Waterloo is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 7,378 at the 2020 census.

As of the census

  • Lafayette Intermediate School is a public school that teaches Grades 3–5.
  • Main Street Multiage School is a public school that teaches Grades K-5. The school was previously the Border City Elementary School until it moved to the former middle school building.
  • Waterloo Middle School is a public school that teaches Grades 6–8.
  • Waterloo High School teaches Grades 9–12.

Private schools

  • Fayette Mennonite School is a private Mennonite school that teaches Grades 1–8. Its enrollment is about 50 students. The current head teacher is Elizabeth Zimmerman.

Communities and locations in the Town of Waterloo

  • Border City – A hamlet near the western town line and Geneva. (See also Serven below.)
  • Dobbins Corner – A hamlet at the west town line on County Road 112.
  • East Geneva – A hamlet also near the western town boundary on US-20/NY-5.
  • Packwood Corners – A hamlet on US-20/NY-5, on the southern town line.
  • Parr Harbour – A location west of Waterloo village on US-20/NY-5.
  • Seneca Lake State Park – A state park in the southwestern corner of the town.
  • Seneca Meadows – New York State's largest active landfill
  • Serven – A location overlapping the portions of Border City and East Geneva northeast of the Northern Terminus of 96A. Extends between 96A and Packwood Road along US-20/NY-5.
  • Waterloo – The Village of Waterloo on US-20/NY-5, at the southern town line, partly in the Town of Fayette.
  • Women's Rights National Historical Park – A unit of the National Park System administered by the National Park Service. The M'Clintock House and the Hunt House sites are located in Waterloo while the other sites associated with the park are located in Seneca Falls.

Notable people

  • Louise Blanchard Bethune, architect
  • Tom Coughlin, former New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars' head coach.
  • Mike McLaughlin, NASCAR driver.
  • Louise Scherbyn, motorcyclist and founder of the Women's International Motorcycle Association (WIMA).
  • Charles E. Stuart, U.S. Representative and Senator from Michigan.
  • George Bradshaw Kelly, U.S. Representative for New York's 38th congressional district, from 1937 to 1939.
  • Agnes Woodward, professional whistler, born in Waterloo

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