Veteran's Grave Registration. This was an effort by the Roosevelt administration to record cemeteries across the state where veterans might be buried.

The instructions state, "From the city limits of Port Tampa City at the intersection of Interbay Boulevard and Manhattan Ave., go south 884 feet, turn left (East) go 1527 feet to the cemetery."

Newspaper articles from the Tampa Tribune show the cemetery existed as early as 1902. A death and burial notice for Janie Strickland states she was buried in Port Tampa City Cemetery in October of that year. Dozens of death certificates list Port Tampa Cemetery as a final resting place for African Americans in the city. Residents who remember the cemetery said it was destroyed as MacDill AFB was being built.

The Florida Department of Military Affairs listed the cemetery as part of the 1940-1941 Veteran's Grave Registration. This was an effort by the Roosevelt administration to record cemeteries across the state where veterans might be buried.

The instructions state, "From the city limits of Port Tampa City at the intersection of Interbay Boulevard and Manhattan Ave., go south 884 feet, turn left (East) go 1527 feet to the cemetery."

Newspaper articles from the Tampa Tribune show the cemetery existed as early as 1902. A death and burial notice for Janie Strickland states she was buried in Port Tampa City Cemetery in October of that year. Dozens of death certificates list Port Tampa Cemetery as a final resting place for African Americans in the city. Residents who remember the cemetery said it was destroyed as MacDill AFB was being built.

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  • Added: 14 Dec 2019
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2697352