The cemetery, which is located at 2505 W. Broadway Rd., is listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register Designation #46.

The pioneer section of the cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 2013, reference #13000020.

The location was chosen not only because of its seclusion, since it is situated several miles from the town (Tempe was not considered a "city" at the time) limits, but because the buttes served as a prominent geographical marker.

Many of the graves were sunken and the area around them, such as the trees and grass, began to die because of lack of water and care.

It is also the final resting place of eleven of Tempe's mayors and of many prominent citizens who quietly played their own respective roles in the community's evolution over the past century and whose houses are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The pioneer section of the cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 2013, reference #13000020.