| Limona Cemetery | |
| The Limona Cemetery Association was established in 1891. Judge Joseph Gillette Knapp, a Wisconsin native who settled here in 1876 established the cemetery located on the corner of Lakewood Drive and Limona Road. Judge Knapp, who served as a territorial judge of Mexico under Abraham Lincoln, named the area Limona, which comes from the Spanish word for lemon. The area surrounding the cemetery was later developed for retired employees of the Elgin Watch Co. of Illinois as a winter retreat. On May 25, 1982, Limona Village Chapel United Methodist Church and the Limona Cemetery Association, Inc. entered into a Perpetual Care Trust Agreement for the purpose of incorporating the Cemetery into and becoming a part of the church family to provide the cemetery with the umbrella of protection required by Florida Statutes. The Church agreed to operate, maintain and perpetuate the Cemetery by appointing a Board of Trustees to oversee the care thereof. Five trustees should be appointed annually by the Administrative Board of the Church. The sale of burial plots is open to the community, and not limited to church members. A Historical Marker was erected December 28, 1989. |
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