Key West Cemetery

Key West Cemetery, officially the Historic Key West City Cemetery, was established inland in 1847 after an 1846 hurricane exposed and scattered bodies from an earlier burial ground at Whitehead Point. Covering 19 acres at the foot of Solares Hill, it holds an estimated 100,000 burials and preserves some of the oldest surviving evidence of Key West’s 19th-century population, including markers dating to 1792 and 1843. Its graves reflect the city’s layered history through well-known local burials, memorable epitaphs, and the unmarked grave of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. Nearby, the African Memorial Cemetery also connects the area to the history of enslaved Africans who died during the voyage to slavery in the Americas.

Key West, Florida · United States