Riverside Cemetery (Fargo, North Dakota) is the largest cemetery in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

The land where the cemetery is situated was first owned by the Northern Pacific Railroad. It was sold to James Holes in 1875. The land was again sold by James Holes, to a group of persons in 1878.

The first proprietors of Riverside Cemetery were founders and leading citizens of Fargo. Among them were attorneys, hotel managers, real estate dealers, bankers, farmers, and other businessmen.

In May, 1879, Riverside Cemetery was surveyed and laid out for the purpose of a burying ground. A plat was made and recorded. Climena Lowell was the first recorded burial following her death February 16, 1878. She was buried in Section South Park, Block 13, Lot 1, and her son, Jacob Lowell, Jr., at one time owned the land now occupied by Riverside Cemetery.

Riverside was incorporated on May 20, 1903. The first Board of Directors consisted of: Morton Page, John William Smith, Louis Benjamin Hanna, William Joseph Lane, Robert Steele Lewis, Isaac P. Clapp, John D. Benton, Fred B. Morrill, Alex Stern, and Annie Dwight Taylor.

In 1909, a brick chapel was erected on the cemetery grounds. In its early days, a horse-drawn hearse would stop at the east end of the chapel and pallbearers carried the casket into the main area of the building where funeral services were held. A crackling fire in the large fireplace provided warmth for the mourners during the winter months.

In 1999, the chapel was converted into an office for the cemetery association. It now also contains a cremation facility within, and was added onto in the early 2020s when additional cremation equipment was added.

The first mausoleum was built in 1921, with a second one built in 1971.

The cemetery is very active, with dozens of burials each year. Many early Fargo pioneers and other prominent persons are buried here including Smith Stimmel, a former security guard to former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln; William F. Lemke, a 1936 presidential candidate; L. B. Hanna, a former North Dakota Governor; and John Haggart, legendary Fargo lawman and state legislator

For many years, the cemetery has employed several persons to maintain its daily operations, the grounds, and perform cremations, digging graves, installing monuments, etc. The Riverside Cemetery Association obtained tax-exempt status in 1942, and it currently operates as a non-profit 501(c)(13) corporation. In addition to operating and maintaining the cemetery, the association also manages a perpetual care trust fund for the cemetery.