Waterford, New York See also: Waterford (village), New York Waterford is a town in Saratoga County, New York, US.
The name of the town is derived from its principal village, also called Waterford.
The town and village are in the southeast corner of Saratoga County, and north-northwest of Troy, New York.
4 Communities and locations in the town of Waterford The town was formed in 1816 by splitting the region of southeastern Saratoga County known as Halfmoon (anglicized from the Dutch name Halve Maan) into the town of Halfmoon and the town of Waterford. The village of Waterford is the earliest incorporated village in the US, having been incorporated in 1794, before the town was formed.
The Northside Historic District, Ormsby-Laughlin Textile Companies Mill, Peebles (Peobles) Island, and Waterford Village Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, the canal tugboats Catawissa and Urger have received listings; although the first mentioned boat was scrapped in 2008, the second mentioned boat is permanently stationed in Waterford as an educational resource.
Many historic boats travel through the locks in Waterford, as it is the entrance to the undivided New York State Barge Canal system.
Waterford is the home of Michael Brown, founder of Death Wish Coffee Company, and the Coffee Cowboy Scott Swedish, manager of Saratoga Coffee Traders (official home of Death Wish Coffee Co.).
Town of Waterford highlighted in red The Village of Waterford is positioned at 42 47 28 N 73 40 47 WCoordinates: 42 47 28 N 73 40 47 W, in the southeastern corner of the Town.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 7.4 square miles (19.2 km ), of which, 6.6 square miles (17.0 km ) of it is territory and 0.9 square miles (2.2 km ) of it (11.59%) is water.
The easterly town line, defined by the Hudson River, is the border with Rensselaer County, and the southern town line, defined by the Mohawk River, is the border with Albany County.
The Waterford Flight series of locks is one of the steepest in the world. The east-west Erie Canal is linked to the north-south Champlain Canal at Waterford.
US Route 4, partly conjoined with New York State Route 32, is a north-south highway through easterly Waterford.
Northside Actually the south side of the town of Waterford.
123 Any Street, Northside, Cohoes, NY). After around 1960, all of Waterford was served by the Waterford Post Office.
Peebles Island State Park A state park in the south part of the town State Canal Park A state park in the part of Waterford Waterford Village The village of Waterford, positioned inside the Town, and right at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers Northside Historic District (Waterford, New York) Waterford Village Historic District (Waterford, New York) The Story of the New York State Canals: Historical and Commercial Information (PDF).
Town of Waterford The Saratogian, "Early History of Waterford", Our county and its citizens : A descriptive and biographical record of Saratoga County, New York.
Municipalities and communities of Saratoga County, New York, United States
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