Interesting Facts about Waterford Community Cemetery

• Between the East and West locations, there are approximately 8500 buried
• There are about 600 American military veterans buried:
  • 15 -  Revolutionary War  
  • 20 -  War of 1812
  • 202 - Civil War
  • 4 - Spanish-American
  • 106 - World War I
  • 226 - World War II
  • 61 - Korean War
  • 26 - Vietnam War
  • 3 - Persian Gulf
• 75 - Veterans that served but did not go to war
• Families with the most members buried
  • Smith - 163 
  • Moore - 107 
  • Boyd - 104 
• The most popular male first name "William" - 286
• The most popular female first name "Mary" - 320
• The year with the most burials - 79 total was 1944
• The year with the least burials- 14 total was 1878
• The most popular birthday - 33 total - August 8th
• Only 3 people buried in Waterford Community Cemetery were born on leap day (February 29th)
• 5 people died on leap day
• The most popular day of death - 33 total - April 12th
• The most popular birth year - 85 total - 1884
• The second most popular birth year - 84 total - 1894
• The first caretaker of the cemetery was Andrew Porter from 1865-1875 and again from 1877-1883
• The first president of the Waterford Cemetery Association was John Wood (1865-1874
• The longest serving board member was Harry Merritt - 58 years as secretary