Freedtown (Earnestville) was a former community in
Pasco County
Pasco County is located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2020 census, the population was 561,691. Its county seat is Dade City, and its largest city is Zephyrhills. The county is named after Samuel Pasco ...
,
Florida, located just south of
Buddy Lake. The 19th century town was founded sometime prior to December 1886. It was a "
freedtown", meaning it was a town populated mostly by
freedmen. The town gradually ceased to exist after the
Great Freeze of 1894–1895, and none of its buildings or its
cemetery remain today. The approximate location is said to have been somewhere west of
Fort King Road along Bozeman Road.
See also
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List of freedmen's towns
References
Former populated places in Pasco County, Florida
Former populated places in Florida
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