On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 <cmatson@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > I believe you are mistaken as it was in Levy county near the present day > town of Sumner not Sumter County. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_massacre > has a map of where it was. The town is no more as it was destroyed and > abandoned after the massacre. > > > Lawson E Jolly wrote: > > Thanks, everyone, for your helpful responses. Turns out that Massacre is > > present-day St. Catherine in Sumter County. > > > Mrs. Jolly is correct. An old Rand McNally map from 1895 shows Massacre, Sumter County, Florida: http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Florida/Florid1895a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name,Description%29,cat%28Name,Description%29&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl It was likely a railroad stop and the name came from the Seminole War battle that occurred nearby. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dade_Battlefield_Historic_State_Park