St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1917.

From the record

“Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery is a historic Carpenter Gothic church and cemetery located at 6874 Old Church Road in Hibernia, in Fleming Island, near Green Cove Springs, Florida, in the United States. On June 4, 1973, the church and its cemetery, which is also known as the Hibernia Cemetery, were added to the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Clay County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. 6874 Old Church Rd., Hibernia, 32003
When was it listed? June 1973
Category. building
Census division. Orange Park
Architectural style. Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 73000570 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1917 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet covering St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery, surveyed 1917

Fires near this property

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery between 1992 and 2019, burning about 922 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 11 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
Natural	32
Railroad operations and maintenance	18
Misuse of fire by a minor	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	11
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	1
Fireworks	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 1996	Natural	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
24 September 1996	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 August 1993	Natural	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
18 August 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
16 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	FLORIDA STREET (10)
15 August 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
9 July 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
29 July 2005	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	PINE FOREST DR. 2005-07-0150

Every fire recorded in Clay County

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 St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Russell Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Russell Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Clay County Steam Brick Co Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Florida Solite Company - Russell Mine	Clay	Unknown
Hole No 53 Clay Prospect	Clay	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this property

45 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hibernia, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 19 heavy rain, 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
October 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Hibernia	$20,000	A tornado moved inland from the St. Johns River near Head Road on Fleming Island. The tornado tracked across Pine Avenue and into the Harvest Bend subdivision where it produced EF1 damage at 5917 Orchard Pond Drive. Homes were damaged with trees blown over or damaged. A roof and wall were pulled back about 1/8 of an inch. Siding and flashing were ripped off of the house and the fence was completely removed with pieces of the siding and fence in the trees. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. The cost of damage was estimated.
July 2025	Lightning	Hibernia	$15,000	Lightning struck a home and large tree in May Gardner Court. The oak was split, and the upper portion fell onto the home and damaged windows as it fell. The upper portion of the tree fell onto 2 vehicles parked in the driveway and damaged the cars. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
March 2009	Lightning	Hibernia	$10,000	Lightning ignited a roof fire on a Fleming Island home. The family was not in the home at the time and there were no injuries.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	$3,000	Large branches were blown down that caused damaged to pool lanais. The cost of damage was estimated.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	Trees were blown down onto powerlines. Power lines were blown down on Fleming Island. The time of damage was based on radar.
August 2025	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	An off-duty NWS Employee measured 3.36 inches of rainfall in 1 hour on Fleming Island.
August 2025	Flood	Hibernia	-	NWS employee reported street flooding about 6 inches deep along Hawkes Island Drive.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	A large oak tree was uprooted and fell across Fleming Drive near the entrance to Emily's Way.
December 2023	Flood	Hibernia	-	The road collapsed into the culvert drainage at the intersection of Pine Avenue and Hickory Drive.
February 2021	Hail	Hibernia	-	Radar estimated the time of the event.
March 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	A tree fell on a home that caused major damage on Fleming Island. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	A 6 to 8 inch diameter tree was uprooted at the Fleming Island Post office. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A spotter in Sea Pines on Fleming Island reported storm total rainfall of 3.5 inches with street flooding along Town Center Drive.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A storm total rainfall of 2.43 inches was measured.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A public rain gauge measured 3.38 inches storm total rainfall.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A public rain gauge measured 2.15 inches of storm total rainfall.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A public rain gauge measured a storm total of 3.18 inches.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A public rain gauge measured a storm total amount of 3.26 inches.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	The public measured 4.44 inches of rainfall since 11 am in Island Forest on Fleming Island.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A storm total rainfall of 2.15 inches was measured.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	A tree was blown down between Fleming Island Plantation Blvd and Village Square Parkway.
April 2017	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	At 7:53 am, about 6 inches of water was reported along U.S. 17 from Kingsley Avenue to I-295. At 8 am, an NWS Employee on Fleming Island reported 2.75 inches of rainfall over 24 hours.
March 2016	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	An observer reported 0.85 inches of rainfall in 20 minutes about 6 miles SE Lakeside.
June 2016	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	An observer measured a daily total of 2.23 inches, with about 1.75 inches from about 7:30 pm through 8:45 pm.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	An off duty NWS employee estimated wind gusts of 60-70 mph. Numerous trees were blown down or snapped along Pine Avenue between Hibernia Oaks neighborhood southward toward the Fleming Grove Neighborhood.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	Power lines were blown down.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	Widespread tree and power line damaged impacted a small quarter mile radius from a west downburst between Hickory Drive and Hibernia Drive along Pine Avenue in east-central Fleming Island. An NWS employee estimated 60-70 mph downburst winds that occurred in waves during a 5 minute period. Pea size hail was also observed. Trees damaged at least 5 roofs in the Hibernia Oaks neighborhood.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	Large tree were blown down along Pine Avenue between Water Oak Lane and Hibernia Road.
July 2014	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A 24 hr rainfall total of 3.34 inches was measured, with 4.92 inches in 3 days.
July 2013	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A daily rainfall total of 2.05 inches was reported on Fleming Island.
February 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	Large 10 inch diameter tree limbs were snapped and blown down along Fleming Drive.
July 2013	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	Two to three inches of rainfall were measured in 1 hr and 45 min on Fleming Island.
June 2012	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	An observer reported 7.5 inches of rainfall on Fleming Island since 12:30 pm that afternoon.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	Power lines were blown down along Pine Avenue between Hibernia and Water Oak Lane.
October 2012	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A rainfall total of 2.7 inches was reported on Fleming Island.
August 2011	Hail	Hibernia	-	Golf ball size hail was reported along U.S. Highway 17 just north of County Road 220 on Fleming Island at the Granite Transformations Show Room.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	A concrete light pole was blown down at the intersection of Highway 17 and Village Square Parkway.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	A large oak tree was blown down across Pine Avenue.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	Two trees were blown down at County Road 220 and Town Center Parkway. The time of the event was based on radar.
August 2009	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A spotter measured 2.65 inches of rainfall in 1 hour and 45 minutes near Town Center Blvd. and U.S. Highway 17.
June 2008	Heavy Rain	Hibernia	-	A NWS employee measured 2.32 inches of rainfall in less than 1 hour. One large branch 5 inches in diameter was blown down.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	A spotter in Fleming Island reported trees were uprooted.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	A spotter reported trees down near Fleming Island and Doctor's Inlet.
July 2007	Hail	Hibernia	-	A spotter reported penny size hail on Fleming Island around 545 pm local time. By 550 pm, quarter size hail was occurring over Highway 17 in Green Cove Springs. Thunderstorm winds also downed trees and caused roof damage in Green Cove around this time.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Hibernia	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

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

1917 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Orange Park quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1952 USGS Fleming Island quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Fleming Island quadrangle1:24000

Listed places nearby

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Holly Cottage	0.4 miles	2010
St. Mary's Church	5.0 miles	1978
Green Cove Springs Historic District	5.2 miles	1991
Clay County Courthouse	5.3 miles	1975
Winterbourne	6.8 miles	1996
Orange Park Negro Elementary School	6.9 miles	1998

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73000570 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clay County	All 22 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.
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.