In 1887, the citizens of Wilmot decided a new, larger cemetery was needed because local burial grounds were private or had no room to expand. They met on June 16, 1887, in the Methodist Church and chose a committee chaired by minister Augustus Bower, with J. F. Lenz, Joseph Putman, John Longenecker, Will Spidle, and Jacob Wyandt, to find a site. The committee selected 4 acres of the original Wyandt homestead along the Wilmot-Mt. Eaton Road, and on July 28, 1887, citizens met to discuss raising funds to buy it. The land was purchased, surveyed, and divided into lots. The first burial was the infant son of John H. and Mary Raff Vail on November 12, 1887. In later years, many families moved remains from the Old Wilmot Cemetery, Weimer Hill, Beidler Cemetery, or family plots to the new cemetery, leaving family plots with death dates from before its creation. Early pioneers now buried there include George Agler, William Agler, John Frease, Abraham Freed, John Putman, Gabriel Putman, Gabriel Weimer, and Henry Wyandt. Joseph W. Putman erected a burial vault in 1894, rebuilt in 1918, and Julius Lenz built a storage shed in 1900. The Soldiers Monument was dedicated on September 19, 1908, the archway, posts, and fence were erected in 1931 by Garvin Thompson, and 2 additional acres were added in 1947. To oversee the cemetery's maintenance and perpetuity, the Wilmot Cemetery Association was created on September 8, 1887, with John Longenecker as president, Will S. Spidle as secretary, Jacob B. Wyandt as treasurer, and J. F. Lenz, William M. Johnston, Walter S Putman, and Alfred Sigrist as trustees. Licensed by the State of Ohio, the association has continued to exist through the work of dedicated volunteer trustees.