Tampa Heights in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 19, 2025

1. Woodlawn Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
Woodlawn Cemetery was established in the Tampa Heights neighborhood in 1888 by the City of Tampa as its new municipal cemetery. as space at downtown's Oaklawn Cemetery was becoming limited. Like Oaklawn, Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place for many notable Tampa residents, and burials were not limited or restricted on the basis of race, religion, or ethnicity. This is not to say that Woodlawn was not segregated. In fact, there was a separate section for burials of Blacks within the cemetery. Burials of note within Woodlawn include several former mayors of Tampa, former U. S. Congressman Stephen M. Sparkman, and Clara Frye, who opened and operated one of the first hospitals for Tampa's African American community.

Erected 2025 by City of Tampa, Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1888.

Location. 27° 58.674′ N, 82° 27.926′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It is in Tampa Heights. It is on West Indiana Avenue just west of North Darwin Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 W Indiana Ave, Tampa FL 33603, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Tampa Bay.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Zion Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hillsborough County High School (approx. 0.7 miles away); Angus R. Goss (approx. 0.9 miles away); Franciscan Center, Founded in 1970 (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Buffalo Soldiers in Tampa Heights (approx. one mile away); George Washington Junior High School (approx. 1.1 miles away); Tampa Free Public Library (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tampa.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 19, 2025

2. Woodlawn Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 19, 2025

3. Woodlawn Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2025, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 108 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 8, 2025, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.