A number of notables are interred there, including Civil War Union Army Major General and New Jersey Governor George B. McClellan, whose grave is marked by the tallest monument in the cemetery.

Riverview Cemetery dates back to a Quaker graveyard used in the 1670s overlooking the Delaware River.

[5][6] It still serves the community today as an active cemetery, with an office and full-time staff.

It was expanded and formally landscaped in the 19th century, becoming the burial site of many prominent Trentonians of the era.

[7] The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 27, 2017, for its significance in landscape architecture.