Its historic portion is a representative of the rural cemetery movement that was popular in the 19th century, with meandering lanes and natural landscaping.

[2] For organizational purposes the town has divided the cemetery into four districts, lettered A through D, which were roughly developed in chronological order and are laid out from west to east.

In the oldest part, Section A, parcels are large family plots that front on either one of the main circulating roads, or smaller roadways that run between them.

Unlike earlier sections, it features a more regular rectangular layout of roadways, paths, and burial sites.

[2] The three oldest sections of the cemetery, totalling about 20 acres, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.