At the turn of the 20th century, the Lemon City community east of I-95 between 71st and 54th Streets included at least three identifiable historic black communities, among them Knightsville. Surrounded by groves owned by white residents, Knightsville consisted of five acres divided into small lots along a sand road, now NE 68th Street, that stretched west up the pineland ridge from Rock Road, now NE 2nd Avenue. It was the cultural center of Lemon City’s black community, many of whom were of Bahamian descent. Two churches stood there: Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church, founded in 1894, and St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1901. Both were damaged in the 1906 Florida Keys hurricane but later restored. The local chapter lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a two-story wood frame building, also stood in Knightsville, with its first floor serving as a local school and its second floor used for meetings and social events. In the mid-20th century, as racial discrimination and urban renewal began to force black residents out of Lemon City, both churches relocated northwest to the Liberty City area.