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 22,120 individuals in the Cemetery Index and the Missing Graves Project.
  • The 20 most common surnames are Klein, Schmidt, Jung, Crenwelge, Smith, Knopp, Gold, Jenschke, Weber, Weinheimer, Stehling, Hartmann, Tatsch, Durst, Schneider, Ahrens, Oehler, Herbort, Ottmers and Kunz.
  • There are 21,645 individuals with a grave photo in the Cemetery Index.
  • There are 5,256 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 425 110
25.9%
37
8.7%
44
10.4%
34
8.0%
19
4.5%
33
7.8%
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 696 198
28.4%
39
5.6%
63
9.1%
38
5.5%
43
6.2%
42
6.0%
82
11.8%
95
13.6%
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 1614 67
4.2%
22
1.4%
26
1.6%
29
1.8%
77
4.8%
140
8.7%
259
16.0%
481
29.8%
511
31.7%
2
0.1%
1970 1917 56
2.9%
21
1.1%
38
2.0%
32
1.7%
55
2.9%
171
8.9%
313
16.3%
500
26.1%
730
38.1%
1
0.1%
1980 2099 49
2.3%
21
1.0%
32
1.5%
29
1.4%
45
2.1%
134
6.4%
351
16.7%
527
25.1%
909
43.3%
2
0.1%
1990 2395 38
1.6%
16
0.7%
26
1.1%
35
1.5%
83
3.5%
132
5.5%
323
13.5%
653
27.3%
1087
45.4%
2
0.1%
2000 2641 27
1.0%
11
0.4%
18
0.7%
32
1.2%
63
2.4%
131
5.0%
255
9.7%
570
21.6%
1532
58.0%
2
0.1%
2010 2959 15
0.5%
10
0.3%
23
0.8%
25
0.8%
48
1.6%
104
3.5%
267
9.0%
520
17.6%
1941
65.6%
6
0.2%
2020 1032 5
0.5%
4
0.4%
7
0.7%
10
1.0%
14
1.4%
40
3.9%
82
7.9%
188
18.2%
682
66.1%
 
Unknown decade (2) 484                   484
100.0%
Totals 23349 1922
8.2%
489
2.1%
721
3.1%
645
2.8%
883
3.8%
1542
6.6%
2965
12.7%
4884
20.9%
8621
36.9%
677
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.