Beneath the Oaks: The Townsend House Cemetery in Pasco County, Florida

Wide view of Townsend House Cemetery in Pasco County, Florida, showing historic headstones beneath large live oak trees draped in Spanish moss.

There’s a hill near the Pasco–Hernando county line where the air feels older than it should. You reach it by way of a quiet dirt road. No dramatic entrance. No signage shouting for attention. Just live oaks stretching wide across the sky, Spanish moss drifting like soft gray curtains, and rows of headstones resting beneath … Read more