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New Monrovia was an African American community established near West Palm Beach, Florida in the area now known as Port Salerno.
There is a New Monrovia Park in Port Salerno, Florida. New Monrovia's one-room schoolhouse has been preserved. Costella Williams was the school's teacher for many years until it closed in the 1960s. It was submitted for a National Register of Historic Places listing in 2021. There is also a New Monrovia cemetery in Port Salerno. Teresa Clark owned the community's first store.
See also
References
- "Negro Yearbook". Negro Year Book Publishing Company. March 23, 1922 – via Google Books.
- ^ McCarthy, Kevin M. (July 24, 2019). African American Sites in Florida. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781561649518 – via Google Books.
- "New Monrovia One-Room Schoolhouse | Martin County Florida". www.martin.fl.us.
- "Former students to share stories about New Monrovia One-Room Schoolhouse". Treasure Coast Newspapers.
- Wright, Shayne (February 5, 2019). "The Salerno Colored School in Martin County, one of the last of its kind" – via www.wpbf.com.
- https://www.tcpalm.com//4433615001
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