Waterloo, Ontario called the founder of Waterloo, had come to the area in 1806 from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He bought 900 acres of bush land in 1806 from the German Company and founded a sawmill (1808) and grist mill (1816); these the focal point of the area. The grist mill operated continuously for 111 years. Other early settlers of what would become Waterloo included Samuel and Elia Schneider who arrived in 1816. Until about 1820, settlements such as this were quite small. In 1816 the new township was named after Waterloo, Belgium, the site of the Battle of Waterloo (1815), which had
Waterloo, Nebraska Waterloo, Nebraska Waterloo is a village in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 848 at the 2010 census. Waterloo was founded in about 1870 when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. The name commemorates the Battle of Waterloo. Waterloo is located at (41.287021, -96.288387). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 848 people, 337 households, and 229 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 359 housing units at an average