| Melbourne Cemetery | |
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_entrance_001.jpg) Entrance to Melbourne Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Location | Melbourne, Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 28°05′10.42″N 80°36′34.90″W / 28.0862278°N 80.6096944°W |
| Owned by | City of Melbourne |
The Melbourne Cemetery or City of Melbourne Cemetery is a cemetery in Melbourne, Florida, United States. It is located on Hibiscus Boulevard at the intersection with Lake Street. The cemetery includes graves of original settlers of Melbourne, to include Cornthwaite John Hector who founded the city. Although formally organized as a cemetery in 1891, native Americans purportedly used the site as a burial grounds for many years before.[1]
- ^ Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. Melbourne: A Century of Memories (Melbourne, FL: National Printing, Inc., 1980), p. 11.