In the area east of I-95 between 71st and 54th Streets, Lemon City included at least three identifiable historic black communities around the turn of the twentieth century, among them Boles Town. The neighborhood took its name from Elijah and Rosa Boles, who moved there from Lake City and were among the original black families to settle Lemon City. Elijah, nicknamed “Lottie,” was one of Lemon City’s first entrepreneurs. In the late 1800s, he bought part of librarian Ada Merritt’s homestead west of Miami Avenue and NW 57th Street, where he built a number of small wooden houses along a single street amid tropical fruit orchards that included lemons, avocados, and mangos. He rented the houses and operated a small general store, and these business and land ventures made him one of the town’s most affluent African Americans. Before any black churches were built in Lemon City, Elijah and Rosa held church services in their home. In 1901, Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church was organized there before moving to the Knightsville neighborhood, with the Reverend B.F. Goodwin as its first pastor.