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Photograph of Hawthorne Cemetery
Photograph by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hawthorne Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1938.

From the record

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Alachua County · listed in 2015 · category: Site.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. FL 20, Hawthorne, 32640
  • When was it listed? May 2015
  • Category. site
  • Census division. Hawthorne
  • National Register reference number. 14000172 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1938 to 1954

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 16 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Hawthorne Cemetery, surveyed 1954
Topographic sheet covering Hawthorne Cemetery, surveyed 1938

Fires near this property

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Hawthorne Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,284 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Natural33
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2007Fireworksunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/CAMPVILLE RD FIRE
9 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/57TH AVE FIRE
11 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/DOT FIRE
3 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 1,131 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,131 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hawthorne Cemetery between 1895 and 1975: 585 Fungi, 446 Animalia, 53 Protozoa, 37 Plantae, 5 Unrecorded, 5 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. & L. Rhoads, A. A. Arata, A. S. Rhoads and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Sorosporium everhartii Ellis & GallowaySorosporium everhartii Ellis & Galloway1900Hume, H. HaroldOrange Heights
Specimen of Sphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.ClintonSphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.Clinton1900H. Harold HumeOrange Heights
A photograph of the species Egretta caerulea, not of this specimenEgretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)1895Frederick DavisNeumaue Lake
A photograph of the species Egretta thula, not of this specimenEgretta thula (Molina, 1782)1895Walker, C.D.Windsor, Florida.
A photograph of the species Nycticorax violaceus, not of this specimenNycticorax violaceus violaceus Stotz et al., 19961895C.D. WalkerWindsor
A photograph of the species Acanthospermum australe, not of this specimenAcanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze1897J. H. Barnhart
Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton1900H. H. Hume
A photograph of the species Sphaeria Tode, not of this specimenSphaeria Tode1900H. Harold HumeOrange Heights
A photograph of the species Ustilago Roussel, not of this specimenUstilago (Pers.) Roussel, 18061900H. H. Hume
A photograph of the species Sphaerostilbe coccophila, not of this specimenSphaerostilbe coccophila Tul. & C.Tul.1906Byler G. A.Windsor
A photograph of the species Fusicladium effusum, not of this specimenFusicladium effusum G.Winter1907Byles G. A.Windsor, Alachua Co.
A photograph of the species Coragyps atratus, not of this specimenCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793)1909Charles S. ThompsonLochloosa Lake

All 1,131 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hawthorne Cemetery: 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crossley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakes DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, FreeProspect
Eccle's Property ProspectKaolinProspect
Fry H.D.ProspectKaolinOccurrence
Number Four Kaolin MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Alachua County

Storms near this property

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawthorne, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 3 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2009LightningHawthorne1 hurtA 10-year-old male was struck and injured by lightning in Hawthorne. He was hospitalized.
July 2014FloodHawthorne$5,000Water was coming into some resident homes along U.S. Highway 301 and State Road 20 in Hawthorne. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for this event to be included in StormData.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$5,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$3,000A media partner relayed a report from social media of an tree that was blown down onto a home in Hawthorne. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the inclusion of the event in storm data.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$2,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$1,000A tree was uprooted as a line of shower moved through Hawthorne. The cost of damage was estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHawthorne$500Large tree were blown down.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindHawthorne-Trees were blown down along SE 57th Avenue and a trampoline was blown into a neighbor's yard. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
August 2020FloodHawthorne-All lanes of State Road 20 were closed about a quarter mile east of State Road 21 toward Hawthorne due to flooding.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHawthorne-Numerous reports of trees and power lines occurred in Hawthorne. The time of damage was estimated by radar.
August 2015Funnel CloudHawthorne-A photo of a photo cloud was taken near Hawthorne.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHawthorne-Multiple reports of trees down in Hawthorne.
September 2009FloodHawthorne-Law enforcement reported flooding in Hawthorne. Portions of Southeast Highway 301 near County Road 2028 had to be closed due to flooding.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHawthorne-The Clay Electric Line Supervisor in Keystone Heights reported widespread thunderstorm wind damage to electric lines across eastern Alachua county including near the city of Hawthorne. Trees were blown down on power lines.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHawthorne-no account filed
September 2004Funnel CloudHawthorne-no account filed
March 2001HailHawthorne-no account filed
July 2000Funnel CloudHawthorne-no account filed
June 1996HailHawthorne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alachua County

Maps showing this location

7 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Neilson House7.6 miles1973

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 14000172 in Record Group 79.
Alachua CountyAll 64 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.