Tolomato Cemetery
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Tolomato Cemetery

Also known as Old Spanish Cemetery

Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA

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The "OLD SPANISH CEMETERY" is also known as TOLOMATO CEMETERY. It is locked and off limits unless you find a tour.

At the site of an Old Catholic Mission, the Tolomato Cemetery was founded in 1565 and dubbed the oldest cemetery in Florida. In 1565 it was outside the city walls of St. Augustine, but today located in the busy Historical Downtown area at 16 Cordova Street. Following Florida ‘s timeline of history…the First Spanish Period, then for 20 years the British control, the Second Spanish Period, an US Territory and in 1845 a becoming a state … this cemetery has seen much change with the last buried in 1884. Besides Catholic priests and the early Menorcans settlers, the cemetery is the last resting place of several Florida dignitaries along with unmarked grave for the Second Spanish Period Governor Enrique White. Today, it is behind an iron fence with a locked gate, but the cemetery at one time was much larger with graves known to be under Cordova Street.



The Tolomato Cemetery Preservation Association (TCPA) opens the cemetery on the third Saturday of every month from 11 am to 2 pm. Free guided and self-guided tours are available.

The TCPA is working on researching the burials here. The society has many of the church records of the time.




The "OLD SPANISH CEMETERY" is also known as TOLOMATO CEMETERY. It is locked and off limits unless you find a tour.

At the site of an Old Catholic Mission, the Tolomato Cemetery was founded in 1565 and dubbed the oldest cemetery in Florida. In 1565 it was outside the city walls of St. Augustine, but today located in the busy Historical Downtown area at 16 Cordova Street. Following Florida ‘s timeline of history…the First Spanish Period, then for 20 years the British control, the Second Spanish Period, an US Territory and in 1845 a becoming a state … this cemetery has seen much change with the last buried in 1884. Besides Catholic priests and the early Menorcans settlers, the cemetery is the last resting place of several Florida dignitaries along with unmarked grave for the Second Spanish Period Governor Enrique White. Today, it is behind an iron fence with a locked gate, but the cemetery at one time was much larger with graves known to be under Cordova Street.



The Tolomato Cemetery Preservation Association (TCPA) opens the cemetery on the third Saturday of every month from 11 am to 2 pm. Free guided and self-guided tours are available.

The TCPA is working on researching the burials here. The society has many of the church records of the time.




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  • Added: 7 Jun 2003
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1964502