{{Short description|Historic cemetery in Florida, US}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox Cemetery |owner = City of Winter Park |image = |imagesize = |caption = |established = 1906 |country = United States |location = Winter Park, Florida |coordinates = {{Coord|28|36|17|N|81|21|16|W|type:landmark_region:US-FL_source:GNIS|display=inline,title|name=Palm Cemetery}} |findagraveid = 72423 }}
'''Palm Cemetery''' is a historic cemetery located in Winter Park, Florida, United States. It is the city's oldest cemetery and is currently maintained by the city's department of Parks and Recreation.<ref name=wpla>{{cite web|url=https://winterparklibraryarchives.org/winter-park-cemeteries|title=Winter Park Cemeteries|website=winterparklibraryarchives.org|access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref>
==History== Palm Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Winter Park, Florida and has been continuously operating since 1906.<ref name=wpla/><ref name=cwp>{{cite web|url=https://cityofwinterpark.org/departments/parks-recreation/cemeteries/|title=About the Cemeteries Division|website=cityofwinterpark.org|access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref> It was founded on 17-acres of land donated by Winter Park co-founder Loring Chase.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-wplarchives/original/b1ded62db7ab4fe0e48499d13dabccca.pdf|title=The City of Winter Park Parks and Recreation Department Palm Cemetery and Piney Wood Cemetery Services and Options|website=amazonaws.com|access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>
thumb|Gravesites of Palm Cemetery In 2013, the cemetery discovered hundreds of unused graves sold decades prior.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pesecky|first=Nicole|date=March 7, 2014|url=https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2014/03/07/winter-park-cemetery-searches-for-missing-plot-owners/|title=Winter Park cemetery searches for missing plot owners|work=WKMG-TV|access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref> They later re-sold the plots that remained unclaimed.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 18, 2013|url=https://www.wftv.com/news/local/palm-cemetery-plans-sell-unused-plots-if-owners-do/270766754/|title=Palm Cemetery plans to sell unused plots if owners don't come forward|work=WFTV|access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>
23 mayors of Winter Park are buried in the cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cityofwinterpark.org/departments/parks-recreation/cemeteries/palm-cemetery-virtual-tour/|title=Palm Cemetery Virtual Tour|website=cityofwinterpark.org|access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/location/palm-cemetery-32912665|title=Palm Cemetery|work=Orlando Weekly|access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>
==Notable burials== * Edward Gurney, U.S. senator from Florida, mayor of Winter Park * Paula Hawkins, U.S. senator from Florida, Florida Public Service Commissioner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000374 |title=Hawkins, Paula|website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=March 4, 2025 }}</ref> * Loring Augustus Chase, co-founder of Winter Park<ref name=wpla/> * Jeannette Genius McKean, painter and interior decorator<ref name=wpla/> * James Gamble Rogers II, architect<ref name=wpla/> * Albin Polasek, sculptor and educator<ref name=wpla/>
==See also== * List of cemeteries in the United States * List of cemeteries in Florida
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
Category:Cemeteries in Florida Category:1906 establishments in Florida Category:Buildings and structures in Winter Park, Florida Category:Cemeteries established in the 1900s