The first cemetery in Casselton was located on the north side of town on Lots 5 and 6 of Block 1 per the original Casselton plat. This location is approximately the southeast corner of 1st Street and 9th Avenue N.

As the city grew, it was moved to a location on Swan Creek just south of the bridge (no longer present) and on the west side of Langer Avenue This would probably be Lots 7 and 8 of Block 29 in the Aldrich and Tuttle's Addition.

Sometime between 1880 and 1884, the cemetery was moved to the present location at 4th Street and 9th Avenue S. At that time, 17 graves were moved to the new location. Block 1 is the oldest portion of the cemetery, and the oldest marked grave is that of Mark Priewe, who died on April 23, 1878.

An ordinance prescribing the rules and regulations for the maintenance, government, management, and care of the cemetery was drawn up by the Casselton City Council on November 6, 1911.

Listed under the early day regulations are the following: "Riding or driving faster than a trot will not be allowed…Horses must not be left without a driver, unless securely fastened and must not be hitched to trees…No picnic refreshments or liquors of any kind will be allowed on the premises."

On November 20, 1911, the first Board of Trustees of the Casselton Cemetery was organized and the organization now operates as the Casselton Cemetery Association. The mayor appoints members of the cemetery board with the approval of the city council.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the physical grounds which includes mowing, gravestone and grave maintenance, weed spraying, planting grass on new graves, tree trimming, and tree replacement. The board also oversees the sales of lots, collection of burial fees, and maintenance and custody of burial records.

Over the years, the cemetery grounds have been landscaped, trees planted, and a full-time caretaker employed during the summer months. A vault was built in 1952 for use during the winter months.

Moore Engineering of Fargo, N.D. surveyed and drew up the cemetery's current map in ca. 1970s. Today, the cemetery has 14 blocks, each containing several dozen lots, with most of the lots containing five graves apiece. The driveways or "streets" between the different blocks are mostly named after tree species (i.e., Ash, Oak, etc.). At some point, three of the north-south streets were platted into lots.

The Casselton Cemetery and St. Leo's Cemetery are located side by side. The two cemeteries cover twenty-six acres in total where the city owns eighteen acres and St. Leo's owns eight acres.

As of 2013, there were 2,263 graves in the Casselton Cemetery with fifteen to twenty interments taking place per year. The cemetery map became available via a searchable online format in 2021.

Casselton Cemetery Meetings are the 1st Wednesday of February, May, August, and November at 5:30 p.m. in city council chambers.

CASSELTON CEMETERY BOARD AS OF JULY, 2022
Ralph Johnson, Jr. - Chairperson
Rebecca Berge-Buss, Vice Chairperson
City Deputy Auditor, Secretary
Jon Carley, Cemetery Manager
Lee Anderson
Phillip Loy
Jared Nelson