Evergreen Cemetery
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Evergreen Cemetery

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA

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Evergreen Cemetery is the oldest fully operating cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida. The first burial took place in 1881. The Evergreen Association was organized in 1910 as a non-profit corporation and purchased Evergreen from a privately owned corporation.

The cemetery is comprised of 170 acres and over 70,000 burials. When the cemetery was opened, remains were moved here from a downtown area near State Street and from the Old City Cemetery.

This cemetery has several sections for fraternal organizations and churches.

St. Mary's Cemetery section can only be distinguished from the rest of Evergreen by the street names, which are all named for saints and apostles)
Evergreen also includes the old Woodlawn Cemetery and Mount Olive, an African American section.

Evergreen Cemetery also functions as an arboretum, a tree sanctuary used for educational purposes. Efforts are underway to place a marker by every tree, with a number, common name, scientific name and a brief description.








Evergreen Cemetery is the oldest fully operating cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida. The first burial took place in 1881. The Evergreen Association was organized in 1910 as a non-profit corporation and purchased Evergreen from a privately owned corporation.

The cemetery is comprised of 170 acres and over 70,000 burials. When the cemetery was opened, remains were moved here from a downtown area near State Street and from the Old City Cemetery.

This cemetery has several sections for fraternal organizations and churches.

St. Mary's Cemetery section can only be distinguished from the rest of Evergreen by the street names, which are all named for saints and apostles)
Evergreen also includes the old Woodlawn Cemetery and Mount Olive, an African American section.

Evergreen Cemetery also functions as an arboretum, a tree sanctuary used for educational purposes. Efforts are underway to place a marker by every tree, with a number, common name, scientific name and a brief description.








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