Charlotte Harbor in Charlotte County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Charlotte Harbor Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 8, 2016

1. Charlotte Harbor Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Established in 1879, Charlotte Harbor Cemetery is the oldest known cemetery in Charlotte County and the final resting place of many local pioneers who braved a subtropical wilderness and Civil War reconstruction to build a settlement on the Charlotte Harbor waterfront. Everyday families, intrepid individuals and noteworthy leaders are all represented here. Their personal monuments are now weathered tombstones.

When Joel Knight died in 1879, his daughter Mary E. (Knight) Giddens and her husband Mathieu Giddens set aside a corner of their property for a burial place. It became the local cemetery for residents over three decades, until the Charlotte Harbor Cemetery land with boundaries as they exist today was deeded to First Methodist Church of Charlotte Harbor (now Trinity United Methodist Church) on May 1, 1908 for $1.00.

The church buildings and the Charlotte Harbor Cemetery were damaged by several hurricanes over the years, including Hurricane Charley in 2004. Meeting continuously since 1879, the small congregation has repaired and renewed the historic grave markers and the cemetery landscape each time. This perpetual-care cemetery is still active and available as a final resting place today.

Erected 2007 by Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners.

Topics. This historical marker

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is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 26° 57.656′ N, 82° 4.061′ W. Marker is in Charlotte Harbor, Florida, in Charlotte County. It is on Church Street just south of Harper Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Punta Gorda FL 33980, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Schoolhouse Square Shopping Center (approx. 0.2 miles away); Trinity United Methodist Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Barron Collier Bridge (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hickory Bluff Pioneers (approx. half a mile away); Hickory Bluff Mound (approx. 0.9 miles away); Hickory Bluff Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); Isaac H. Trabue - Founder of Punta Gorda (approx. 1.7 miles away); Armed Guard (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlotte Harbor.

Charlotte Harbor Cemtery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 8, 2016

2. Charlotte Harbor Cemtery Marker

Charlotte Harbor Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 8, 2016

3. Charlotte Harbor Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2017, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 669 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 24, 2017, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.