Friends of Historic Riverview Cemetery
P.O. Box 2173
Wilmington, DE 19899
(302) 762-4705

     Riverview Cemetery, a Victorian garden cemetery, opened in1872 and consists of 87 acres on both sides of Market Street. There are 36,000 people interred here and space for another 20,000 burials.
     Riverview Cemetery's mission has always been to provide a dignified and affordable final resting place for loved ones regardless of social, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds.
     In recent years the conditions at Riverview Cemetery have deteriorated. But that will slowly change as the "The Friend's of Historic Riverview Cemetery" are in the process of cleaning up the cemetery in hopes of restoring it to its original glory!

Please note the following fees associated with Cemetery Operations:

• Purchase of New Plot   -   $1,000.00
• Burial ( casket or cremains )   -   $500.00
• Headstone, Grave Marker, Monument Placement   -   $75.00
        ( Fee waived for government-provided, military gravestones )
• Genealogy Look Up (suggested donation)   -   $10.00 per individual name or $25.00 for an entire surname

Special Links of Interest

     We invite you to check out our links noted below:

"Our past newsletters"

"Riverview Cemetery Facts"

"Veterans Interred in Riverview" - - ( List currently being worked on.... incomplete )

"People of Interest Interred in Riverview" - - ( List currently being worked on.... incomplete )

"Delaware Community Foundation" - ( make donations to Riverview Cemetery and many others )

"Timestone Press" - ( A book by Dr. Lee Anderson on Riverview Cemetery and the personal memories of those interred there )

Not a Member of FHRC ??

     We invite you to join the "Friends of Historic Riverview Cemetery".   We believe that together we can restore and preserve this historic and much-loved cemetery.   For a form please click on the option of your choice below:

"Click Here" for Word Format

"Click Here" for PDF Format

You can also join or get more info by emailing: riverviewfriends@gmail.com

The Riverview Cemetery website was created and is maintained by:
Russ Pickett
Page Updated: Monday, November 09, 2009