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Notice:

The City of Fort Lauderdale Municipal Cemeteries will be closed on Monday, February 19, 2024, in observance of the holiday. No entombment, inurnment, or interment services will be scheduled for or conducted on these dates.

The City of Fort Lauderdale was incorporated as a City in 1911 and obtained its first official cemetery not long after. The City now owns four cemeteries within its city limits. These properties play an important part in preserving the history of our City, as well as serving current and future residents.

Evergreen Cemetery

Historic Evergreen Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Broward County and is located on SE 10th Avenue in the Harbordale neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale. Mr. and Mrs. Ed T. King, a pioneer family in Fort Lauderdale, established Evergreen Cemetery around 1910-1911. The cemetery was platted by Mrs. King from a portion of approximately 90 acres owned by the King family, who settled in Fort Lauderdale in 1895. The City purchased Evergreen Cemetery for $2,000 on June 19, 1917. The City continued to purchase parcels through 1938, which brought the total cemetery acreage to 11 acres.

Today, Evergreen Cemetery is the resting place of Fort Lauderdale's pioneering families and is one of the most-admired locations because of its heritage. The cemetery is set on Cliff Lake and the grounds are filled with lush trees that provide a serene setting amongst the historic monuments and markers. The cemetery currently has plots available and sites for private, family mausoleums. Please visit or contact the business office at Lauderdale Memorial Park for burial arrangements at Evergreen Cemetery.

1300 SE 10th Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
(954) 828-7050
Hours: Sunrise - Sunset

Evergreen Cemetery Map Brochure

Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery

In 1945, the City of Fort Lauderdale purchased 56 acres to create Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery. It opened two years later in the southwest part of the city. This park offers a multitude of options: full burials, a cremation garden, mausoleums, cremation niches, and private family mausoleums. The property has a veterans' garden with a monument to honor all veterans that served our country. Annually, the cemetery is host to one of the area's largest Memorial Day events honoring veterans. Please visit or contact the business office for burial arrangements at Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery.

2001 SW 4th Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
(954) 828-7050
Hours: Sunrise - Sunset
Office Hours:

Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Saturday, 9 AM - 4 PM

Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery

In 1959, the City purchased land on the western boundary and in 1961 opened Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. This cemetery consists of 30 acres and offers full burials, a community mausoleum, and hedge estates. Please visit or contact the business office for burial arrangements at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

3201 NW 19th St
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311
(954) 828-7051
Hours: Sunrise - Sunset
Office Hours:

Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Saturday, 9 AM - 4 PM

Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery is located south of Sunrise Boulevard and east of I-95 at the corner of NW 19th Avenue and NW 9th Street. Woodlawn is a historical resting place of many pioneering African-American residents. Previous owners abandoned the property and no burial records exist of those interred in the cemetery. The cemetery began to deteriorate in the 1990s but the City of Fort Lauderdale wanted to retain part of its heritage and acquired the property. The City invested in renovations of the cemetery to bring it up to community standards. Currently, burials are not permitted in Woodlawn Cemetery.

1936 NW 9th St
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311
(954) 828-7050

Cemetery Clean-Up Days

The 2024 Clean-up dates will be announced soon.

Clean-up begins at 7 a.m. If you have any decorations that you would like
to save, please take them prior to these dates as all decorations will be removed and discarded.

The cleanup of all cemeteries takes some time, and depending on weather and the number of burials, may take a week to complete. During the cleanup, cemetery staff removes and discards all items from graves.

Thank you for helping to keep our cemeteries beautiful.

More Information

A percentage of proceeds from all property sales, sales on monuments, markers, and benches are paid into the Perpetual Care Trust Fund.

A Cemetery Advisory Board of ten trustees appointed by Fort Lauderdale City Commission is responsible for overseeing maintenance and operations, as well as the Perpetual Care Trust Fund. In addition, the Cemetery Advisory Board establishes rules and regulations for management of the City’s cemeteries and makes general recommendations to the City Commission concerning their condition and development.

The City has a full-time Cemetery Liaison on site at Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery to oversee the Cemetery Board of Trustees. For more information, please contact:

Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery
2001 SW 4th Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
(954) 828-7050

Resources

Our cemeteries are governed by the City Code of Ordinances and Cemetery Rules and Regulations.