There are 23 Sections in Eden Cemetery
- Douglas, A, B, C, D, E:
Honoring Frederick Douglas
- Home: Honoring the Deceased from Stephen Smith Home
- Celestine: Named after the first person buried at Eden, Celestine Moseley Cromwell
- Lincoln: Honoring Abraham Lincoln
- David Bowser: (David Bustill Bowser) A native Pennsylvania artist; painted a portrait of Abraham Lincoln in oil (taken from a photograph) and painted a portrait of John Brown who was killed at Harper's Ferry. He was a member of the 18th century famous Cypruss Bustill, and Educator and baker during the Revolutionary War up to the 20th Century Paul Robeson.
- Richard Allen: Named for the founder of Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
- John Brown: The leader of the rebellion
- Catto A&B: (Octavius H. Catto) Martyr in the fight for civil rights in the 1860s
- Lebanon: A cemetery in Philadelphia purchased by Eden Company, bodies transferred to Eden in 1903
- Harriet Tubman: Honoring the outstanding female freedom fighter
- Letson-Martin: (Albert Letson) President of Eden Cemetery; Secretary Board of Revisions of Texas (City of Philadelphia); Member of the State of Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission; Founder of the First Black Golf & Country Club "Freeway" Sicklerville, NJ; Founder/President of Letson Realtor Company; (I. Maximilian Martin) - Treasurer of Eden Cemetery Company; President of Berean Savings Bank; Life Heritage Member of the NAACP
- Lehmann: Named after Martin J. Lehmann, one of the five Charter Members
- Celestine 1 & 2: Expansion of the Celestine Section
- Katherine Parvis Gardens: Daughter of Daniel Parvis
- Olive: A former cemetery purchased by Eden. The bodies were transferred around 1923.
- Bowers: Named after Henrietta Bowers Duterte, America's first female undertaker
- Daniel Parvis: A Founder, Manager and Vice President. Father of Katherine Parvis
Organizations who believed in the worth of Eden Cemetery, and purchased lots for their members are:
- The British Great War Veterans
- Veterans of Both Wars
- House of Refuge
- The Association of Colored Orphans of Philadelphia
- Home for Destitute Colored Children
- The Prime Hall Masons
- The IBPOE if W
- Odd Fellows
- The Cyrens
- African Presbyterian Church
- Lombard Central Presbyterian Church
- Wesley AME Zion Church
- Grace Union AME Church
- Church of God and Saints of Christ
- St. Thomas P. E. Church
- St. Marks P. E. Church
- Church of the Crucifixion
- St. Mary's P. E. Church
- St. Simon the Cyrenian Church
- Union Baptist Church
Some of the many outstanding citizens buried in Eden area:
- Amos Scott - First Magistrate for Philadelphia
- Chris J. Perry - Founder of the Philadelphia Tribune
- William and Letitia Still - Author of "The Underground Railroad"
- Dr. Caroline Still-Anderson - Philadelphia's first Black female physician. Daughter of William and Letitia Stil
- Dr. Rebecca Cole - Another female physician
- John Taylor - First African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal
- Jesse Fauset - Noted Author, Teacher and First Phi Beta Kappa
- William Cole - An Ambidexter
- Ms. Caroline Lecound - Principal of O. V. Catto School
- Francis Harper - Noted Author
- Mrs. Henrietta S. Bowers-Duterte - First female Undertaker in the country
- Nellie Bright - Teacher and First female PhD., University of Penn graduate
- Martin Anderson - Renowned Opera Singer
- The Reverends John Reave, Charles Tindley, J. Campbell Beckett, Wesley Parks, William Creditt, Father McDuffy, Father Bright, and Bishop Ida Robinson are interred in Eden
- Doctors E. C. Howard, R. J. Abele, Monroe Turnell and James Potter, repose in Eden
- Joseph Turpin Seth - Successor to Harietta Bowers Duterte as well as her nephew. When he died in 1927 the business was the oldest "colored" business in Philadelphia. It was over 80 years old.