By Michelle Costa, Local News 8 Reporter

PRESTON - When most people are born and raised somewhere, they usually plan to be buried there.

But, if you live in Preston, that may not be an option.

The Preston City Cemetery is more than one hundred years old and with 7,000 people buried there, they only have a handful of plots left.

"We're running out of room," said Brent Christensen, Cemetery Board.

Every headstone represents a family.

"Preston is my home," said Rex Checkettes, Wants a plot.

A tradition.

"I think it's sad," said Betty Mooney, Wants more plots.

But, for some, they may need to find a new place to be buried.

"I would want to be buried in the Preston Cemetery. I've been here all my life and I hope they don't run out for when I need one," said Checkettes.

"I think it's sad. There's still a lot of people here who would like to be buried there," said Mooney.

With a fear of running out of room, the Cemetery Board is looking at all their options.

"We've been going through the records and finding people who bought lots years and years ago back in the 1915s and we've been getting all the family members and buying them back," said Christensen.

They're also considering buying land like Buckey McKey's whose Dad owns 85 acres across from the cemetery.

"They're looking to try to expand and buy more property and they need to be able to put in more plots, it's getting pretty crowded now," said Buckey McKey, Concerned about cemetery.

People who live in Preston want to be buried there, but with only a couple of hundreds of spots left, the chances of that are getting slimmer and people want something to change.

"It is where they call home they should be able to put whoever wants to be there, but of course they're limited to being able to buy property," said McKey.

A limited amount of plots means lots of concern.

"They just ask if we're going to have a place for them and I just tell them we will. We can't sell them a lot of plots, but we can't sell them a lot," said Christensen.

With no timeline on when things will get worked out, people are left wondering what to do.

Franklin County has 13 cemeteries, but most people who live in Preston want to be buried in the City.

On an average year, the City Cemetery buries 60 people on a very limited budget of $40,000.

A plot costs $300 for taxpayers and $500 for non-taxpayers.