Cemetery and Grave Statistics

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The following statistics are computed from the information in the Cemetery Index and the Missing Grave Project.

General Numbers

  • Currently there are 272 cemeteries and grave locations included in the Cemetery Index.
  • There are 22,057 individuals in the Cemetery Index and the Missing Graves Project.
  • The 20 most common surnames are Klein, Schmidt, Jung, Crenwelge, Smith, Knopp, Jenschke, Gold, Weber, Weinheimer, Stehling, Tatsch, Hartmann, Durst, Schneider, Ahrens, Oehler, Herbort, Kunz and Ottmers.
  • There are 21,582 individuals with a grave photo in the Cemetery Index.
  • There are 5,223 veterans who have been identified in the Veterans of Gillespie County List.

Number of deaths within Age Groups by Decade

In the following table, within the Age Group columns, the top number in each cell is the number of individuals in that age group who died during that decade. The bottom number is the percentage of people in that age group computed from all deaths during that decade. For each decade, the percentages in that row are equal to 100%.
Decade
Death
Occured
Total
Deaths
in
Decade
Age Groups
0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ Unknown age group within this decade (1)
1840 32 10
31.3%
  3
9.4%
6
18.8%
3
9.4%
4
12.5%
2
6.3%
    4
12.5%
1850 128 49
38.3%
9
7.0%
13
10.2%
9
7.0%
8
6.3%
14
10.9%
4
3.1%
2
1.6%
  20
15.6%
1860 351 139
39.6%
40
11.4%
41
11.7%
31
8.8%
19
5.4%
18
5.1%
18
5.1%
15
4.3%
2
0.6%
28
8.0%
1870 286 99
34.6%
21
7.3%
21
7.3%
14
4.9%
19
6.6%
27
9.4%
35
12.2%
25
8.7%
5
1.7%
20
7.0%
1880 426 110
25.8%
37
8.7%
45
10.6%
34
8.0%
19
4.5%
33
7.7%
57
13.4%
43
10.1%
20
4.7%
28
6.6%
1890 573 163
28.4%
30
5.2%
45
7.9%
39
6.8%
37
6.5%
38
6.6%
71
12.4%
86
15.0%
47
8.2%
17
3.0%
1900 697 198
28.4%
39
5.6%
63
9.0%
38
5.5%
43
6.2%
42
6.0%
82
11.8%
96
13.8%
82
11.8%
14
2.0%
1910 926 243
26.2%
44
4.8%
76
8.2%
61
6.6%
54
5.8%
70
7.6%
92
9.9%
138
14.9%
134
14.5%
14
1.5%
1920 1009 235
23.3%
51
5.1%
71
7.0%
46
4.6%
67
6.6%
77
7.6%
134
13.3%
175
17.3%
139
13.8%
14
1.4%
1930 1213 192
15.8%
66
5.4%
61
5.0%
76
6.3%
94
7.7%
111
9.2%
155
12.8%
249
20.5%
196
16.2%
13
1.1%
1940 1226 130
10.6%
35
2.9%
80
6.5%
56
4.6%
65
5.3%
134
10.9%
201
16.4%
260
21.2%
260
21.2%
5
0.4%
1950 1343 97
7.2%
12
0.9%
33
2.5%
43
3.2%
70
5.2%
122
9.1%
264
19.7%
357
26.6%
344
25.6%
1
0.1%
1960 1613 67
4.2%
22
1.4%
26
1.6%
29
1.8%
77
4.8%
140
8.7%
258
16.0%
481
29.8%
511
31.7%
2
0.1%
1970 1914 56
2.9%
21
1.1%
38
2.0%
32
1.7%
55
2.9%
169
8.8%
312
16.3%
500
26.1%
730
38.1%
1
0.1%
1980 2097 49
2.3%
21
1.0%
32
1.5%
29
1.4%
45
2.1%
134
6.4%
351
16.7%
525
25.0%
909
43.3%
2
0.1%
1990 2388 38
1.6%
16
0.7%
26
1.1%
35
1.5%
83
3.5%
132
5.5%
322
13.5%
650
27.2%
1084
45.4%
2
0.1%
2000 2639 27
1.0%
11
0.4%
18
0.7%
32
1.2%
63
2.4%
131
5.0%
255
9.7%
570
21.6%
1530
58.0%
2
0.1%
2010 2954 15
0.5%
10
0.3%
23
0.8%
25
0.8%
48
1.6%
104
3.5%
267
9.0%
520
17.6%
1936
65.5%
6
0.2%
2020 983 5
0.5%
4
0.4%
7
0.7%
10
1.0%
13
1.3%
38
3.9%
76
7.7%
185
18.8%
645
65.6%
 
Unknown decade (2) 485                   485
100.0%
Totals 23283 1922
8.3%
489
2.1%
722
3.1%
645
2.8%
882
3.8%
1538
6.6%
2956
12.7%
4877
20.9%
8574
36.8%
678
2.9%

(1) Age could not be determined since birth date, death date or both are unknown

(2) Decade could not be determined since death date is unknown

Observations and comments:

  • There are many grave locations of early Gillespie Co. settlers that have not been documented.
  • The large percentage of the 80+ age group in the recent decades is amazing.
  • If you know of any undocumented burial locations, please send information to Undocumented Grave Site.
  • The information in this table will be updated as graves are added to Cemetery Index and the Missing Graves Project.