The Cemetery That Still Watches: McGeachy Cemetery, Florida

Wooden sign at the entrance to McGeachy Cemetery in Hernando County, Florida, reading “McGeachy Cemetery, Est. 1800s, Moving in Memory of Ernest J. Allen,” set beside a metal gate and surrounded by dense green woodland.

Some places don’t announce themselves. They don’t have visitor centers or iron gates or tidy rows of matching stones. They sit quietly behind trees, letting the world grow up around them, waiting to see who notices. McGeachy Cemetery is one of those places. Despite driving through this Hernando County neighborhood countless times, I had never … Read more