CYCADIA CEMETERY, Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Florida

Notes: Cycadia Cemetery is located just east of US 19 at 1021 East Tarpon Avenue, Tarpon Springs, Florida. In 1887 an early settler, Viola Keeney Beekman, donated the land to be dedicated as a cemetery. In the early days the cemetery was managed by a small group of women from Tarpon Springs, who brought plants and trees to the cemetery in a mule drawn wagon. As the cemetery grew, they found management of the cemetery became too difficult. Therefore, in 1946, cemetery was deeded to the city of Tarpon Springs, which assumed management responsibilities. The earliest burial was C. L. Webster 1872, prior to formal establishment of a cemetery.