This cemetery, named Indian Mound Cemetery (see the mound in the pasture north of the cemetery) was part of the ghost town of Pine Level which was the county seat of DeSoto County in the 19th Century, but only for 18 months. Arcadia was then named the county seat.
You can lookup interesting information about the "ghost town" of Pine Level at: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/fl/pinelevel.html In researching this location some old maps shows that this location is listed as the "Bunker Railroad Station." A railroad was started by an North Carolina company in 1914, running along where State Road 79 is now. We are guessing that this cemetery was started some years before the railroad, which then left this area and the railroad was moved a few miles east to Arcadia, which is now the county seat.
The name of the road is also called "Mizell" which is named after an Arcadia pioneer. At the museum on the 2nd floor of the Opera House in Arcadia there is a picture of Mizell noting the Fort Ogden Railroad. The railroad thus may have traveled from here along present Mizell Road south about 10 miles to Fort Ogden in the 1890s.
Research in 2010 by geocachers Schmitdhouse2 says the railroad may have never actually come to the original Pine Level, but to NEW Pine Level, which is north of the old Pine Level and along SR70, about a mile north of this cemetery, as noted above.
The earliest gravestone we found was from 1898, the Whidden family. Note the two plaques at the flagpole with detail the history of this cemetery. If indeed this was a former rail station, we found what would have been the only remains of the station.
To get credit for this virtual find, either post a photo of the cemetery to prove you found the cemetery, or email donbrowne@gmail.com what you think might be the railroad station remains you find here.
A sign on the road to the cemetery (Mound Cemetery Road or Mizell Road) notes that the road gate is to be open during the daytime (8am-6pm). My guess is the local property owners didn't want visitors driving here during the night, but the county officials mandated the road to be open for at least daytime traffic to get to the cemetery.
Note the several turtle holes around the cemetery. You may even see one walking along the ground.
Note: There is another pioneer cemetery about a half mile northwest of this one called the Pine Level Campground Cemetery that is taken care of by the Pine Level Community Civic Group. You might want to explore that cemetery and the community of Pine Level which is on a road off SR70 just west of the Indian Mound Cemetery, where you will find interesting a pioneer church, and next door what used to be a school building, but now a home.