This subportal is part of the USA Portal . =The state of Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely popul...
This project is for those that were born, lived or died in Hillsborough County, Florida. Hillsborough County was created on January 25, 1834, from Alachua and Monroe Counties,[6] during the U.S. territorial period (1822–1845). The new county was named for Wills Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough, who served as British Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772. The County was created th...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Brevard County, Florida. Official Website The county is named for Theodorus Washington Brevard . It is located on the central east coast of Florida, and is known as the Space Coast due to the large presence of The Kennedy Space Center. History During the 19th century, the state of Florida was constantly changing the names and borde...
This Project is for those who were born, lived or died in Palm Beach County, Florida Wikipedia
This project is for those that were born, lived, and died in Broward County, Florida. Broward County was founded on April 30, 1915. It was intended to be named Everglades County, but then-Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Ion Farris amended the bill that established the county to name it in honor of Gov. Napoleon B. Broward , governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909. Throughout his...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Union County, Florida. Union County was created in 1921 from part of Bradford County. It was named to honor the concept of unity. Wikipedia Cemeteries Cemeteries of Florida
This project is for those who were born, lived and died in Bradford County, Florida. New River County, as it was known at the time, was created in 1858 from segments of Columbia and Alachua counties. It was renamed Bradford County in 1861 in honor of Confederate Captain Richard Bradford, who fought in the American Civil War and was killed in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island, becoming the first ...
This project is for those who were born, lived, or died in Sarasota County, Florida. Although the name was associated with the area from the beginning of European contacts, the origin of the name "Sarasota" is unknown. In the early twentieth-century, a fanciful story was created to go hand-in-hand with a pageant held in Sarasota. The story held that the town was named after the daughter of fam...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Pinellas County, Florida. Wikipedia
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in West Palm Beach, Florida. West Palm is the county seat of Palm Beach County. History Wikipedia When Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913) first came here in 1893, he called the Lake Worth region “a veritable paradise” and decided upon a dual plan for the area that was once the ancestral home of the Jeaga Indians. He would turn Pa...
This project is for those that were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Florida. Wikipedia The county is named for James Monroe , 5th president of the United States.
Newnansville Cemetery, Alachua, Alachua County, Florida, USA: African American Cemetery. Directly adjacent to the Newnansville Cemetery, but a seperate and distinct cemetery separated by a fence. Most of the burials appear to be African-American and many are above ground.
Newnansville Cemetery, Alachua, Alachua County, Florida, USA: African American Cemetery. Directly adjacent to the Newnansville Cemetery, but a seperate and distinct cemetery separated by a fence. Most of the burials appear to be African-American and many are above ground.
This cemetery is located on 2300 Temple Drive, Winter Park, Orange County, Florida. Billion Graves Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 7304 FL-100, Keystone Heights, Clay County, Florida. Find a Grave
Wikipedia South Florida National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located in western Lake Worth, Florida. Find a Grave
For people who worked at Winn Dixie Grocery StoresWinn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is an American supermarket chain based in Jacksonville, Florida.[2] Winn-Dixie has ranked number 24 in the 2010 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on FY2009 estimated sales of $7.3 billion by Supermarket News.[3] and was ranked the 45th largest retailer in the United States based on 2012 revenues by Stores magaz...
This is the newer Jacksonville Jewish Center cemetery and is reached by traveling on North Main Street and turning east on 43rd Street to Liberty Street. Information on both JJC cemeteries: 904-292-1000. It's also known as New Center Cemetery . Find a Grave
This cemetery was established in 1958. There is confusion about the location as it is just inside the Duval-Clay County border, but it is definitely in Orange Park, Clay county. The actual address is 111 Blanding Boulevard, Orange Park, Florida. Find a Grave
Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida. Located in the city's Arlington district, the school was founded in 1934 as a two-year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College until September 5, 1956, when it shifted focus to building four-year university degree programs and later graduated its first four-year degree candidates as Jacksonville Universi...
Originally called Williams Cemetery , Indianola Pioneer Cemetery sits on 5 acres of land a few miles from the Kennedy Space Center. Nestled at the end of an unpaved road, the cemetery has water on two sides and a thick canopy of Florida foliage. Established in 1898, Indianola Pioneer Cemetery holds the graves of the families who settled Merritt Island, including war veterans of the Civil War an...
This cemetery is located on 4354 SE County Road 760, Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida. Joshua Creek Cemetery Website Billion Graves Find a Grave
This project is for those that were born lived or died in Jefferson County, Florida. In the mid to late 18th century, a group of Native Americans from Chiaha chiefdom settled in what is now Jefferson County. This group would eventually become an element of the Mikasuki speaking Seminole. Jefferson County was created in 1827. It was named for Thomas Jefferson , 3rd President of the United Stat...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Jay, Santa Rosa County, Florida. In 1902, a committee was formed to select a name for the thriving farming community. James Thomas Nowling submitted the name "Pine Level" but it was declined due to a Florida post office already using it. Mr. Nowling was asked to submit a second name and was turned down again due to the name being too lo...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Florida. Jackson County was created by the Florida Territorial Council in 1822 out of Escambia County, at the same time that Duval County was organized from land of St. Johns County, making them the third and fourth counties in the Territory. The county was named for Andrew Jackson , a General of the War of 1812, who had...