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Melbourne Cemetery

Melbourne Cemetery
Melbourne Cemetery (Melbourne, Florida) entrance 001.jpg
Entrance to Melbourne Cemetery
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Location Melbourne, Florida
Country United States
Coordinates 28°05′10.42″N 80°36′34.90″W / 28.0862278°N 80.6096944°W / 28.0862278; -80.6096944
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.

Some of the graves include:


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