The land for the cemetery -- located in Section 10 of Colorado Township -- was deeded by Otis B. Green, Mary H. Green, Volany Ball and Margaret J. Ball and the plot was surveyed on 3 April 1886. The first burial, according to interment records, was J.P. Scott, on 19 November 1887. The oldest stone in the cemetery is for Katie Little, who died in 1880 and was likely moved into the cemetery when it was opened. More than 1,000 people are buried in Beverly Cemetery.
The gates are made of native sandstone.