The cemetery, alongside the Dyberry Creek, was granted organization in 1854[1] and features meandering pathways, hillside plots, and many ornamented burial markers.

The cemetery includes a mausoleum built in 1891[2] and other notable features, making it a local landmark frequented by grave site visitors, walkers, and bicyclists alike.

The Honesdale Cemetery Company was incorporated by prominent Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. officials from an act dated January 26, 1854.

Roads named Central Avenue, Hillside, Willow, and Winding Way were laid out within the cemetery.

[1] Members of prominent families—Appley, Dimmick, Greene, Lord, Searle, Torrey, and Young—are buried at Glen Dyberry.