Bound by the area east of I-95 between 71st and 54th streets, the Lemon City community included at least three identifiable historic black communities at the turn of the 20th century, including Nazarene. Pronounced by locals as “Naz’ree,” Nazarene took its name from the Bible and was developed on land platted by local farmer and entrepreneur Lewis W. Pierce, who wanted to provide housing for his black workers, many of whom were of Bahamian descent. Originally an agricultural area of pinelands and prairie, Nazarene lay between 2nd and 3rd Avenues from DuPont Road (Northeast 71st Street) to an undefined southern boundary. Artificial barriers of segregation set it apart as a black enclave in Lemon City. In the mid-20th century, racial discrimination and urban renewal forced many African American residents of Nazarene and surrounding neighborhoods to relocate elsewhere in Miami. As a result, Lemon City’s African American cemetery, located within Nazarene on Northwest 71st Street, was lost, then rediscovered in 2009, and portions were preserved in 2011.