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This list of cemeteries in Florida includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum is one of the oldest cemeteries in Miami, Florida. Woodlawn Park Cemetery–North was established in 1913 by three pioneers in Miami's early history – Thomas O. Wilson, William N. Urmey and Clifton D. Benson.
The cemetery was acquired by the town of Sarasota in 1903. The cemetery is a significant indicator of the early settlement as it is the first public cemetery in Sarasota and the oldest extant man-made landscape feature in the city.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Florida on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 20, 2018 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website. [3]
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the Census designated place of Mims, Florida in Brevard County. It encompasses 318 acres (129 ha), and began interments on January 12, 2016.
Citizens Cemetery, Flagstaff (site of mass grave of victims of 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision) City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa; Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe; Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale; Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery; Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery, Phoenix; Hardyville Pioneer Cemetery, Bullhead City
Location of cemetery in Florida. Florida National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Bushnell in Sumter County, Florida. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs it encompasses 512.9 acres (207.6 ha) and began interments in 1988. It is now one of the busiest cemeteries in the United ...
Some of Miami's most noted African-Americans [6] are buried in Lincoln Memorial Park: Kelsey Phar, first owner of the cemetery; (died 1964) H.E.S. Reeves, founder of the Miami Times, the county's oldest Black-owned newspaper; (died 1970) Gwen Cherry, the first African-American woman to serve as a state legislator in Florida; (died 1979)