South Florida National Cemetery

6501 S. State Road 7, Lake Worth Beach, FL, 33449

GPS Coordinates: 26.578646, -80.209338
County: Palm Beach
Record count: 38,989

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

Directions: Located on the west of Lake Worth Beach, on the west side of US-411, just south of the intersection with Highway 812.

Background: South Florida National Cemetery, the fifth national cemetery in Florida and the 125th in the national cemetery system, was established on former farmland and cattle grazing land purchased by the National Cemetery Administration in 2002. Located in Palm Beach County—a region whose development was significantly influenced by Henry Flagler’s east coast railway—the cemetery opened for burials in 2007 and was formally dedicated on March 9, 2008.

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