About Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery near Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida. It lies about 1.7 mi north of Gainesville. The grounds sit at about 121 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 17 notable people buried here, including William Alphonso Murrill, Archie Carr and William Luther Hill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 282306. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pine Grove Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Milam Funeral and Cremation Services in Gainesville, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 113 cemeteries we list in Alachua County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 113 listings in Alachua County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gainesville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Evergreen Cemetery
Among them: 3 football players, 3 scientists, 3 World War II veterans, 2 US representatives, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 physician, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- William Alphonso Murrill1869-1957American botanist and mycologist
- Archie Carr1909-1987American university professor, zoologist, and conservationist
- William Luther Hill1873-1951American politician
- Robert Cade1927-2007American medical doctor, nephrologist, research scientist, inventor of Gatorade
- Jesse J. Finley1812-1904Confederate Army general
- William Julius Barker1886-1968American judge
- Bobby Joe Green1936-1993American football player, punter, running back
- Earle Taylor1891-1955American football player
- James Baird Dawkins1820-1883American judge
- Milton Lewis1920-1942United States Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient
- Robert Wyche Davis1849-1929American politician
- Arthur Tipton1882-1942American football player, U.S. Army officer
Show all 17 notable burials
- James Bell1841-1900American veteran, postmaster, magistrate
- Reed Franklin Morse1898-1992
- Marjorie White1897-1980
- Robert Davidson1902-1985American philosopher and religious studies scholar
- Thomas Walter Herbert1908-1983
People whose Wikidata entry gives Evergreen Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
29.62844, -82.31607
What Evergreen Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Pine Grove CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery0.2 mi
- B’Nai Israel CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery1.6 mi
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial GardenGainesville, FLMemorial park1.8 mi
- Serenola Community CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery2.3 mi
- Forest Meadows Cemetery - EastGainesville, FLCemetery2.4 mi
- Alachua Hillcrest Memorial ParkGainesville, FLMemorial park3.6 mi
- Grass Lawn CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery3.7 mi
- Sand Hill CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery3.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery3.8 mi
- East Newport CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Evergreen Cemetery
- O.T. Davis Monument0.3 miMonument dealer · Gainesville · (352) 372-9840
- Milam Funeral and Cremation Services1.5 miCremation provider · Gainesville · (352) 376-5361
- Milam Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Gainesville
- Flander's Burial Services1.6 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 337-0452
- A Direct Cremations - Gainesville1.7 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 338-0500
- Williams-Thomas Funeral Homes Inc1.9 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 376-7556
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