Created in 1829 from parts of Junius. Elisha Williams planned much of the thriving village that was first known as New Hudson. In 1822, it became one of the two county seats (Ovid). Waterloo is known as the Birthplace of Memorial Day. On May 5, 1866, Waterloo conducted the nation’s first formal, continuing remembrance of veterans who had died in war. The Federal Government in 1966 formally recognized Waterloo as the Birthplace of Memorial Day. The Mormon religion had its birth on the Peter Whitmer farm two miles south of Waterloo and tile drainage in America was originated by John Johnston on his farm a few miles west of this village.

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