Welcome to Watertown ...Watertown is located in Columbia County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Watertown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Watertown is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Watertown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Watertown: 386 Communities Also Named Watertown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Watertown - they are located in Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois (3), Kansas (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Watertown. Communities near Watertown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Watertown.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Watertown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Watertown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Watertown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Watertown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Watertown. See our Newspapers Page for Watertown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Watertown ...Looking for more information about Watertown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Watertown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Watertown. Adding Watertown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Watertown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Watertown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Watertown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Watertown. Footnotes ...
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