About The Evergreen Cemetery
The Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery near Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. It lies about 2.8 mi south of Jacksonville. The grounds sit at about 13 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 41 notable people buried here, including Napoleon B. Broward, Bill Terry and James Taliaferro. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 298104. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jacksonville Jewish Center Memorial Park, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Funerals By T.S. Warden in Jacksonville, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 108 cemeteries we list in Duval County, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 11 of the 108 listings in Duval County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jacksonville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at The Evergreen Cemetery
Among them: 4 baseball players, 4 governors, 3 US representatives, 3 US senators, 3 World War II veterans, 2 business leaders, 2 journalists, 2 physicians.
- Napoleon B. Broward1857-1910American politician
- Bill Terry1898-1989American baseball player and manager
- James Taliaferro1847-1934Confederate Army soldier and politician
- Nathan Philemon Bryan1872-1935United States federal judge
- Duncan U. Fletcher1859-1936American politician
- William Sherman Jennings1863-1920American politician
- John W. Martin1884-1958(1884-1958) 24th Governor of Florida, USA
- Walter Marion Chandler1867-1935American politician
- Ossian B. Hart1821-1874American judge
- Rocco Morabito1920-2009American photographer
- Charles Merian Cooper1856-1923American politician
- James McNair Baker1821-1892Florida judge and politician
Show all 41 notable burials
- Joe Dobson1917-1994American baseball player
- May Mann Jennings1872-1963American activist
- Henry John Klutho1873-1964American architect
- John Archibald Fairlie1872-1947Scots-born American academic
- Noble A. Hull1827-1907American politician
- Ben Geraghty1912-1963American baseball player
- Jaquelin James Daniel1916-1990American businessman
- Albion W. Knight1859-1936American bishop
- Charles Wadsworth Camp1879-1936American author of mysteries and potboilers
- Jack Schneider1883-1958American football player and coach
- Susanne Vandegrift Moore1848-1926American editor, publisher
- A. C. Croom1845-1912American politician
- Billy Taylor1855-1900Major League Baseball player
- Frank L. Dancy1882-1918American lawyer and state legislator
- Gilchrist B. Stockton1890-1972American politician and diplomat
- Florida politician
- Ninah May Holden Cummer1875-19581875-1958 Jacksonville FL Collector
- S. Bryan Jennings1893-1965American lawyer and forestry commissioner
- Samuel Birdsey Hubbard1833-190318 Jun 1833 - 25 Jun 1903
- Ted Arnold1894-1965American college football player and official, hospital administrator
- Thomas Elmer Will1861-1937American educator (1861-1937); secretary of the American Forestry Association
- Ben Burbridge1876-1936American big game hunter
- Catherine Pollock1886-1948Daughter of Alexander L. Pollock and Verona E. Larkin
- Eduardo Penny Andrade1872-1906Venezuelan-American physician
- American suffragist
- Henry Digby Sheffield1833-1888
- John Calhoun Garr1860-1906
- Thomas McEachin1899-1926American Rhodes Scholar
- William Stockton1887-1937American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives The 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
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What The 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
- Jacksonville Jewish Center Memorial ParkJacksonville, FLMemorial park0.3 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery0.3 mi
- Chapel Hills Memory GardensJacksonville, FLChurch cemetery0.7 mi
- Lindsley CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery1.4 mi
- Chaseville CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery1.8 mi
- Pickett CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery1.9 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery2.4 mi
- Mount Herman CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery2.4 mi
- Thompson Williams gravesiteJacksonville, FLCemetery2.4 mi
- Spiers Brown Roberts CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near The Evergreen Cemetery
- Southern Monument0.7 miMonument dealer · Jacksonville · (904) 356-4714
- Funerals By T.S. Warden0.7 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 765-1234
- Hardage-Giddens Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 356-6585
- Just Cremation1.0 miCremation provider · Jacksonville · (904) 404-1850
- Funerals By T.S. Warden1.0 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 765-1234
- Holmes Glover Solomon Funeral Directors1.2 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 768-5215
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.