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==History== Waterloo was laid out in 1856 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WczAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA830 | title=History of DeKalb County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns | publisher=Inter-State Publishing Company | year=1885 | pages=830β831}}</ref> It was likely named after [[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]], in Belgium.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=339|quote=..apparently named for the Belgian village....}}</ref> The [[Waterloo Community Mausoleum]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2014.<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20140404.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=April 4, 2014|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/24/14 through 3/28/14|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
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