Near Hudson in Pasco County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Vereen Methodist Episcopal Church, School and Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 15, 2013

1. Vereen Methodist Episcopal Church, School and Cemetery Marker

Inscription. A church and cemetery were established here in the 1880s. Stephen P. Douglas, who died in 1889, is the earliest marked burial. In 1890, Abraham and Susanna Bellamy donated the land to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in memory of her parents-Joseph and Susanna Vereen. A building completed in 1891 served as the community's church, and for some years, as a public school, until it was destroyed by forest fire in 1920.

Erected 1996 by Pasco Board of County Commissioners and the Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.

Location. 28° 21.629′ N, 82° 38.485′ W. Marker is near Hudson, Florida, in Pasco County. It is on Hudson Avenue 0.2 miles east of Hicks Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hudson FL 34669, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast

and on Tampa Bay.

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fivay Community (approx. 2.1 miles away); Hudson Cemetery (approx. 3.1 miles away); Hudson Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial Flag Pole (approx. 3.2 miles away); Moon Lake Gardens Stone Barn

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(approx. 5 miles away); Moon Lake Gardens and Dude Ranch (approx. 5.1 miles away); Aripeka Historic District (approx. 5.2 miles away); Pasco County Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hudson.

Vereen Methodist Episcopal Church, School and Cemetery Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 15, 2013

2. Vereen Methodist Episcopal Church, School and Cemetery Entrance

Marker can be seen on right gate post.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2013, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 966 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 27, 2013, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.