Tallahassee National Cemetery

5015 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, FL, 32311

GPS Coordinates: 30.426031, -84.188775
County: Leon
Record count: 2,849

Ownership: National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Directions: Located just outside the city's eastern limits, the cemetery entrance is on the south side of US-27, about a mile east of Conner Blvd.

Background: Tallahassee National Cemetery is located in Leon County, with frontage along U.S. Highway 27 (Apalachee Parkway) near March Road and east of Tallahassee. The VA purchased the 250-acre parcel of land August 2012 for $6.8 million.

Tallahassee National Cemetery is a result of the 2008 "Evaluation of the VA Burial Benefits Program." The independent study provided VA leadership the opportunity to review existing policies for establishing new national cemeteries and to continue to increase access to areas where significant numbers of unserved Veterans reside.

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