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Clay County board pushes inventory, zoning and grant pursuit for abandoned and historic cemeteries
Summary
Board members discussed compiling a countywide cemetery inventory, submitting records to the Florida Master Site File, using zoning to protect cemetery parcels and pursuing maintenance grants for abandoned African American cemeteries; FPAN’s heritage monitoring scout program was highlighted as a free volunteer tool.
Members of the Clay County Historical Preservation Board discussed steps to better identify and protect historic and abandoned cemeteries, including site visits, state registration, zoning designations and pursuing maintenance grants.
Board member Cathy (first name only in transcript) said she has compiled about 78 or 79 cemetery entries on her personal list; the county’s public records show roughly 50-some cemeteries. Cathy asked staff to share contact information for the county GIS office so the two lists can be reconciled and unrecorded sites mapped.
Beth (identified in the meeting as the staff member who provided a statute) told the board she had distributed a…
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