The cemetery is six and a half acres in size, located in Washington, D.C.. The cemetery was the third graveyard used by Holy Trinity Church of Georgetown. The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1832. The cemetery is owned by Georgetown University.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1530556 (Holy Rood Cemetery).
The cemetery is also known as Trinity Church Upper Graveyard.